Any Given Sunday [15th Anniversary] [Blu-ray] [1999]

ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL MOVIES EVER MADE. A MUST SEE AND MUST OWN.

Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday is now 15 years old and this newly released Special Edition Blu-ray just bleeds off the screen. Featuring a supremely aggressive audio/visual package, this is totally-in-your-face filmmaking at all times. Hurtling, stylized, frenzied cinematography from Salvatore Totino that shakes the senses. The hyperactive yet still lucid editing is in perfect tandem with the over the top subject material and everything is played at just the right tone and pitch. The eclectic musical score compliments every wild and crazy scene. Al Pacino is at his Shouting-Mad best here, and he gets some seriously good dialogue from John Logan and Stone; his “inches” locker room speech is one for the ages. Stone brought major directorial intensity to each and every scene in this scathing indictment of professional football; in retrospect this film feels very ahead of its time. The cold, cynical message this film purveys is still relevant and topical. The absurdly deep cast all deliver deeply committed performances; standouts are an icy Cameron Diaz, a perfectly weathered Dennis Quaid, sleazy James Woods pushing pain killers on the players, and of course, the flashy and confident work of then-acting-newcomer Jamie Foxx, who holds his own with all of the veteran actors, and does a lot on his own with his arrogant, show-boating character. The sequence where he has dinner with Pacino and the chariot race from Ben-Hur is playing in the background is still one of my favorite scenes in any film. And let’s not forget about the in-credits stinger – so nasty! Great football action, sharp satire, fantastic visuals, and dynamite sound design help make this one of the best sports movies of all time.

Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast, including Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, Marty Wright, and NFL players Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor. It is partly based on the novel On Any Given Sunday by famed NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film) that a team can win or lose on "any given Sunday", said by the fictitious coach Tony D'Amato.

This gritty look at real life as a professional football player engages rhe audience into the horrors these athletes subject themselves to for our amusement. Great script, amazing actors, and thrilling action. Great movie, and at $3.99 you should give it a try if you've never seen it.

I think that "Any Given Sunday" was one of the greatest sports films of all-time and it was also one of my favorite sports films of all-time. I have seen and enjoyed this film several times and I have been a fan of Oliver Stone's films including "Nixon" and "JFK". I also think that Oliver Stone is one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time and that "Any Given Sunday" has a lot of entertaining, exciting and enjoyable action and drama and amazing storylines as well.

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This is one of the best films about football or sports. It takes a more adult approach and dives into the mind set of the players, coaches and owners. It is a dark film and show the reality of sports. The football scenes are some of the best on film. The only negative is that the editing at times is questionable, especially during the games as there are some continuity issues.

When I first heard that Oliver Stone was doing an insider movie on the NFL using the real team names and logos, I was pretty excited! Instead we got the Miami Sharks instead of the Miami Dolphins. Still a pretty good movie absent real teams and logos. Better than Ballers for sure, even though they got to use the Dolphins and their logos.