Two Days In April

Two Days In April (2007)

Follows the story of 4 college football players signed by the sports agency IMG, as they bring them to a training facility in Florida and both physically and mentally prepare them for the NFL draft.

Date of release
2007-04-09
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Don Argott

Casting

Interesting facts

Two Days in April is a 2007 documentary film by director Don Argott that follows four NFL prospects through the process of preparing for and participating in the 2006 NFL draft. The film received its name in reference to the NFL draft weekend, and focuses on the intense training leading up to the NFL draft and the emotional roller coaster of draft day. Three of the players were selected within six picks of each other in the third round.

Background

In the fall of 2005, Dave Broome, executive producer of The Biggest Loser, learned of the Tom Condon film concept where cameras would follow Condon's latest clients as they prepared for the 2006 NFL draft. Condon himself did not expect payment, but requested being listed as an executive producer on the project.

However, during production, Condon left IMG to join Creative Artists Agency, taking his clients with him. One of the contractual conditions for filming IMG athletes at the IMG Academy, was that the film would be subject to IMG's artistic approval. With Condon leaving the project, Broome and Argott were worried that IMG would invoke this clause to shut down the project.

After completion of principal filming, Argott spent several months editing more than 150 hours of video to create the 92-minute film. Red Envelope Entertainment promoted the film to home video and television distribution contacts, and even considered trimming the film to a 42-minute length for ESPN to include as part of their 2007 NFL draft coverage.

According to his attorney, Condon was unhappy after seeing a screening of the film, believing that it did not reflect his clients or the draft processes properly, and asserting that the production company had verbally promised him the final right to artistic sign-off. Broome contended that Condon wished to sabotage the project because he did not do well in the draft and was worried other sports agents might use this as leverage against him.

Broome felt this was because ESPN would rightly question why an executive producer would disavow a project and why the NFL would question rights to air footage. And when the 2007 NFL draft passed without the film being able to be aired, Broome's production company, First and Ten Productions, filed a lawsuit against Condon and NFL Productions.

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