Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast, including Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, Marty Wright, and legendary NFL players Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor. It is partly based on the novel On Any Given Sunday by famed NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film) that a team can win or lose on "any given Sunday", said by the fictitious coach Tony D'Amato.

Cameo roles also featured many former American football players including Dick Butkus, Y. A. Tittle, Pat Toomay, Warren Moon, Johnny Unitas, Ricky Watters, Emmitt Smith and Terrell Owens, as well as coach Barry Switzer.

Plot

The Miami Sharks, a once-great American football team, are struggling to make the 2001 Associated Football Franchises of America (AFFA) playoffs. They are coached by thirty-year veteran Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino), who has fallen out of favor with young team owner Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) and offensive coordinator and D'Amato's expected successor Nick Crozier (Aaron Eckhart). In the thirteenth game of the season, both starting quarterback Jack "Cap" Rooney (Dennis Quaid) and second-string quarterback Tyler Cherubini (Pat O'Hara) are injured and forced to leave the field. The desperate Sharks call upon third-string quarterback Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) to replace them. While a nervous Beamen makes a number of errors and fails to win the game for the Sharks, he plays well and gains confidence. Rooney vows to make it back by the playoffs, with D'Amato promising to not give up on him.

Any Given Sunday (TV series)

Any Given Sunday was an Australian television program that aired on the Nine Network between 2005 to 2006. The show was not broadcast in NSW, the ACT or QLD, where The Sunday Roast screened instead.

The theme music used during both seasons was "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand.

Premise

Season 1

At the start of the 2005 Australian Football League season, this one-hour panel show was created to air between the Sunday Footy Show and Nine's Sunday AFL game. The panel consisted of Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw and Sam Newman, and in a way it was a sports wrap show in the vein of Wide World of Sports, however the sports results took a back seat to the humour of Sam Newman and James Brayshaw in particular.

Season 2

At the start of 2006, due to Eddie McGuire being appointed CEO of the Nine Network, circumstances meant that the regular team of Brayshaw, Lyon and Newman would be appearing on the revamped Footy Show, meaning that a Sunday-morning show with a similar lineup would be redundant. The show returned in Round 2 of the 2006 season with a different lineup, consisting of comedian Mick Molloy, former swimmer and Nine Network commentator Nicole Livingstone and a rotating third panel member. The first of which was Dermott Brereton.

Any Given Sunday (soundtrack)

Any Given Sunday is the soundtrack to the 1999 film, Any Given Sunday. It was released on January 4, 2000 through Atlantic Records and consisted of a blend of hip hop, heavy metal, alternative rock, and R&B. The album found success on the Billboard charts, making it to #28 on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and featured the single "Shut 'Em Down", which peaked at #31 on the Hot Rap Singles.

Any Given Sunday, Vol. 2 picks up where the original soundtrack left off by staying with the raucously explicit vibes that made this Al Pacino flick so rowdy. Once again actor Jamie Foxx closes the album out with the theme song, but cuts from Moby, Zapp & Roger, and Ozomatli are also featured. However, the mood turns to the illustrious and dark folk-rock of Canadian singer/songwriter and ex-Band guitarist Robbie Robertson. Robertson leads with five tracks, including "Bended Knee," "Ghost Dance," "Amazing Grace," and "Out of the Blue." Any Given Sunday, Vol. 2 is heavy but not loaded with the bombastic rap (Missy Elliott, DMX, Mystikal) and boisterous angst rock (Kid Rock, Godsmack, P.O.D.) like its predecessor. It's a little less crass.