Nick Nolte,
Mac Davis,
Charles Durning,
Dabney Coleman,
Dayle Haddon
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In a society in which major league sporting events have replaced Sunday worship as the religion of choice, North Dallas Forty appears like a desecration at the altar. In this film, directed by Ted Kot... read more
DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001
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June 8, 2011Such a revealing adaptation of Peter Gent's entertaining novel about what he learned playing for the Dallas Cowboys, and how the machinations of "management," kept him off balance and on the verge of quitting. The musical score by John Scott is clever, reminiscent of Don Ellis... read more
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February 5, 2011Realistic feeling film about pro football close up and painful. Good performances by all. Not at all what I was expecting. Started out way macho and full of testosterony baloney, but got down and serious pretty quickly. Not much football played, more about the players and the... read more
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April 11, 2009Watch this movie...it will change your outlook on football. Adapted from a book by a former Dallas Cowboy's player.
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October 11, 2008This movie is great, it needs to be remade in today's twisted sports world. A funny version of "Any Given Sunday"
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May 24, 2007You gotta see this, just because it's based on the story of the Dalas Cowboys of the same time period. The 70's were crazy, anyway.
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October 7, 2006Pretty cool. I like a good football movie. They can be a lot of fun. There is is more to this than just fun.
Critic Reviews
August 1, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
March 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The football scenes are brutally real; the locker room scenes are totally authentic. Full Review
March 14, 2007
Variety
The production is a most realistic, hard-hitting and perceptive look at the seamy side of pro football. Full Review
May 9, 2005
Janet Maslin, New York Times
The leading man, Nick Nolte, has a physical authority and a clowning, irreverent manner that lend the film some semblance of continuity, even when it's about to flounder. Full Review
March 14, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Pro football fans may be disillusioned by this excellent, honest, and often brutal expose of the play-for-pay game. Full Review
March 14, 2007
Film4
It relies upon your belief in the inherent nobility of the sport... If you believe that, this is the greatest sports movie ever made. If you don't, it's a wallow in self-pity. Full Review
January 26, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Something of a mess, both in terms of the wayward plot which rambles all over the place, and in terms of the rather muddled juggling of audience sympathies. Full Review
November 1, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Raucous football tale with effective Nolte.
January 27, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
North Dallas Forty reveals some of the reasons why the fun has been taken out of football. Full Review
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