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When Brian’s Song aired as a made-for-television film forty years ago this week, it was such a hit that it was eventually shown in theaters. Touching on sports, race relations and early death, it...
Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo , a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams).
Nov 30, 2021 · "Brian's Song," which recounted the friendship between Chicago Bears' Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer at 26, aired 50 years ago.
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Jun 1, 2024 · The movie Brian’s Song is based on a true story. The film portrays the real-life friendship between Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, two football players for the Chicago Bears in the 1960s.
- James Caan had an amusing line before filming his death scene. He said “Hold my cigarette and hold my can of Coke, I have to die”. Pretty plain and simple I guess.
- The training camp was held in the real location of the actual camp. It’s not too often that a film goes for this kind of realism, but it’s nice to see that some of them want to get things right.
- It confirmed one of Piccolo’s favorite foods. Piccolo was a big fan of pizza according to Sayers and others who knew him. Thankfully the film got this right.
- Dick Butkus made his acting debut in this film. He went uncredited for this role but has been in a number of other TV spots since. He was in Kicking and Screaming with Will Ferrell for instance.
Nov 30, 1971 · Brian's Song. Buzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life relationship that existed between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
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Sep 24, 2020 · Its theme song, “The Hands of Time (Brian’s Song)” — written by the Oscar-winning team of Michel Legrand (music) and Marilyn and Alan Bergman (lyrics) — won a Grammy for an instrumental...
