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Brian's Song

starring: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares
directed by: Buzz Kulik

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780767848985
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0767848985
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 08, 2000
Running Time: 73 minutes
Sales Rank: 3429
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1971

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Product Description:
Gale Sayers joins the Chicago Bears and is befriended by Brian Piccolo, an over-achieving running back. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that Sayers is black and Piccolo white, they become roommates on the road and very close friends, especially when Sayers is injured and Piccolo helps his recovery. Later, they and their wives must both deal with the harsh reality of Piccolo's cancer.

Amazon.com:
While women shed more than a few tears over Love Story back in 1970, men had their equivalent with Brian's Song on TV. This biopic about the Chicago Bears' Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers is no mere sports film. It's one of those transcendent stories that struck a rare cultural nerve, a sensitive film about love, friendship, cancer, racial harmony, and football that came along at just the right time. James Caan is at his free-spirited best as Piccolo, and Billy Dee Williams is very charming as the quiet Sayers destined for superstardom. Roommates and rivals, these two rookies soon become best friends because of their competitive natures and complementary personalities. When Piccolo becomes stricken with cancer, his relentless will to live inspires the talented Sayers to reach his athletic potential. Jack Warden, as the masterful coach George Halas, superbly manipulates the ying and yang relationship for all it's worth. Michel Legrand's melancholy theme still lingers in the mind as one of the all-time greats. --Bill Desowitz



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Best Made for TV movie ever.
I ordered the video late on a Saturday night and it was here Monday by 3:00pm. I wasn't expecting ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Thank You For Being A Friend
I recently screened the original BRIAN'S SONG for a film series on "Friendship In Film." It's not ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It let's you see what you're made of
I remember it was shortly after my divorce and I was laying on the sofa fliping through the channels ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic movie to make you cry your eyes out
My dad told me about this movie a year or so ago and mentioned that he hadn't seen it in a long while. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THE REAL MEANING OF THE WORD FRIENDSHIP
It is a TV movie from the 70's. The time TV used to produce marvelous films without "state of the art" ... Read More

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