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     Sean Maher

     Brian Piccolo
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     Mekhi Phifer

     Gale Sayers
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     Ben Gazzara

     Coach Halas
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     Paula Cale

     Joy Piccolo
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     Elise Neal

     Linda Sayers
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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Brian's_SongBrian's Song - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0068315Brian's Song (TV Movie 1971) - IMDb

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   Nov 30, 1971 · Based on a true story, Brian's Song depicts the bond between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, who faced racial and health challenges in the NFL. The 1971 TV movie won five Primetime Emmys and features James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, and Jack Warden.

   • 7.5/10 (8.9K)
   • Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport

   • Director: Buzz Kulik
   • Release Date: 1971-11-30

5. www.usatoday.com › story › entertainment'Brian's Song' turns 50: How the classic TV movie brought the ...

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   Nov 30, 2021 · The 1971 film based on the true story of Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, two NFL players who became close friends despite their racial and cultural differences. The film won five Emmys and a Grammy, and remains a beloved sports movie after 50 years.

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6. historynewsnetwork.org › article › 143269"Brian’s Song": What Really Happened | History News Network

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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...

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   BRIAN'S SONG [1972] - Official Trailer - YouTube. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 840K subscribers. 315. 43K views 2 years ago #50thAnniversary #SonyPictures #Sony. 50 years of inspiration...

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   181M subscribers. ...more. This highly-acclaimed winner of five Emmy Awards is one of the best-loved movies ever made for television. It's the true story of a special relationship betw...

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   Is Brian's song a good movie?

   • It holds a 92% "Fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 critics, with a consensus stating "Buoyed by standout performances from James Caan and Billy Dee Williams, Brian's Song is a touching tale of friendship whose central relationship transcends its standard sports movie moments."

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   Why was Brian's song based on a true story?

   • The inspiration for Brian’s Song came from a book, I Am Third, written by Piccolo’s Chicago Bears teammate Gale Sayers. The two men, both running backs, had been the first interracial roommates in the National Football League. Piccolo was white and Sayers an African American. Why was the movie so well received?

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   Why did the Chicago Bears play 'Brian's song'?

   • Many Chicago Bears, including coach George Halas, played themselves. The music, especially the theme song, composed by Michel Legrand, was beautiful and elegiac. But mostly, Brian’s Song was the frank story of an athlete dying from cancer being told to a society insufficiently familiar with the disease.

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   Was Brian's song a sanitized version of piccolo?

   • The music, especially the theme song, composed by Michel Legrand, was beautiful and elegiac. But mostly, Brian’s Song was the frank story of an athlete dying from cancer being told to a society insufficiently familiar with the disease. At the same time, however, the film presented a sanitized version of Piccolo’s ordeal.

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10. www.imdb.com › title › tt0289873Brian's Song (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb

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    Dec 2, 2001 · Based on a true story, Brian's Song depicts the bond between Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, two Chicago Bears players in the 1960s. The movie follows their career, friendship and struggle with cancer, with Mekhi Phifer and Sean Maher as the leads.