Brian's Song (1971)
Note: this print runs 74 minutes against a recorded 88 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer, Paula Cale, Elise Neal, Ben Gazzara
Directed by Gale Sayers, Al Silverman, William Blinn
Brian's Song is the 2001 American remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo (Sean Maher), 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. The television movie, produced by Storyline Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, was first broadcast in the United States on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC on December 2, 2001.
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