North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g. North dallas forty 1979 the pink panther 1964 the pink panther strikes again 1976. Most of the major characters are back, and their lives after football a. Charles durning, dabney coleman, mac davis, nick nolte, bo svenson, brian dennehy. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. This film is based on the dallas cowboys football team during the 1970s. Charles durning, nick nolte, dabney coleman, bo svenson, mac davis directed by ted kotcheff genre. North dallas forty based on the popular novel by former dallas cowboy.
It was never a favorite of movie critics, but built a loyal following among nfl fans. Pete gent, a real professionl football player, wrote the novel, and he knew very well the inner workings of the dallas cowboy organization, understood the game, understood the psychology of the players, and he had a wry set of observations. North dallas forty is a funny and insightful peek into the world of professional football, adapted from peter gents novel. Your acceptance further confirms that you are electing to. North dallas forty 910 movie clip final play of the game 1979.
Overview of north dallas forty, 1979, directed by ted kotcheff, with nick nolte, mac davis, martin imhof, at turner classic movies. Watch north dallas forty starring nick nolte in this drama on directv. North dallas forty its no surprise that the national football league refused to cooperate in the making of north dallas forty. Based on the popular novel by former dallas cowboy peter gent, north dallas forty depicts nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets, is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. When i was younger, the pain reached that level during the season and it.
Spradlin set in the decadent world of american professional football in the late 1970s. Onetime dallas cowboy peter gents tellall novel about the big business of football is the source for ted kotcheffs film, which explores the destructive world faced by nfl players both on and. This home was built in 1979 and last sold on 12006 for. North dallas forty 1979 cast and crew a brutal satire of american professional football in which a veteran passcatchers individuality and refusal to become part of the team family is.
Dallas cowboys 21 at san francisco 49ers on september 9th, 1979 full team and player stats and box score. If you like north dallas forty you are looking for realistic, clever and tense movies about with sport, american football, drug abuse, addiction, athletes life, fighting the system and life is a bitch themes of comedy, drama and sport genre shot in usa. A threeway friendship between two freespirited professional football players and the. Read famous quotes from north dallas forty, 1979, directed by ted kotcheff, with nick nolte, mac davis, dayle haddon. North dallas forty soundtrack from 1979, composed by john scott. A brutal satire of american professional football in which a veteran passcatchers individuality and refusal to become part of the team family is bitterly resented by his disciplinarian coaches.
Also, after being played by donna bullock in season 1, and briefly by ann ford and nancy bleier in season 2, jeanna michaels finally joined the cast as connie brasher, bobbys secretary, during season 2, thus becoming the final and longest lasting actress in the role, playing her until season 4. Nick nolte mac davis charles durning 1979 the fast life begins to take its toll on two funloving but aging football players. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. The passion and the pain of north dallas forty the. Watch north dallas forty online stream full movie directv. North dallas forty gives true picture of what football was like in 1970s. North dallas forty 1979 portrayed a week in the season of an nfl team, as viewed from the perspective of a veteran wide receiver. The production is a most realistic, hardhitting and perceptive look.
In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the teams management. Nick nolte is north dallas bulls passcatcher phillip elliott, whose. If you ever wondered what professional football truly was like in its wildwest heyday of the 1970s, seek out this acclaimed dramedy. This sequel to gents very funny look behind the scenes of professional football, north dallas forty, is not what youd expect. After the bulls lose their final game of the season in chicago, elliott learns that a dallas detective has. North dallas forty is based on the semiautobiographical book written by michigan states own pete gent. North dallas forty gives true picture of what football was. In this film, directed by ted kotcheff the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz, the national football league is revealed to be more about the money than the game. Get north dallas forty dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats.
I was shocked that in 1964 america, dallas could have an nfl franchise and the black players could not live near the practice field in north. Dallas cowboys at san francisco 49ers september 9th, 1979. Everyone is asking whos who among the forty or will the. It portrays the personal side of professional football players and what they endure. Onetime dallas cowboy peter gents tellall novel about the big business of football is the source for ted kotcheffs film, which explores the destructive world. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing north dallas forty near you. By todd garbarini cheech and chongs next movie, which opened on friday, july 18, 1980, had stiff competition at the box office. Phillip elliott is an aging wide receiver for the north dallas bulls who still delivers on the fielddespite the many past injuries that keep him in almost constant pain.
The movie boasts some fine performances by nolte, mac davis as the bulls quarterback and john matuszak as a firedup lineman but its too concerned with celebrating the mating and bonding. North dallas forty, the movie, has done for professional football what valley of the dolls did for hollywood. North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis. North dallas forty, the movie version of an autobiographical novel written by former dallas cowboy receiver pete gent, came to the silver screen in 1979. Elliot is slow to get up, every move being a slow one that clearly causes a searing amount of pain. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy this poster from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from search ebay for. Gent, a rookie in 1964, explains in an email interview. It shows the aging and exhausted phil elliot nick nolte, passed out in his bed and awoken by a blaring alarm clock. Page 2s jeff merron takes a closer look at the football film north dallas forty. R, 2 hr tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. In a society in which major league sporting events have replaced sunday worship as the religion of choice, north dallas forty appears like a desecration at the altar. Released in august 1979, just in time for the nfl preseason, north dallas forty was a late entry in the long list of seventies films pitting an. And they blew the playoff hopes for their teams that season.
The aging elliott is struggling to stay competitive and relies heavily on painkillers. At his careers end, gent turned to writing, debuting with the sensational north dallas forty, a look at the dark side of professional football, which was made into a film in 1979 starring nick nolte. The opening shot of ted kotcheffs north dallas forty is a tense and memorable one. North dallas forty herois sem amanha, 1979 trailer. While next movie and did respectable business, it went on to gross even more. Elliot is slow to get up, every move being a slow one. From 1979 we have what has to be the very best film to be made about football, you won. Wide receiver phil elliott plays for a 1970s era professional football team based in dallas, texas named the north dallas bulls, which closely resembles the dallas cowboys. Darren aronofsky knew nothing about paramounts lastminute. Nick nolte and bo svenson in north dallas forty 1979 nick nolte and mac.
Find out when and where you can watch north dallas forty on tv with the full listings schedule at. The movies title is north dallas forty, and the featured team is the north dallas bulls. A semifictional account of life as a professional football americanstyle player. North dallas forty 1979 loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the 1970s, the movie provides a look at the life of a pro football. If you ever wondered what professional football truly was like in its wildwest. It was directed by ted kotcheff and based on the bestselling novel by peter gent.
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