Brian's Song (Screenplay)
by William Blinn
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The screenplay for the award-winning television drama about football star Brian Piccolo, who died at twenty-six after a seven-month battle against cancer.Tags
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The Gale Sayers-Brian Piccolo story has been told before. But it needs to be told to every generation of kids. They need to know how a hero dies - and more importantly how he lives.
The movie makes me cry every time I see it.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Brian's Song (Screenplay) (Screenplay)
- Original publication date
- 1972
- People/Characters
- Brian Piccolo; Gale Sayers
- Important places
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- First words
- FADE IN:
EXTERIOR - ROLLING COUNTRYSIDE - DAY (HELICOPTER SHOT)
The terrain is farmland, flat, tranquil, soothing in its simplicity. - Quotations
- EXTERIOR - PLAYING FIELD - DAY
TIGHT ON GIBRON
Martin Bormann is not in Argentina.
BRIAN (Voice over)
Hey, Black Magic - listen to this letter I got. "You must have been raised with pigs to stay in the same room with one of those darkies. You must not have been taught anything when you were a boy. ... (show all) You must have crawled out from under some slimy rock."
GALE (Voice over)
Is that all?
BRIAN (Voice over)
Except for the usual: "Love, Mother."
TIGHT ON BRIAN
He sits there looking at Halas much as Papa Dionne must have looked at the doctor.
BRIAN
Yeah - I suppose you're right - but it's all so pointless, Gale. Hell, I know what's wrong with me.
TIGHT ON BRIAN
He looks over at Gale, eyes radiating sincerity.
BRIAN
Gale - I think I'm pregnant. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And as Gale moves around to his side of the car and starts to get in, the image of Brian takes precedence, smiling and full of hell and life. A good face to study for a moment or two.
FADE OUT
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- Members
- 289
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.98)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 5
