Brians Song

Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Sean Maher Director: John Gray Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 7th October, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Arabic Dubbed In: French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Brians Song is a 1971 made-for-TV movie, recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo, a football player stricken with a deadly illness & his friendship with Chicago Bears teammate Gale Sayers who helps him through the difficult struggle. It was such a success on TV it was later shown in theatres. A remake was made in 2001 for ABC s The Wonderful World of Disney starring Mekhi Phifer & Sean Maher. The movie is based on Sayers account of his friendship with Piccolo & Piccolos illness in his autobiography, I Am Third. Brians Song at The Internet Movie Database

This is a Disney remake of the 1971 popular film of the same name, which starred James Caan & Billy Dee Williams. It is based upon the true story of professional football players, Gale Sayers & Brian Piccolo, who played for the Chicago Bears. They became fast friends & were rookie roommates on the road.

When Brian begins losing weight inexplicably & coughing up a storm, it doesnt look good. He finally goes to the doctor, where he discovers that he has cancer. Yet, Brian never gives up. He wills himself to live, inspiring Gale to be all that he can be.

The film takes the viewer through the beginning of Gales & Brians friendship, all the way through to the end. Along the way, it touches on many themes. When Gale reaches the pinnacle of success & stardom in the world of professional football & wins an award, he gives a speech that includes Brian. It is a speech that is guaranteed to bring tears to the viewer.

Mekhi Phifer is terrific in the role of Gale Sayers & Sean Maher gives a compelling performance as Brian Piccolo. This is a well-directed, well-acted film. It is also very sad.

Sean Maher is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr Simon Tam in the short-lived science fiction television series Firefly. Graduating from Byram Hills High School, Maher trained at NYU where he earned his drama degree in 1997. He acted on stage in several productions, including Yerma & Into the Woods. Miami. Maher will reprise his role from Firefly in the film Serenity. Maher was notorious on the Firefly set for calling his onstage sister Summer Glau by her real name, Summer, rather than her characters name, River.

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John MacLachlan Gray is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio & print. He is best-known for his stage musicals & for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TVs The Journal, as well as an author, speaker & social critic on cultural-political issues. Born in Ottawa & raised in Nova Scotia, John obtained a B,A. at Mount Allison University & an M,A. at the University of British Columbia, where he founded Tamahnous Theatre & served as Director from 1971-74. He then joined Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, where he began writing & composing for the stage. In 1978 he wrote & composed Billy Bishop Goes to War, which appeared on Broadway in New York City in 1980, in Londons West End & in over 150 independent productions in Canada & the US Billy Bishop appeared on television in a BBC-CBC co-production & in a German version, Billy Bishop Steig Auf. Billy Bishop Goes to War was the winner of the Governor Generals Literary Award for Drama in 1983; the Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1982; and, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award in 1981. Posters Of The Glimmer Man

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