At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Acting
Costner's whisper-yelling into phones is genuinely Oscar-worthy.
Editing
Split-screens make phone negotiations feel like action sequences.
Writing
The 'pancake eating scene' reveal hits different every time.
Director
Ivan Reitman
Kevin Costner
Sonny Weaver Jr.
Jennifer Garner
Ali Parker
Denis Leary
Vince Penn
Chadwick Boseman
Vontae Mack
Frank Langella
Anthony Molina
Josh Pence
Bo Callahan
Terry Crews
Earl Jennings
Ellen Burstyn
Barb Weaver
Sean Combs
Chris Crawford
Sam Elliott
Coach Moore
Rosanna Arquette
Angie
W. Earl Brown
Ralph Mowry
Kevin Dunn
Marvin
Brad William Henke
Tony ‘Bagel’ Bagli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The NFL allowed unprecedented access—those are real team logos, real commissioner Roger Goodell, and real ESPN personalities. The league basically co-signed this fantasy.
This bombed at the box office but became cable television's most rewatchable movie—it's playing on TNT somewhere right now, guaranteed.
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