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{{Short description|1999 American sports drama film by Oliver Stone}} {{About|the film|the soundtrack|Any Given Sunday (soundtrack)|the Australian sports television show|Any Given Sunday (TV series)}} {{distinguish|On Any Sunday}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Any Given Sunday | image = Any_Given_Sunday.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Oliver Stone]] | based_on = {{based on|''On Any Given Sunday''<br>1984 novel|[[Pat Toomay]]}} | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Lauren Shuler Donner]] * [[Dan Halsted]] * [[Clayton Townsend]] }} | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] * Oliver Stone }} | story = {{Plainlist| * [[Daniel Pyne]] * John Logan }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Al Pacino]] * [[Cameron Diaz]] * [[Dennis Quaid]] * [[James Woods]] * [[Jamie Foxx]] * [[LL Cool J]] * [[Matthew Modine]] * [[Charlton Heston]] * [[Ann-Margret]] * [[Aaron Eckhart]] * [[John C. McGinley]] }} | music = {{Plainlist| * [[Robbie Robertson]] * Paul Kelly * [[Richard Horowitz]] }} | cinematography = [[Salvatore Totino]] | editing = {{Plainlist| * Stuart Levy * Thomas J. Nordberg * Keith Salmon * Stuart Waks }} | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[The Donners' Company]] * Ixtlan Productions }} | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] | released = {{film date|1999|12|22}} | runtime = 157 minutes<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"/><!-- Per MOS:FILM, director's cut runtime doesn't belong here --> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $55 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anygivensunday.htm Any Given Sunday] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628195044/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anygivensunday.htm |date=June 28, 2013 }}. Box Office Mojo.</ref> | gross = $100.2 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"/> }} '''''Any Given Sunday''''' is a 1999 American [[sports drama film]] directed by [[Oliver Stone]] and produced by [[Clayton Townsend]], [[Dan Halsted]], and [[Lauren Shuler Donner]] from a screenplay by Stone and [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] based on a story written by Logan and [[Daniel Pyne]], with Stone and [[Richard Donner]] additionally serving as executive producers. The film depicts a fictional professional [[American football]] team. The film features an [[ensemble cast]] that includes [[Al Pacino]], [[Cameron Diaz]], [[Dennis Quaid]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[James Woods]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Ann-Margret]], [[Lauren Holly]], [[Matthew Modine]], [[John C. McGinley]], [[Charlton Heston]], [[Bill Bellamy]], [[Lela Rochon]], [[Aaron Eckhart]], [[Elizabeth Berkley]], and [[National Football League|NFL]] players [[Jim Brown]] and [[Lawrence Taylor]]. It is partly based on the 1984 novel ''On Any Given Sunday'' by 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0146838/ |title=Any Given Sunday (1999) - IMDb |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520214001/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0146838/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The quote was originally derived from a statement made in 1952 by then-NFL commissioner [[Bert Bell]], about the league's devotion to financial and competitive [[Parity (sports)|parity]].<ref>Associate Press, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-nfl-commissioner-bert-bell-d/131879413/ "NFL Attendance Improved: Dallas Club 16,281 Up on 1951 Yankees,"] ''Tulsa World,'' November 12, 1952, p. 52.</ref> Cameo roles also feature 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]].
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