The Program |  | Director: David S. Ward
Actors: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson
Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.99
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 5779
Format: Widescreen, Surround Sound, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D17379D
ISBN: 6305428492
UPC: 717951002839
EAN: 9786305428497
ASIN: 6305428492
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1993
Release Date: September 3, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Follow the lives of a group of young athletes who come together from different worlds to pursue a dream in The Program - an inside look at the gritty, action-packed world of Top 10 college football. Full of excitement and hard-hitting action, it's the ultimate story of what they must do to fight the pressure, face the pain and survive intercollegiate football. Talent unites them, competition divides them and their demanding coach (James Caan - The Godfather, Mickey Blue Eyes, Eraser) stands by them, even when they fall. Also starring Academy Award winner Halle Berry (2001 Best Actress: Monster's Ball, Swordfish, X-Men), Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through it) and Kristy Swanson (Dude, Where's My Car?, Big Daddy) - you'll catch the excitement of football season year'round when you grab this big-screen winner today!
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This is the movie blamed for encouraging college kids (and others) to lie down on the painted divider between lanes of highway traffic. (Incredibly, the studio pulled the film in its opening weeks and deleted the allegedly offending scene.) James Caan plays a football coach under tremendous pressure from his university's sports program to come up with a winning team. The story focuses on the fallout of that pressure on the lives of several players and the program itself. It's all rather flat and TV-movie-like, and because there is an emphasis on issues instead of characters, the actors work doubly hard to bring dimension to their stock roles. On the plus side, the cast is largely composed of young actors who have come a long way since the film's release. --Tom Keogh
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 Classic movie, great condition December 17, 2009
Brian Noonan (Minden, NV)
Received the DVD in record time and was pleasantly surprised by the great condition of the product. Excellent seller. The movie itself is a cliche '90's film...cheesy lines, obvious story line, mediocre acting, and some predictable action on the football field. All of these characteristics make up exactly what I love about the movie though! Just a easy-watching, lazy day kind of movie!
Great DVD! August 5, 2009
Twosportmom
I ordered this movie for my kids. It was super!!! And it arrived right on time! Thanks!!
The Best! July 8, 2008
BJ (East Peoria, IL United States)
Until the movie "Friday Night Lights" came out, this one was the greatest football movie of all time!
Unlike "Friday Night Lights", this movie is about corruption, drugs and last chances in college football programs!
One of the most memorable characters of all time "Steve Lattimer"!
If your a football fan and "The Program" slipped by you, check it out!!
 By the book June 20, 2008
Nathan Thelen (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Gee, a bad boy quarterback, meathead lineman, some girl who inspires a guy to do better with his life, and a not always ethical coach. The creativity of this sports drama knows absolutely no bounds. Looking for the infamous scene where the players lie in the middle of the highway.... sorry, they cut that out. What we're left with is a vapid sports drama that has nothing really new to say.
I will give it three stars for the fact that it's still pretty well exceuted, and the personality of the head coach in dealing with the players is entertaining to watch. I was entertained, which was all I wanted on a relaxed Sunday afternoon, but there is a lot better out there. Friday Night Lights was much more real and gritty, and Rudy much more inspriational.
 A good build up to a disappointing finish... April 11, 2006
GC (Tampa Bay, FL United States)
This has to be categorized as a solid movie with strong performances from both old and young actors alike. There indeed were a wide variety of subplots in this movie but I felt that they generally helped the film to progress. The acting was solid, with great performances from Epps and Caan. The actor who played Alvin, the defensive superstar, ironically got his just desserts. I also think Halle Berry played her role very well, although her character almost made the movie unnecessarily messy. The character of Joe Kane was a bit stereotypical, the brash,young quarterback comes from a drunken and self destructive lineage. His daddy doesn't love him- boo hoo! There have indeed been better football movies in the past ten years; I could easily name a half dozen better films simply because this one seemed to lack an ending. I was a little confused why they did not show the infamous "bowl game" after talking about it the whole time. Perhaps the film had run too long.
I would have expected a sequel to come out had I not known any better.
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