Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

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Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

shiningrockstar-974-327640 This movie is one of the most heart-breaking stories ever based on a really true story! I totally cried my eyes out when legendary Chicago Bears football player Brian Piccolo was stricken with terminal cancer and the other players, especially Gale Sayers, dedicated themselves to do their best to win the game for their fellow teammate and friend. If you are a football fan and you are a fan of the Chicago Bears, then I would definitely recommend that you see this movie. However, you will need plenty of tissues for this one, trust me! This classic tearjerker film, Brian's Song, is definitely and absolutely a must for all football fans everywhere, and it is not to be missed! It is an absolutely touching true story on love, courage, teamwork, strength, sacrifice and friendship.

Suave785 This television movie was made in an era of laden with stereotypes of gender roles, racial equality, and masculinity. I don't have to tell you what Brian's Song is about or how it ends. The story is very well known throughout the athletic community and amongst fans of the NFL. But if you don't know the story of Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo then I suggest you watch this movie. While the above paragraph was very blunt and did not explain why I like this Brian's Song so much I will use one word to describe my undying love for this television move; simplicity. Yeah; simplicity is the reason. Now I do understand that CGI wasn't um a big thing back then but there was still big budget movies and television shows. The actors in the movie are top notch but did not peak in their careers until later on for almost another 10 years. Plus the movie didn't try and make a spectacle out of pro football. The television movie stuck to the story and draws emotion out of you by showing the budding friendship between two men. Even the strongest men and women will cry when watching this movie. The speech that Gale Sayers gives about his love for Brian Piccolo could move mountains with its emotion. The way it is spoken, versed, and yes the simplicity of the speech make it one of the most revered video clips ever. So sit back, grab a box of tissues, and get ready to join a cinema favorite of mine. Trust me if you are not moved to tears while watching this movie seek medical attention right away. :)

buttercupywesley of their friendship.I have the film on VHS so I don't know what the DVD extras provided. I did read Sayers book "I am Third" (referencing how he prioritizes himself) decades ago and IIRC Brian and Gale did room together. They also played the same position on the team. They also came aboard the Bears team at the same time. I imagine Gale is embarrassed by the way the Movie makes their relationship almost supernatural in it's heroic nature. In his book he devotes a chapter to Brian and makes it clear that Brian's death affected him and helped add perspective to certain things. The fact that these 2 existed together and competed against each other and found friendship during such a seminal moment in the USA's history is worthy of note.Their real life stories contain the flavor of a contemporary Greek tragedy: 2 men with gifted physical attributes. One of the men from a place where friendship among such equals is forbidden (think Ben Hur's Messala), the other man (of superior physical gifts - think Ben Hur) from a place where judgments are rendered in a more civil way. Both men full of physical courage who learn the nature and importance of philosophical courage (think Hector or Achilles). And when both men have endured much and given much to strangers and each other, when both men feel they understand how unfair and wrong the world can be, fate requires they learn the most painful of lessons: That whatever the injustice, Death (incarnate) is the most callous and unfeeling of teachers.

jmorrison-2 I saw this when it first came out. I was a kid of about 14. I was stunned how emotional seeing this was, and how affected I was by it. I am not ashamed at all to say I cried watching this. The moment in the film when Billy Dee Williams (as Gale Sayers) stands up at a banquet, and states simply "I Love Brian Piccolo"...Well, I don't know. It completely stunned me and blew me away. A simple line, delivered so poignantly, with so much meaning behind it. In a world with so much racial animosity, especially in this country, to see what is possible and what we are truly capable of is moving.This was truly a heart-wrenching story, delivered beautifully by Billy Dee Williams and James Caan. It's a tragedy what happened to Brian Piccolo and his family, yet he now lives on in all of us, because of these heartfelt performances, and the thoughtfulness and dignity that this movie portrayed. It may be dated, and it may have aimed at the heartstrings, but I felt the performances by the 2 actors was genuine, and they did a great job bringing this friendship to life for us.A tragic, overwhelmingly sad story, yet uplifting. You get the feeling that this is the way Brian Piccolo would have wanted it.Thank You, Billy Dee and James, and to the filmmakers for a fine job.