Everybody's All-American

Taylor Hackford (1988)

121min

15 Certificate

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by Adrian Turner

Dennis Quaid plays a legendary American football star in this saga of sporting success and failure that begins in the Eisenhower era of flash cars, material plenty and patriotism. Quaid marries a local beauty queen (Jessica Lange), and the film charts 25 turbulent years in their lives. Directed by An Officer and a Gentleman's Taylor Hackford, the picture comes across as Born on the Fourth of July meets Bull Durham meets any TV soap you care to name. It's over-plotted, yet somehow seems a sparse tale, though Lange's performance, as always, lifts the essentially lightweight material.

Summary

A Louisiana football legend struggles to deal with life's complexities after his college career is over.

Cast & Crew

Gavin Grey Dennis Quaid

Babs Rogers Grey Jessica Lange

Donnie "Cake" Timothy Hutton

Ed Lawrence John Goodman

Narvel Blue Carl Lumbly

Bolling Kiely Ray Baker

Darlene Kiely Savannah Smith Boucher

Leslie Stone Patricia Clarkson

Director Taylor Hackford

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Language: EnglishColourGuidance: Contains violence, swearing, a sex scene and brief nudity. Available on: video

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