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In his 2016 book co-written with Alan Sepinwall titled TV (The Book), television critic Matt Zoller Seitz named Brian's Song as the fifth greatest American TV-movie of all time, stating that the film was "The dramatic and emotional template for a good number of sports films and male weepies (categories which tend to overlap a bit)", as well as ...
Brian's Song is the 2001 American remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo , a white running back who meets, clashes with and befriends fellow Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Mekhi Phifer). The movie was adapted from Sayers' own words in his 1970 autobiography, I Am Third.
At the end of every football game, the school's marching band plays "The Hands of Time", the theme from Brian's Song. Brian Piccolo Sports Park and Velodrome in Cooper City, Florida, a Fort Lauderdale suburb, is named for him. Comcast SportsNet profiled Piccolo's legacy and the lasting impression he left in the June 2007 episode of 'net Impact.
William Blinn, a screenwriter for the landmark TV projects “Brian’s Song” and “Roots” and the Prince film “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 83.
William Blinn, the man who penned the screenplays for “Brian’s Song,” “Roots” and Prince’s “Purple Rain,” died Saturday. Blinn died of natural causes at an assisted living facility ...
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The Devils (1971) – American-British historical drama horror film depicting a dramatized historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who incites the accusations [45]
A Song Is Born (1948) Bangkok Dangerous (1999) Bangkok Dangerous (2008) Both directed by the Pang Brothers: The Barefoot Executive (1971) The Barefoot Executive (1995) The remake is a television film. The Barker (1928) Diamond Horseshoe (1945) Diamond Horseshoe is a remake of both The Barker and Hoop-La (1933). The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)