Any Given Sunday

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(drama, sport)

When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney (Denis Quaid) out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman (Jamie Foxx) seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D'Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), now coming into her own after her father's death. Christina's driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the marketing and business of football, in which all coaches and players are merely properties..

actors:

Al Pacino	as Tony D'Amato
Cameron Diaz	as Christina Pagniacci
Dennis Quaid	as Jack 'Cap' Rooney
James Woods	as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Jamie Foxx	as Willie Beamen
LL Cool J	as Julian Washington
Matthew Modine	as Dr. Ollie Powers
Jim Brown	as Montezuma Monroe
Lawrence Taylor	as Luther 'Shark' Lavay
Bill Bellamy	as Jimmy Sanderson
Andrew Bryniarski	as Patrick 'Madman' Kelly
Lela Rochon	as Vanessa Struthers
Lauren Holly	as Cindy Rooney
Ann-Margret	as Margaret Pagniacci
Aaron Eckhart	as Nick Crozier

directors:
Oliver Stone
rating:6.50

See also: Drama: Mission, The

See also: Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman