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Nov 3, 2023

Brian's Song is a sappy made-for-온라인카지노추천 movie intentionally designed to tug on the heartstrings of anyone who watches it. But here's the thing, it's the good kind of sappy. This film is like maple syrup. It's sweet and inoffensive as it dramatizes this heartbreaking true story. Plus, both Billy Dee Williams and James Caan are so charismatic in their roles that you can't help but like them, and you believe they are best friends. So yes, Brian's Song may induce some eye-rolls from people who don't like melodramatic stories, but I found it to be an inspiring film about friendship in the face of adversity.

Dec 1, 2021

A very young James Caan and Billy Dee Williams The incredible true story of Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo Two men in the mid-1960s from other parts of the country; competing for the same job, one is black one is white, fighting first then friends later They play for the Chicago bears but at this time race-based segregation was still common Yet their growing friendship as well as bonding between their wives presents much needed hope for the civil rights era Tragedy then strikes testing their friendship This was the true story about love shared by white guy nicknamed Pic and the friend he dubbed Black Magic had both football and facts in its favor to help deflect a racial animus still infecting television in the early 1970s One of the shortest films ever but remains a monumental sports drama for airing on tv

Mar 5, 2021

A sentimental, funny and touching tale of a friendship that truly transcended barriers in all forms. A football movie, that doesn't worry too much about the football, instead focussing on the relationships that formed an integral part of the game. Caan and Williams both give strong performances

Jan 31, 2021

This might have gotten a perfect score had it not been a made for 온라인카지노추천. You can tell they had a limited amount of resources to use for the film. That being said, Brian’s Song manages to get us swept up into an emotional roller coaster due to the committed performances of James Caan and Billy Dee Williams. Their emotional connection was stellar and really helped you care about their bond

Sep 23, 2020

I watch it as a preteen. It was a beautiful tale of friendship thru adversity. Have Kleenex handy it's a tearjerker.

Nov 9, 2019

The best most soulful sports movie ever.

Feb 5, 2019

Billy Dee Williams & James Caan are fantastic in the sports movie that is best known for its ability to reduce grown men to tears. It is a great story about a beautiful friendship - and it is executed very well.

Oct 12, 2017

"Sorry Mrs Piccolo, Pattys dead."

Feb 14, 2017

I watched this movie in Heath Class. Better than school work

Feb 7, 2017

The story and movie both were just amazing from what I remember.

Dec 10, 2015

You're scheduling the game before he can get ready. Brian Piccolo and Gayle Sayers were new teammates on the Chicago Bears during Sayers' rookie season. They were opposites in every way from skin color to personalities, and they became best friends. One day after becoming very successful; teammates discover Brian is diagnosed with cancer and Gayle will do his best to be Brian's friend till the end. "How's your mother?" Buzz Kulick, director of Miles from Nowhere, The Hunter, Her Secret Life, Women of Valor, Vanished, Cage without a Key, Warning Shot, and Riot, delivers Brian's Song. The storyline for this picture is very well told. I loved how they incorporated real NFL films into the movie. The cast delivers awesome performances and includes James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares, and David Huddelston. "They have to operate again." I added this to my Netflix online wish list a long time ago and finally got around to seeing this...I am very glad I did. This is a very epic tale of friendship. I loved the performances by Caan and Billy Dee Williams and felt this was one of the best sports movies I have ever seen. I strongly recommend this. "I'm pregnant." Grade: A-

Oct 25, 2015

HOLY CRAP!! THIS WAS A MADE FOR 온라인카지노추천 FILM!!

Sep 15, 2015

I was surprised this was a made-for-온라인카지노추천 movie. A quality production, based on a true story, with a very good, funny, and emotional performance by James Caan.

Jun 7, 2015

An American Classic about the two stars of the ever so famous Chicago Bears. This film highlights the relationship of Brian and Gale as they grow a great friendship despite their small hate at first. It's a great film that will bring many to tears. A-

Stephen S Super Reviewer
Jun 5, 2015

Good film. Great character portrayals by James Caan and Billy Dee Williams. The chemistry and camaraderie between the two is what makes this film so great. Brian's Song is worth seeing, even if you're not a fan of football.

Jan 24, 2015

So I love me some Billy Dee. I'm a big fan of Billy Dee Williams as the coolest man in the galaxy, Lando Calrissian from the "Star Wars" films. I also love his blaxploitation forays like "The Take" ("Meet the brother with a badge...on the take!"). A friend told me if I loved Billy Dee, I had to see "Brian's Song." So I watched it. Afterward, I felt like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie served only a single Ritz cracker for dinner: Wholly unsatisfied. Billy Dee plays some football player named Gale (who the hell names their baby boy Gale?!). And he wants this spot on the team, but so does this white guy Brian (Jimmy Caan!). And then they decide to be roommates when the team is on the road. And I'm thinking, Oooooh, this is starting to get good! But then Billy Dee gets injured, and Caan gets cancer. Jesus, I haven't felt this depressed since I learned Adam Sandler got $20 million to star in "You Don't Mess With The Zohan." I think if "Brian's Song" took out the cancer subplot and instead had the football team win the Super Bowl at the end, this would have been a much more satisfying movie. One sidenote: As a Chicagoan, I must ask. How can you make a movie about the Chicago Bears and not include William "The Refrigerator" Perry?! Get Ving Rhames to put on 200 pounds and bam, movie gold.

Jan 15, 2015

I wasn't overly fond of this immensely popular guy-movie tearjerker. I thought the performances, especially James Caan, were great, but it's got a real 온라인카지노추천 movie quality to it that just doesn't do it for me. I'm not generally critical of 온라인카지노추천 movies, and love a lot of elements in many of them, but in this case, there's a lot of very heavy emotions in the last act of this that are immensely compromised by an extremely artificial and downright hokey approach. Caan's death scene is all melodramatic slow talking and laboured breathing ... pretty terrible and completely unbelievable. Kind of important for a film that's ultimately all about his character's death to get it right.

Apr 8, 2014

Very heart warming story. Brings out the tears.

Feb 18, 2014

Hearing about how this film is over sentimental and a short, I decided to give "Brian's Song" a try anyway. I thoroughly enjoyed "Brian's Song." Although a little cheesy at points, I really enjoyed the performances.

Feb 2, 2014

Stunning. The friendship between Gale and Brian is represented beautifully. A must-see.

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