This week on Total Movie Recall, the pressures of competing at a professional level with all the concussions, cocaine, infidelities, and painkillers almost make Steve request to be traded during the free agency period after he and Ryan bicker about Oliver Stone’s divisive 1999 film, Any Given Sunday. Does Steve’s complete lack of interest in professional sports bring this episode to a screeching halt? Yes. Can you tell who’s writing these summaries yet? Probably.
Any Given Sunday (1999)
d. Oliver Stone
Starring:
Al Pacino
Dennis Quaid
Cameron Diaz
James Woods
Jamie Foxx
LL Cool J
Matthew Modine
Jim Brown
Lawrence Taylor
Bill Bellamy
Ann-Margret
Aaron Eckhart
Elizabeth Berkley
Charlton Heston
Four years ago, DAmato's (Al Pacino) Miami Sharks were at the top. Now, his team is struggling with three consecutive losses, sliding attendance, and aging heroes, particularly 39-year-old quarterback Jack "Cap" Rooney (Dennis Quaid). Off the field, DAmato is struggling with a failed marriage and estranged children, and is on a collision course with Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), the young president/co-owner of the Sharks organization.
Things discussed in the show:
Platoon (Oliver Stone, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp)
Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Woody Harrelson,
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