Catch these gridiron classics

Published 2:10 am Thursday, January 29, 2004

Kick off your Super Bowl festivities this year by watching some football favorites. Here’s a list of Super Bowl primers, chosen by Suncoast Motion Picture Company, sure to satisfy every pigskin fan in the family:

“Rudy” (1993) – Inspirational true story about an undersized underdog who dared to dream about playing football for Notre Dame.

“North Dallas Forty” (1979) – Nick Nolte and Mac Davis star in this account of the seedy side of pro football. Nolte plays a gruff, cynical tight end addicted to painkillers.

“The Waterboy” (1998) – Adam Sandler’s goofball antics will leave your kids in stitches.

“The Program” (1993) – James Caan stars as the college football coach of a fictional team, the ESU Timberwolves, in an inside look at the intricacies of college football.

“Jerry Maguire” (1996) – The movie starring Tom Cruise that introduced the world to the phrase, “Show me the money!”

“Horse Feathers” (1932) – This Marx Bothers comedy poking fun at higher education and college football is as funny today as it was so many years ago.

“Any Given Sunday” (1999) – Oliver Stone’s realistic look at professional football and the relationships between owners, players, coaches and fans.

“Brian’s Song” (1971) – The poignant classic about Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo of the Chicago Bears will leave even the gruffest members of your family a little misty.

“The Longest Yard” (1974) – Burt Reynolds is a former football player in prison for stealing his ex-girlfriend’s sports car. The warden, a football fan, forces Reynolds to organize a team of inmates to play against the guards.

“Remember the Titans” (2000) – The true story about a Virginia high school in 1971 that had to overcome racial barriers on and off the field.

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