Any Given Sunday

“Life is a contact sport.”

Character: Christina Pagniacci
Released: December 22, 1999

Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Daniel Pyne, John Logan
Genre: Drama

Co-Starring: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, Charlton Heston, Ann Margret, Aaron Eckhart, John C. McGinley. (click here for additional cast)

When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D’Amato to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D’Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci, now coming into her own after her father’s death. Christina’s driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the marketing and business of football, in which all coaches and players are merely properties.

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Movie Trivia

  • Cameron Diaz plays the daughter of a sports team owner, just as she did in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”.
  • In the shooting script, Christina Pagniacci was initially married.
  • Shark Stadium, where the fictitious Miami Sharks play, is actually the Orange Bowl Stadium, in Miami, Florida.
  • When Tony D’Amato is in the bar, the pictures on the wall are all of people in the movie. On the bottom row are “Cap” Rooney (Dennis Quaid) and Jim Brown. Featured in the top row are Oliver Stone, Al Pacino, and Cameron Diaz.
  • There are caricatures of Oliver Stone and Cameron Diaz in the bar next to the caricature of Al Pacino.
  • The word “fuck” is spoken about 117 times in the movie.

Movie Quotes

Christina Pagniacci: “No intensity, no victory.”

Christina Pagniacci: “Why the hell do you think my father put me in charge you bullheaded moron!”

Christina Pagniacci: (as she’s passing a naked player in the locker room) “Don’t stiffen on me.”

Cast and Crew Quotes

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