The Program Movie Review 1993

Sensitive tearjerker about college football players getting caught up in the drive for a championship. As the season takes its toll on both mind and body, players prepare for the Big Game. Caan is the team's gruff coach, who's willing to look the other way as long as his boys are winning. Film sparked controversy when the Disney studio pulled and recut it after release because one scene, where Sheffer's character lies down in traffic, sparked copy-cat actions and several deaths. The scene was not restored for the video version.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Football, Sports Dramas, Campus Capers

Screenplay

David S. Ward, Aaron Latham

Cast

James Caan, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Duane Davis, Abraham Benrubi, Jon Maynard Pennell, Andrew Bryniarski, Joey Lauren Adams

Director

David S. Ward

Music

Michel Colombier

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn, Tom Rothman, Duncan Henderson, Touchstone Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company