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North Dallas Forty

1979, Movie, R, 119 mins

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Die-hard pro football fans may not be too thrilled, but this honest, often savage expose of the play-for-pay game is as telling a depiction of the sport as any to be found. Nick Nolte stars as a cynical pass catcher for the North Dallas Bulls who discovers there's more to life than football, but loves the game just the same. Mac Davis is surprisingly good as his teammate and best friend. The NFL refused to help with the production in any way, so the action is kept to a minimum. What is shown, however, is brutal. Read the complete review for North Dallas Forty
Ex-Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent's story of two hedonistic but aging football players coming face-to-face with reality.
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Length: 02:58
Posted: 3/17/2008
Nick Nolte stars in this brutally honest entertainment about one man'ebellion against the bureaucratic, manipulative world of professional football. Based on the popular novel by former Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent, NORTH DALLAS FORTY depicts Nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets, is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the team'anagement. The excitement, humor and drama of NORTH DALLAS FORTY is heightened by its meticulous attention to the details of a football player private and public life and its authenticity on the playing field.
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Length: 01:58:19
Posted: 1/6/2009
In a society in which major league sporting events have replaced Sunday worship as the religion of choice, North Dallas Forty appears like a desecration at the altar. In this film, directed by Ted Kotcheff (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), the National Football League is revealed to be more about the money than the game. Nick Nolte is North Dallas Bulls pass-catcher Phillip Elliott, whose cynicism and independent spirit is looked upon as troublesome by team coaches Johnson (Charles Durning) and Strothers (G.D. Spradlin) and team owner Conrad Hunter (Steve Forrest). Elliot, at the end of his career and wise to the way players are bought and sold like cattle, goes through the games pumped up on painkillers conveniently provided by the management. His teammates include savvy quarterback Maxwell (Mac Davis) and lunk-headed defensive lineman Jo Bob Priddy (Bo Svenson), who deal with the impersonality and back-biting of the game through off-field diversions. When the Bulls management be
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Length: 01:59:00
Posted: 1/23/2010
In a society in which major league sporting events have replaced Sunday worship as the religion of choice, North Dallas Forty appears like a desecration at the altar. In this film, directed by Ted Kotcheff (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), the National Football League is revealed to be more about the money than the game. Nick Nolte is North Dallas Bulls pass-catcher Phillip Elliott, whose cynicism and independent spirit is looked upon as troublesome by team coaches Johnson (Charles Durning) and Strothers (G.D. Spradlin) and team owner Conrad Hunter (Steve Forrest). Elliot, at the end of his career and wise to the way players are bought and sold like cattle, goes through the games pumped up on painkillers conveniently provided by the management. His teammates include savvy quarterback Maxwell (Mac Davis) and lunk-headed defensive lineman Jo Bob Priddy (Bo Svenson), who deal with the impersonality and back-biting of the game through off-field diversions. When the Bulls management be
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Length: 01:59:00
Posted: 11/9/2008
Year: 1979
Rated R

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Cast
Nick Nolte: Phillip Elliott
Mac Davis: Maxwell
Charles Durning: Coach Johnson
Dayle Haddon: Charlotte
Bo Svenson: Jo Bob Priddy
Steve Forrest: Conrad Hunter

 

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