ActionYear1993Duration1h 52mIMDb6.5

The Program

ActionDramaRomance

Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

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Cast

David S. Ward

Director

James Caan

Sam Winters

Halle Berry

Autumn Haley

Omar Epps

Darnell Jefferson

Craig Sheffer

Joe Kane

Kristy Swanson

Camille Shafer

Abraham Benrubi

Bud-Lite Kaminski

Duane Davis

Alvin Mack

Jon Pennell

Bobby Collins

Joey Lauren Adams

Louanne

J.C. Quinn

Joe's Father

Andrew Bryniarski

Steve Lattimer

Leon Pridgen

Ray Griffen

MF

Michael Flippo

Coach Humes

Jeff Portell

Reporter #1

ED

Ernest Dixon

Coach Clayton

GR

George Rogers

Coach Myers

BM

Bernard Mixon

Reverend Wallace

MH

Mary Holloway

Alvin's Mother

David S. Ward

Writer

AL

Aaron Latham

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

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Asmi BhandariNov 16, 2022

The Program

Mwalimu RachelNov 16, 2022

Way too many stories going on in this look at a college football program with Caan as their hard nosed coach. None of the youngsters do anything outstanding and Ward's script lacks polish. The football sequences are exciting, while the treatment of steroid use looked a little overdone to me.

Lando NorrisNov 16, 2022

"The Program" is a movie about a ficitonal university and its football program. The coach, as you'd expect, is under extreme pressure to produce a winner and, as you'd also expect with such a program, this means to win at most any cost. Through the course of this soap opera-like story, again and again, you see the ways that many of these players behave in self-destructive and selfish ways...which is odd since the film ALSO seems to want you to root for the team at the same time! I appreciate how the story is pretty much a warts and all production...with drinking, sexual assaults and the like...things you sadly hear about various college teams on the news. But at the same time, it makes for a story that you feel disconnected from as well because in most cases you don't want to root for the guys. An unusual story in this regard....and something that makes this a film mostly for football fans OR folks who hate football...but no one in between.

Sommité RøyalNov 16, 2022

No other football movie has made that remark more truthful than this one. I think this movie touches on an interesting topic but never probes any further. College football must have some dirty little secrets and this movie shows what a few might be. If they had put a little more emphasis on characters this would have been great. Although being a great football fan the action was pretty good anyway.

Aya essemlali 💀Nov 16, 2022

What were the producers thinking? One of the lamest films about college football proved to be one of the most poorly acted ones. Sure, Omar Epps and James Caan were solid, but the list of no-names dotting the cast list was too much to overcome in this rather lame effort. Fortunately, Oliver Stone made a better, more lucent film in Any Given Sunday. Sadly, football films will prove to be the most difficult of all the sports to turn into a movie.

Kirti TalwarNov 16, 2022

During the course of high school and college, we always come across numerous stereotypes. The 'jock' stereotype is possibly the most recognized. This movie transcended that and only focused on the brotherhood and comradery that arises from playing an organised sport. Not only did I enjoy this movie to a great extent I thought it to be both hilarious and dramatic. I believed the quality of acting in this film to have been superb, as well as the football scenes.

normesi_hildaNov 16, 2022

You do not have to be a great fan of college football to appreciate this film but I suspect watching it might offer you a change to become a fan. Visually, the movie is quite lovely. It has a lush warm tone that is unaffected but effective. I like this film. I like the story. I like the way the film is executed. I find the story and characters credible and interesting. The contrast of themes or counterpoint of themes works well. The then young actors seem realistic. They are multidimensional. In fact, this is one of the best football movies. Dialogue is playful intelligent, and perceptive. The film uses multiple points-of-view and varies them in interesting ways. There are subjective reaction shots and asides that give the narrative great interest. I love the helmet camera images.

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