Monday Night Mayhem
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| Monday Night Mayhem | |
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| Directed by | Ernest Dickerson |
| Starring | John Turturro |
| Distributed by | TNT |
Release date | January 14, 2002 (TNT) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Monday Night Mayhem is a 2002 television film about the origin of ABC's television series Monday Night Football. It debuted on the U.S. cable TV network TNT. It was based on the 1988 nonfiction book of the same title by Marc Gunther and Bill Carter.
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Cast[edit]
- John Turturro as Howard Cosell
- John Heard as Roone Arledge
- Kevin Anderson as Frank Gifford
- Nicholas Turturro as Chet Forte
- Brad Beyer as Don Meredith
- Patti LuPone as Emmy Cosell
- Eli Wallach as Leonard Goldenson
- Shuler Hensley as Keith Jackson
- Jay Thomas as Pete Rozelle
- Brennan Brown as Bob Goodrich
Related films[edit]
In the same year, Jon Voight portrayed Howard Cosell in the Michael Mann biopic Ali (2002). Voight's performance earned him an Academy Award nomination.
DVD[edit]
The movie was released on DVD on September 10, 2002.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- English-language films
- American football films
- American films
- Films about television
- Films based on actual events
- Films based on non-fiction books
- TNT Network original films
- 2002 television films
- Monday Night Football
- ABC Sports
- Films set in the 1970s
- Films set in the 1980s
- Films directed by Ernest Dickerson
- American television film stubs
