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starring: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares directed by: Buzz Kulik List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 You Save: $4.95 (33%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Brand: Team Marketing EAN: 9780767848985 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 0767848985 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 08, 2000 Running Time: 73 minutes Sales Rank: 3777 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1971 Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Gale Sayers joins the Chicago Bears and is befriended by Brian Piccolo, an over-achieving running back. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that Sayers is black and Piccolo white, they become roommates on the road and very close friends, especially when Sayers is injured and Piccolo helps his recovery. Later, they and their wives must both deal with the harsh reality of Piccolo's cancer. Amazon.com: While women shed more than a few tears over Love Story back in 1970, men had their equivalent with Brian's Song on TV. This biopic about the Chicago Bears' Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers is no mere sports film. It's one of those transcendent stories that struck a rare cultural nerve, a sensitive film about love, friendship, cancer, racial harmony, and football that came along at just the right time. James Caan is at his free-spirited best as Piccolo, and Billy Dee Williams is very charming as the quiet Sayers destined for superstardom. Roommates and rivals, these two rookies soon become best friends because of their competitive natures and complementary personalities. When Piccolo becomes stricken with cancer, his relentless will to live inspires the talented Sayers to reach his athletic potential. Jack Warden, as the masterful coach George Halas, superbly manipulates the ying and yang relationship for all it's worth. Michel Legrand's melancholy theme still lingers in the mind as one of the all-time greats. --Bill Desowitz Average Rating:
 Rating: - Best Made for TV movie ever.I ordered the video late on a Saturday night and it was here Monday by 3:00pm. I wasn't expecting it that fast. I had bought the newer version of Brian's song but it just didn't have the same feel that the James Caan, Billy Dee Williams version does. When I watch this one, I feel like I really am watching Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo. I was really surprised that it was in my hands within 24 hours. WOW Rating:  - Thank You For Being A FriendI recently screened the original BRIAN'S SONG for a film series on "Friendship In Film." It's not easy to find American films that explore that theme on a deeper level than the typical buddy-buddy flick. There are any number of films out there about deep and lasting friendships between women, but male friendship has been significantly less attention paid to it--understandable given the still strong cultural taboos against men expressing emotions and the implicit fear that too strong an emotional ... Read More Rating: - It let's you see what you're made ofI remember it was shortly after my divorce and I was laying on the sofa fliping through the channels and happened on Brian's Song. I'm 61 years old and to this day I have never been so moved by any film. I remember many films over the years where I teared up and had trouble talking but I've never had a movie hit me as Brian's Song did when I was laying on that sofa. I was glad I didn't have anyone else around because I cried like a baby and couldn't stop for some time. The story is about true friendship ... Read More Rating: - Classic movie to make you cry your eyes outMy dad told me about this movie a year or so ago and mentioned that he hadn't seen it in a long while. I looked in a few stores and couldn't find it anywhere but here. This movie is so touching, I could see tears welling in my father's eyes from the beginning and he is now the sensitive type of man. One of the best t.v. movies of all time, and has a large amount of special features, especially for a movie made before dvd's came around. Overall, great movie, and my dad loved the gift :) Rating: - THE REAL MEANING OF THE WORD FRIENDSHIPIt is a TV movie from the 70's. The time TV used to produce marvelous films without "state of the art" computerized effects. It tells the simple and marvelous story of a real friendship between two American football players. One helps each other on the most difficult times of their lives. Even if you are young and think the film is old and outdated, give it a try. Real friendship is ageless and a precious thing to be cherished. James Caan and Billy Dee Williams are outstanding in the beginning of their careers. ... Read More |
