Any Given Sunday | 
| Actors: Ann-margret, Bill Bellamy, Elizabeth Berkley, Jim Brown, Andrew Bryniarski
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.96
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Rating:  231 reviews
Sales Rank: 10865
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2521
ISBN: 0790749912
UPC: 085391832225
EAN: 9780790749914
ASIN: 0790749912
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1999
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's salute-cum-expose of pro football, belabors some pretty obvious points for nigh onto three hours; but between the frenetic editing, the pounding rap-music beats, and several flashy performances, it's certainly never dull. Al Pacino, coach of the fictional Miami Sharks (the NFL declined involvement in this production), struggles with the most time-honored of sports movie dilemmas: what to do with the old friend who's past his prime and the young hotshot who could save the franchise but first has to learn what being a team player is all about. Comedian Jamie Foxx does a marvelous dramatic turn as the rookie quarterback whose ego and talent are equally impressive, while Pacino seems more at ease in Oliver Stone Land than any actor since regular James Woods (on hand as well as a sleazy team doctor). Prowling the sidelines, shouting spittle-flecked orders, seizing up in almost physical pain when a play goes the wrong way, Pacino is as unashamedly--and entertainingly--hyperbolic as Stone's whirling montages of boiling storm clouds, bloodthirsty fans, and players smashed into the mud. (Once again football, perhaps the most sophisticated of team sports, is viewed cinematically as a bunch of guys hitting each other in slow motion.) Unfortunately, all the self-conscious mythologizing and pumped-up macho posturing that Stone can muster doesn't conceal a cliched, slapped-together script, whose few good ideas (mostly about race in America) jostle about with several hoary, terrible ones--including a too-literal analogy of football players as modern gladiators. (To drive the point home, Stone includes Charlton Heston--the aging Ben-Hur--in one of many star-powered cameos.) All in all, Any Given Sunday is never dull, but never very enjoyable, either. --Bruce Reid
Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 226 more reviews...
 good purchase - entertaining flik June 1, 2009
James I. Nadal (So Calif)
Good entertaining flick - good performances from Pacino and Jamie Foxx, good soundtrack as well.
Movie Purchase May 24, 2009
Michael Hendrickson (woodbridge, va United States)
Excellent - the movie arrived earlier than described. i will def buy from seller again
 More is less (again). May 19, 2009
Roland L. Berns
The version of this movie that I saw in a theater was a 4- or 5-star film. But as in so many "director's cuts," this version is flabby and overlong. The football scenes are still great, and the feeling for the game is still there, but the connective tissue is bloated and interferes with the pacing. Dorothy Parker was right about editing: you have to be willing to "murder your darlings," to cut out even the bits you really like if they don't advance the story.
If directors are going to go back and "unedit" their work, then at the very least, the viewer ought to be given the option to see the version that was successful, the film as it was released.
Awesome Football, Awesome Directing, Awesome Acting... May 6, 2009
The Tao of Netflix (Washington, DC)
This is a very entertaining movie on several different fronts. First, its about football, but this isn't your typical varsity blues like soppy dramatic silly-ness. This makes you feel like you're on the field with hard hitting, loud professional football. Oliver Stone lends his directorial prowess to turn an otherwise massively overdone genre into an outstanding movie. The camera work is incredible, and the editing is very well done. And the characters are larger than life, in a way that is believably realistic. In particular, Jamie Foxx's evolution from a timid and shy bench warmer to prima donna star is very well done, and is a particularly effective acting performance on his part. I tend to this of this movie as an important evolutionary role bridging him from his Booty Call days to his to come oscar-worthy performances.
 Blu-Ray pops, nice upgrade, sound should have been more powerful February 21, 2009
:::DIGITAL BABE::: (East Coast)
This Blu-Ray is a nice upgrade to the DVD, as the colors pop, and there is noticable enhanced sharpness. The film was watched on 42" Panasonic Plasma, and BD35K player. The sound originally came through as DD, I had to hit "audio" and change it to True HD.
The film itself is one of my favorite sports films. The film is unapologetic and the characters are raw and fearless.The film is edgy, and hot, visually. Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino and the rest are perfect for this fast-paced film, and their performances are believable and as well cast.
Definitely worth the upgrade if you're a fan of this flick!
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