North Dallas Forty
Brief Synopsis
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Phillip Elliot is a wide receiver for the Dallas Bulls whose cynical outlook and strong independent streak are considered liabilities by the team's coaches and owner. Now near the end of his career, Elliot is relying on heavy doses of painkillers to get him through the games. He is well aware of how impersonal professional football has become, but when management benches him after they have manipulated him into training a teammate, Elliot is faced with the decision of whether he should continue with his career or move on.
Cast & Crew
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Ted Kotcheff
Director
Nick Nolte
Mac Davis
Debbie Turner
Marshall Colt
Bo Svenson
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Sports
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 59m
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color (Metrocolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Synopsis
Phillip Elliot is a wide receiver for the Dallas Bulls whose cynical outlook and strong independent streak are considered liabilities by the team's coaches and owner. Now near the end of his career, Elliot is relying on heavy doses of painkillers to get him through the games. He is well aware of how impersonal professional football has become, but when management benches him after they have manipulated him into training a teammate, Elliot is faced with the decision of whether he should continue with his career or move on.
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Cast
Nick Nolte
Mac Davis
Debbie Turner
Marshall Colt
Bo Svenson
Jasmine Gagnier
Alan Autry
Martin Imhof
Tony Frank
Boyd Matson
G. D. Spradlin
Kathleen Mary Larkin
Jeffrey Severson
Kevin Cooney
Savannah Smith Boucher
Doug France
Walter Brooke
Deborah Benson
Grant Kilpatrick
Frank O'neill
Lauren Jennifer Downing
Danny J Bunz
John Matuszak
Randall Braxtan
Mike Ballew
Michele Turner
Kory Olson
Guich Koock
Ross Porter
Louis Kelcher
Glenn Michael Jones
Garrie Kelly
Jim Boeke
Steve Forrest
Ronnie Coleman
Jane Daly
Sharon Lee
Tom Reese
Dabney Coleman
Joe Portaro
Stanley Grover
Rad Daly
Don J Berberet
John Bottoms
Dayle Haddon
Harold Jackson
Charles Durning
Tommy Reamon
Clifford Frazier
Crew
Bub Asman
Sound Effects Editor
Frank Baur
Associate Producer
Frank Baur
Unit Production Manager
Jack B Bernstein
Executive Producer
Norman Burza
Costumes
Betsy Cox
Costumes
Bob Dawn
Makeup
Bernard Edwards
Song
Tom Fears
Other
Wayne Fitzgerald
Titles
Peter Gent
Screenplay
Peter Gent
Source Material (From Novel)
Douglas Grossman
Technical Advisor
Edouard F Henriques
Makeup
Victor Hsu
Assistant Director
Dorothy Jeakins
Costumes
Larry Jost
Sound
Jay Kamen
Editor
Jean Kluger
Song
Ted Kotcheff
Screenplay
Terry E Lewis
Props
Paul Lohmann
Director Of Photography
Joe Mercurio
Special Effects
Jack Michon
Assistant Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Sound Effects Editor
Dickey Nesenger
Script Supervisor
Thom Noble
Creative Consultant
Frank O'neill
Other
Arthur J Parker
Set Decorator
Guy Polzel
Key Grip
Nile Rodgers
Song
John Scott
Music
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Kalai Strode
Assistant Director
Alfred Sweeney
Production Designer
Daniel Vangarde
Song
Tim Wade
Camera Operator
John Wilkinson
Sound
Gladys Witten
Hair
Frank Yablans
Producer
Frank Yablans
Screenplay
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Sports
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 59m
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color (Metrocolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Quotes
You had better learn how to play the game, and I don't mean just the game of football.- Maxwell
Where's your gun, Elliott?- Joe Bob
Freud says that guns are an extension of your dick, Jo Bob.- Phil Elliott
Jo Bob is here to remind us that the biggest and the baddest get to make all the rules.- Phil Elliott
Well I don't agree with that.- Charlotte
Agreeing doesn't play into it.- Phil Elliott
People who confuse brains and luck can get into a lot of trouble.- Conrad Hunter
I love your legs. They got your feet at one end, and your pussy at the other, and I wanna fuck you.- Jo Bob
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 1979
Released in United States Summer July 1, 1979
Released in United States August 1979
Released in United States Summer July 1, 1979
