Brian's Song

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Summary: The Best Ever
Review: A true classic and tear jerker. It includes one of the best title songs of all time.

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Summary: A Classic
Review: A true classic and tear jerker. It includes one of the best title songs of all time.

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Summary: A timeless classic.
Review: As strong as it was upon it's original release.

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Summary: Can't Beat a Classic
Review: At the start of this film, the narrator states that Ernest Hemingway once said that all true stories end in death. Well, this is a true story. From that moment, you know you are going to get your heart broken, but you keep watching.

I first saw this movie at 14. No movie has made me cry more or harder before or since. They showed it again the following Sunday afternoon by popular demand and I watched it again and I cried again. My mother made me go to church that night and I was so embarrassed about my red, swollen eyes.

The music is a big part of what is so moving about this movie. The theme song "Brian's Song," is so beautiful. We watch Gale Sayers playing football for the Chicago Bears while his good friend, Brian Piccolo, is dying from cancer. "Brian's Song" plays over the action in a moving, dramatic fashion. Its not a long scene, but one that has always brought me to tears.

The re-make is a very good movie. It added to the story. But they made a big mistake that left a big hole for me. Except for a few notes we can barely hear towards the end, they left out "Brian's Song."

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Summary: I DARE YOU NOT TO CRY YOUR EYES OUT
Review: Brian's Song is one of the saddest movies ever made, based on the too-true story of the black/white friendship between Gale Sayer and Brian Piccolo. James Caan does a credible, if self-absorbed job as Brian -- his sickly scenes definitely do not hold up as well as you might remember, and though this movie definitely looks and sounds dated, it still packs a powerful emotional punch, in the same way that Terms of Endearment does. Beware: you are headed for very rough waters. And that Michel Legrand theme song, a classic for the ages, turns the nozzle to full-tilt. That final still image remains firmly etched in my mind, and the special relationship engendered here carries a special weight as one of the first of its kind ever seen in a film.

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Summary: Too good to pass up.
Review: Brian's Song is way too good to pass up.If ever you have a chance to rent this,do.You will not regret seeing it.Instead you will want to see it again.It is a tragic and touching story.I leaves you touched after watching it.

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Summary: Brian's Song
Review: Brian's Song was made fo T.V. but became an instant classic. This movie combines gritty football from the decade that defined it the 50's in a division that portayed it the black and blue. Whach the grace of Gale Sayers and the power of Brian Pickalow as they come into the league together and learn from the master coach Halas. A beautiful friendship forms and one of the saddest stories unfolds that only history could write. I guarentee that you and your girlfriend will aprove.

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Summary: A timeless classic.
Review: Growing up as a kid, my brother and I watched this made-for-tv-movie every year. And, everytime I heard the music near the end, it made me choke up. Why? The performances. James Caan displays a charisma that pre-dates his awesome role as Sonny Corleone with a confidence and swagger that brought him movie star status. The footage of Sayers galloping in real life is frighteningly graceful...superhuman...wonderful. Give this movie a chance to help you discover what friendship, athletics and family mean. It delivers. And, will leave you moved...thinking about the frailty of human life.

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Summary: makes the short list of top sports movies ever made
Review: Growing up as a kid, my brother and I watched this made-for-tv-movie every year. And, everytime I heard the music near the end, it made me choke up. Why? The performances. James Caan displays a charisma that pre-dates his awesome role as Sonny Corleone with a confidence and swagger that brought him movie star status. The footage of Sayers galloping in real life is frighteningly graceful...superhuman...wonderful. Give this movie a chance to help you discover what friendship, athletics and family mean. It delivers. And, will leave you moved...thinking about the frailty of human life.

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Summary: Football fan or not, you'll love this film
Review: I don't usually watch sports movies, but Brian's Song has to be, without a doubt, the best of its genre. The acting was excellent, the music score accompanied the plot perfectly, but most of all, the honesty of the characters was moving to the point of tears and beyond. If you think all sports films are just a bunch of hooey, then Brian's Song will open your eyes.