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North Dallas Forty (1979)
The book was better and had MORE ACTUAL FOOTBALL
Peter Gent wrote the book several years before the movie came out. There are so many parts in the movie that just make you scratch your head and go "Huh? How does that fit in?"....or maybe it's just me after having read the book first.
VERY different ending too.
I liked the movie, but when you know MORE of the story than what's portrayed on screen, it kind of leaves you wanting more.
I gotta say B.A. was portrayed better in the movie than in the book. Seemed like Elliott ALMOST actually got the coach to understand him just a little bit.
I liked Nick Nolte. He did a great job in this movie.
I'd recommend it, but if you REALLY want this story, read the book for more drinking, drugs, sex, and on-field FOOTBALL ACTION.
A Civil Action (1998)
2 hours that feel like 4.
*** Spoiler Alert ***
I saw this movie when it came out, thought it looked great. Then I saw it. Must have been a hundred still shots of a glass of water. Yeah, after the first couple, I got the point.
Then the end. Sitting in the theater, and reading the messages on the screen that describe what happens later, without resolving ANYTHING, I just said "WHAT?!?!" and "I can't believe I just wasted 2 hours and $15 on this." out loud in the theater. I wasn't alone.
If you want to see something like this, only much better. See Erin Brockovich.