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North Dallas Forty is a 1979 American sports film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the decadent world of American professional football in the late 1970s. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling 1973 novel by Peter Gent .
North Dallas Forty: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon. A satire of American professional football in which a veteran pass-catcher's individuality and refusal to become part of the team family are bitterly resented by his disciplinarian coaches.
Jan 1, 1973 · North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent is a novelized equivalent of baseball's non-fiction Ball Four by Jim Bouton. Protagonist Phil Elliott tells the story of the Dallas Cowboys of the 60s who party, drink, use drugs, womanize, endure terrible pain, suffer racism, and feel fear.
Gary Arnold Washington Post Profanely funny, wised-up and heroically antiheroic, North Dallas Forty is unlikely to please anyone with a vested interest in glorifying the National Football...
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Oct 11, 2023 · North Dallas Forty (1979) is widely regarded as one of the best football films ever made, although this is sort of like calling Friday the 13th a great movie about camping....
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North Dallas Forty. HD. Nick Nolte plays an aging wide receiver in this bawdy, brutally honest look behind the scenes of pro football. 542. IMDb 6.9 1 h 58 min 1979 R. Comedy • Drama • Coarse • Dark. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $12.99. More purchase. options. Available to rent or buy. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
North Dallas Forty is a 1979 sports drama film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the world of American professional football. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling novel by Peter Gent.
Director Ted Kotcheff, who stays faithful to the spirit of the novel by Peter Gent (an ex-Dallas Cowboy), captures the vulgar, born-again spirit of nouveau riche Dallas society, but he never condescends.
