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Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo ... whose script one Dallas television critic called "highly restrained, ...
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.
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.
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 ...
“Team Mates and friends till the end,” tweeted Billy Dee Williams, who co-starred with Caan in the 1971 TV-movie classic Brian’s Song. “RIP Jimmy.” Williams included what […]
Gale Sayers, the Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears, whose friendship with a dying teammate was depicted in the movie "Brian's Song," died on Wednesday, officials said. Sayers, who ...
Caan returned to the small screen with the TV movie Brian's Song (1971), playing dying football player Brian Piccolo, opposite Billy Dee Williams. [41] Caan did not want to return to television and turned down the role several times, [42] but changed his mind after reading the script.
The 1971–72 season of the series finished as the fifth highest rated series of the year. The series was documented by Michael Karol in his 2005 book, The ABC Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series , which was updated in 2008 ( ISBN 1-60528-023-2 ), and by Michael McKenna in The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies ...