Brian's Song (1971)
November 30, 1971Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

James Caan
Brian Piccolo

Billy Dee Williams
Gale Sayers

Jack Warden
Coach Halas

Bernie Casey
J.C. Caroline

Shelley Fabares
Joy Piccolo

David Huddleston
Ed McCaskey

Judy Pace
Linda Sayers

Abe Gibron
Abe Gibron

Jack Concannon
Jack Concannon

Ed O'Bradovich
Ed O'Bradovich

Harold 'Happy' Hairston
Veteran Player #1

Ron Feinberg
Veteran Player #2

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Roommate

Jim Boeke
Veteran Player #3

Larry Delaney
Dr. Fox

Stephen Coit
Mr. Eberle

Doreen Lang
Nurse #1

Jennifer Kulik
Nurse #2

Allen Secher
Hotel Man

Stu Nahan
Speaker

Mario Machado
Reporter #1

Bud Furillo
Reporter #2

Jack Wells
Toastmaster

Dick Butkus
Dick Butkus (uncredited)

Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka (archive footage) (uncredited)

January L'Angelle
Girl in Hospital (uncredited)

Buzz Kulik
Director

William Blinn
Writer

Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer

Alfred E. Overton
Sound Mixer

Joe Guarracino
Thanks

Jack Newman
Thanks

Steve Sabol
Thanks

Paul Junger Witt
Producer

Tony Thomas
Associate Producer

Richard Learman
Second Assistant Director

George C. Emick
Sound Editor

Wayne Fury
Sound Editor

Ralph Hickey
Sound Editor

Marvin I. Kosberg
Sound Editor

Paul Laune
Sound Editor

William J. Montague
Sound Mixer

Monty Pearce
Sound Editor

Harold E. Wooley
Sound Editor

Dave Friedman
Still Photographer

Ernie Ernse
Thanks

Gale Sayers
Book

Al Silverman
Book
Media.








Details.
Release DateNovember 30, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingG
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo (James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Piccolo's and Sayers's sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely to become friends but they did, becoming the first interracial roommates in the history of the National Football League. The film chronicles the evolution of their friendship, ending with Piccolo's death in 1970. The production was such a success on ABC that it was later shown in theaters by Columbia Pictures with a major premiere in Chicago; however, it was soon withdrawn for lack of business. Critics have called the movie one of the finest television movies ever made. A 2005 readers' poll taken by Entertainment Weekly ranked Brian's Song seventh in its list of the top "guy-cry" films.
The movie is based on Sayers's account of his friendship with Piccolo and coping with Piccolo's illness in Sayers's 1970 autobiography, I Am Third. The film was written by William Blinn, whose script one Dallas television critic called "highly restrained, steering clear of any overt sentimentality [yet conveying] the genuine affection the two men felt so deeply for each other."
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