Pacino dealing with a rebellion over Foxx calling his own plays Dennis Quaid goes out of the game hurt once again Foxx getting advice from former Buc QB Pat O'Hara Film - Any Given Sunday The most stunning realistic film about American Football you will ever see. Bar none. It is that good. OK so Oliver Stone has spent most of life believing his own hype but this time he has hit the jackpot for gridiron fans. Story lines, realistic game action, great dialogue and absolutely no punches pulled. The team is the Miami Sharks, and the game action takes place at the Orange Bowl and Dolphin Stadium. Dennis Quaid is the veteran hero QB (see Marino, Dan) who gets hurt and the team ends up playing unknown 3rd stringer Jamie Foxx, aka Willie Beamon. LL Cool J is a superb self-centered running back (pick any NFL player here), Lawrence Taylor plays his own character on defense, and Jim Brown is an excellent assistant head coach. But the star of the show is Al Pacino as the grizzled head coach, under pressure from all sides but delivering great line after line. Cameron Diaz is the young owner of the franchise, willing to stop at nothing to make a fast buck (Frontiere, Georgia) and other cameo performances on the reporting and medical side add to the drama. The original story came from former Buccaneer Pat Toomay, but enough other ideas have been stolen from books along the way such as the lineman who gets the shits at half-time whilst having an IV. That one comes from Rob Huizenga's superb book, "You're OK, it's only a bruise". The only problem with the game action is the choice of uniforms for the final game in the Cowboys' Texas Stadium. If any pro team had a colour design and logo like the Knights, the merchandising designer would have to be shot on the spot. They are just hideous. The DVD has an excellent series of extras including a couple of deleted scenes, one of which re-enacts former Buc Ricky Bell going into the stands to try and fight a heckler. I can't believe there are many NFL fans who have not yet seen this superb piece of work but if you haven't, consider it mandatory to go out and get hold of this film - you will not regret it for one minute. Buccaneer Connections Former Buccaneer QB Pat O'Hara plays Sharks' back-up QB Tyler Cherubini. He gets the immortal line from the doctor when he gets hurt, "What did he do? Fall off the bench?" Former Buccaneer RB Mazio Royster plays one of the Sharks' wide receivers. Former Buccaneer DT Pig Goff is on one of the opposition teams, as is former Buccaneer RB Fred Lester. The original book was written by expansion Buccaneer turned writer Pat Toomay. Pat also plays an assistant coach to Dick Butkus in the second game that the Sharks play.