[NFB-Talk] Football!

Tue Aug 30 21:16:29 UTC 2022

This is wonderful. If you are taking requests for other movies during the 
season, I would like to request remember the titans.
--
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On August 30, 2022 4:01:57 PM Steve Cook via nFB-Talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:

> Its time for some football!
>
> This month's audio described movie is American Underdog, the Kurt Werner
> Story. We hope you will join us for the movie! You will find more
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> Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
> Time: 8:00 PM Eastern
> Run Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
> Rating PG
>
> The film starts out with a young Kurt Warner who watches Super Bowl XIX. He
> makes a lifelong commitment to become a Super Bowl and MVP quarterback.
>
> Several years later, Kurt is playing his fifth year for the University of
> Northern Iowa (UNI) Panthers football team with coach Terry Allen. Allen
> threatens to bench Warner after repeatedly not staying in the pocket after
> dropping back to pass, which would effectively end Warner's NFL dream. After
> a brutal practice following the coach's orders, Kurt continues to be the
> starter and his numbers climb to a point where he has a chance at the Draft.
>
> Meanwhile, Kurt becomes attracted to a woman he sees dancing at a country
> bar. He decides to learn how to dance to impress her. He finds out her name
> is Brenda and that she is a single mom with two kids and is a nursing
> student struggling financially. Even though she doesn't think it will work
> out, Kurt becomes persistent and walks three miles to her house to get her
> number and finds out that she was a Marine corporal and that her son is
> disabled. He instantly bonds with the children and they decide to give it a
> try.
>
> With his last season of college football over, Kurt anxiously awaits the
> draft. He doesn't get picked and wonders why God gave him a dream that he
> would never obtain. He later finds out that the Green Bay Packers gave him
> the chance to try out. The tryout goes badly and Kurt goes home dejected.
> Becoming homeless, he moves in with Brenda and lives in the basement. He
> takes a job at a Hy-Vee grocery store, working nights stocking shelves. He
> finds out that success is not found on the football field, but how one acts
> when confronted with disappointments.
>
> Brenda's parents sell the house and move to another state, putting them in a
> tough situation, and the couple continue to struggle. At one point, their
> car runs out of gas and Kurt walks several miles in a blizzard to get to the
> nearest gas station.
>
> Kurt gets approached by Jim Foster, who offers him the quarterback position
> for the Arena Football League's Iowa Barnstormers. Kurt agrees after he
> finds that no one in the NFL is interested in him.
>
> Arena football is different as it is smaller and much more fast paced. He
> loses his first game but wins the next game. Kurt and Brenda's relationship
> is strained from the long commute, and they briefly break up. Brenda's
> parents are killed in a tornado and she and Kurt decide to get back
> together. They get married and Kurt finishes the 1996 Arena Football League
> season with the Iowa Barnstormers in ArenaBowl X, a heart-breaking loss in
> when his completed pass on the last play of the game comes up one yard short
> of the end zone.
>
> Kurt is given another chance when he gets invited to a tryout by the St.
> Louis Rams. He doesn't think he will make it as he is having to re-adjust to
> normal football and the offensive coordinator, Mike Martz, berates him
> relentlessly for every mistake. The head coach, Dick Vermeil, believes in
> him and tells Kurt he made the team. When starting quarterback Trent Green
> goes down with an injury in the 1999 NFL preseason, Kurt eventually becomes
> the starting quarterback.
>
> In his first game, Kurt and the Rams face a strong Baltimore Ravens defense
> led by linebacker Ray Lewis. After a turnover on his first drive, Kurt picks
> the Ravens defense apart. With a 27-10 lead, the Rams go into victory
> formation, and Warner takes a knee to end the game. He immediately gives
> thanks to God for the opportunity and kisses Brenda in the stands.
>
> The Rams would post a 13-3 record that season and become known as The
> Greatest Show on Turf because of the high-powered offense led by Warner. The
> Rams would go on to defeat the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. During
> the game, Kurt would throw the most passing yards in a Super Bowl, breaking
> Joe Montana's record. Doing so helped him win Super Bowl MVP and be crowned
> the NFL MVP, making him the first undrafted player to be named either of
> those in NFL history.
>
> The credits show that he would play in two other Super Bowls, become
> enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017, and he and Brenda
> continue to live happily married with seven children.
>
> Cast
> Zachary Levi as Kurt Warner
> Beau Hart as young Kurt Warner[4]
> Anna Paquin as Brenda Warner
> Dennis Quaid as Dick Vermeil
> Chance Kelly as Mike Martz
> Cindy Hogan as Sue Warner
> Ser'Darius Blain as Mike Hudnutt
> Adam Baldwin as Terry Allen
> Bruce McGill as Jim Foster
> Danny Vinson as Larry
> Hayden Zaller as Zack Warner
> Cora Kate Wilkerson as Jesse Jo Warner
> OJ Keith Simpson as Marshall Faulk
> Nic Harris as Ray Lewis
> Other real life people depicted in the film include Steve Mariucci, Reggie
> White, Brett Favre, Trent Green, Isaac Bruce, Mike Holmgren, and Ty Detmer.
>
>
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