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"Any Given Sunday" is Oliver Stone's dipiction of the hard-hitting world of american football starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx and Dennis Quaid, just to name a few of the all-star cast. The film follows the fortunes of the Miami Sharks through the last few months of a very tough season. After losing their star quarter-back Jack "cap" Rooney (Quaid) and also second choice quarter-back in the same game, coach Tony D'Amato entrusts the success of the team in rookie Willy Beamen (Foxx). After a less than perfect start, Beamen begins to shine, and is soon catapulted into mega-stardom being hailed as the best quarter-back in the game.
Despite this, the Sharks still sturggle to reach the all important big money play-offs, and with club director Christina Pagniacci (Diaz) breathing down D'Amato's neck for results, the pressure cooker atmosphere continues to rise until almost breaking point - where the film cleverly diffuses the situation in a brilliant twist of plot at the end.
"Any Given Sunday" is an excellent film. The photography is breath-taking, with fast-action close-ups blended with split-second cut-scenes, it really gives to the sense of urgency about the film. The soundtrack as well is one of the best I've heard in years, boasting tracks from the Chemical Brothers, Moby, Fat Boy Slim and the Propellerheads - not to mention an all-star contribution from the world of hip-hop and rap from the likes of Missy Elliott, LL Cool J and Capnone-N-Noreaga. The only down side I found is not understanding fully the game of american football, some of the language used was a little technical, but rising above that, the two and a half hours you spent watching it will not have been wasted.
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all its ferocity and cynicism, is as soft-centred and clichéd as anyRocky-style underdogs-make-good crowd-pleaser. The Miami Sharks have lost threegames in a row a...
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Oliver Stone'sAny Given Sundayis a massive 150-minute American football drama which, for ... more
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filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in 'Any Given Sunday'. At the 50-yard line of this gridiron cosmos is Al P...
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Director's Cut, containing previously unseen footage. Life is a contact sport and football ... more
is life when three-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in 'Any Given Sunday'...
Advantages: Strong performances, excellent musical accompaniment,Highly engrossing Disadvantages: Predictable, and sometimes ponderous narrative,Subject matter may put some people off
Advantages: Storming cinematography, strong pace, great acting Disadvantages: might not like it as its about American Football, script a littel lacking compared to the other parts of the film