Brian's Song (2001)
The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease
Casting
- Sean Maher — Brian Piccolo
- Mekhi Phifer — Gale Sayers
- Paula Cale — Joy Piccolo
- Elise Neal — Linda Sayers
- Ben Gazzara — Coach Halas
- Aidan Devine — Abe Gibron
- Bruce Gooch — Ed McCaskey
- Craig Eldridge — Doctor Beattie
- Dean McDermott — Ralph Kurek
- Erika Cohen — Nurse
- Jeff Ironi — Dick Butkus
- Michael Boisvert — Jack Concannon
Interesting facts
Brian's Song is the 2001 American remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo, an Italian-American running back who meets, clashes with and befriends a fellow Chicago Bears running back, African-American Gale Sayers. The movie was adapted from Sayers' own words in his 1970 autobiography, I Am Third. The television movie, produced by Storyline Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, was first broadcast in the United States on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC on December 2, 2001.
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