Brian's Song (2001)
December 2, 2001Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Mekhi Phifer
Gale Sayers
Sean Maher
Brian Piccolo
Paula Cale
Joy Piccolo
Elise Neal
Linda Sayers
Aidan Devine
Abe Gibron
Bruce Gooch
Ed McCaskey
Dean McDermott
Ralph Kurek
Ben Gazzara
Coach Halas
Craig Eldridge
Doctor Beattie
Michael Boisvert
Jack Concannon
Erika Cohen
Nurse
Jeff Ironi
Dick Butkus
Shane Daly
Bill Filbert
John Gray
Director
Michael Millar
Doctor Fox
Gale Sayers
Writer
Details.
Release DateDecember 2, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Brian's Song is the 2001 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 Columbia TriStar Television, was first broadcast in the US on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC.
In the movie, Piccolo is a brash rookie with the Bears. Initially thinking Sayers is arrogant β when he is only quiet and a slight bit anti-social β they rub each other the wrong way from the moment they meet. The movie, taking place from 1965 to 1970, as the civil rights movement grows, places great emphasis on integration, bringing up the conflict of when Brian and Gale room together for their first football season.