Who was the director of football film Any Given Sunday?
Any Given Sunday is a 1999 film directed by Oliver Stone featuring an ensemble cast, consisting of Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley and Marty Wright. The film also featured archive footage of many American football players including Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Dick Butkus, Y.A. Tittle, Pat Toomay, Warren Moon, Johnny Unitas, Ricky Watters, Barry Switzer, Emmitt Smith and Terrell Owens. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
The Shutdown Corner movie of the week: ‘Any Given Sunday’ By MJD Every Wednesday (or Thursday) Shutdown Corner will take a moment to reflect on a recent or not-so-recent football-related book or movie. This week, it’s Oliver Stone’s “Any Given Sunday.” I remember the excitement when the news first broke that Oliver Stone intended to make a movie about the NFL. In the last ten years, Stone had made “JFK,” “Nixon,” and “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” and before that, “Platoon.” All of those movies, in one way or another, mattered. People thought — or at least I thought — that we were about to have a professional football movie that mattered. Something beyond your classic “Yay, the underdog wins!” tale. I thought Stone had some insightful observations to make about football, sports, society and how they all come together. Sources: http://sports.yahoo
