Any Given Sunday (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] | ![Any Given Sunday (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615idOj2vdL._SL75_.jpg)
| Actors: Ann-Margret, Bill Bellamy, Elizabeth Berkley, Andrew Bryniarski, Dick Butkus
Studio: Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.99
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Rating:  238 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,952
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 883929035175
UPC: 883929035175
EAN: 0883929035175
ASIN: B001AQT0OA
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: January 27, 2009
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Product Description
Any given sunday is a behind the scenes look at the life and death struggles of modern day gladiators and those who lead them. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Al Pacino Dennis Quaid Run time: 156 minutes Rating: R Director: Oliver Stone
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Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's salute-cum-exposé of pro football, belabors some pretty obvious points for nigh onto three hours; but between the frenetic editing, the pounding rap-music beats, and several flashy performances, it's certainly never dull. Al Pacino, coach of the fictional Miami Sharks (the NFL declined involvement in this production), struggles with the most time-honored of sports movie dilemmas: what to do with the old friend who's past his prime and the young hotshot who could save the franchise but first has to learn what being a team player is all about. Comedian Jamie Foxx does a marvelous dramatic turn as the rookie quarterback whose ego and talent are equally impressive, while Pacino seems more at ease in Oliver Stone Land than any actor since regular James Woods (on hand as well as a sleazy team doctor). Prowling the sidelines, shouting spittle-flecked orders, seizing up in almost physical pain when a play goes the wrong way, Pacino is as unashamedly--and entertainingly--hyperbolic as Stone's whirling montages of boiling storm clouds, bloodthirsty fans, and players smashed into the mud. (Once again football, perhaps the most sophisticated of team sports, is viewed cinematically as a bunch of guys hitting each other in slow motion.) Unfortunately, all the self-conscious mythologizing and pumped-up macho posturing that Stone can muster doesn't conceal a clichéd, slapped-together script, whose few good ideas (mostly about race in America) jostle about with several hoary, terrible ones--including a too-literal analogy of football players as modern gladiators. (To drive the point home, Stone includes Charlton Heston--the aging Ben-Hur--in one of many star-powered cameos.) All in all, Any Given Sunday is never dull, but never very enjoyable, either. --Bruce Reid
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 One of the few I watch again and again August 3, 2010
Yun Seok Oh (Seoul, Korea)
I actually purchased this movie twice, once in DVD form and now in Blu-Ray.
The supplements I feel are greatly improved upon, and is worth the additional purchase, especially since it is not that expensive now to begin with.
The movie itself, I always use it to 'teach' american culture to non-americans, who don't know the sport and really don't know how players lives are - or what 'americans' think of as a great life.
 Estupenda July 19, 2010
Javier Sopena Mas (Spain)
Increíble la calidad tanto de imagen como de sonido el de esta película (sonido de auténtica referencia) y obligatoria para tener en nuestra BDteca
Not viewed yet July 14, 2010
dvb
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
haven't watched it yet. Need to get the blu-ray player, but good deal for a blu-ray disc. Love this movie, though, had it before and wore it out.
Oliver Stone at his most brawny January 18, 2010
One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's vision of football as populated by he-men (and Cameron Diaz), doesn't win any points for subtlety but it's an entertaining 150 minute film that scurries along and seldom slows down; I don't think it's terribly memorable, but its entertainment value cannot be denied.
3/4
Any Given Sunday January 4, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Wild and outrageous, Any Given Sunday gives you a glimpses into an athletic world not too far from the real thing. This movie proved to be a very enjoyable experience.
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