Everybody's All-American

1988
R
2h 7m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.5K

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Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange in Everybody's All-American (1988)

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

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
Some of the filming of the football scenes took place during halftime of the 1987 LSU-Alabama game. The producers wanted to continue shooting some scenes following the game, so they requested that the LSU fans remain after the game so that they could finish the scenes. However, Alabama won in an upset, and ten minutes after the game, the only fans still in the bleachers were wearing crimson, forcing the producers to finish shooting the following week.

Goofs
When Babs is getting the bad news about their financial situation, the man on the phone says that the "County Assessor" has placed a lien on their account. In Louisiana, the "counties" are called parishes. The man should have referred to the "Parish Assessor".

Quotes
[about the Gray Ghost's theme restaurant]
Babs Grey: I'm running this place. I'm good at it. Did anybody ever think I was good at anything? I sure didn't.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Everybody's All-American/U2: Rattle and Hum/The Good Mother/Little Dorrit/A Cry in the Dark (1988)

Soundtracks
It's Not for Me to Say
Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman
Performed by Johnny Mathis'

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10/10

one of THE greatest films I have seen

I started to watch this movie on HBO non commitedly but soon found myself engrossed. Nothing else was on so I kept watching. I was struck by the brilliant performance of Dennis Quaid and my heart broke for his character Gavin. I have rarely felt this kind of emotion when viewing a film and was overwhelmed with it. I had never before thought of Dennis Quaid as anything other than the funny guy from Undercover Blues and I was taken aback at his acting. I wept at the end and I felt every kind of emotion it is possible to feel. I cannot even express in words how I was blown away by this superb film and all of the actors involved in it.