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93-591: Draft Day is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman , and starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner . The premise revolves around the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) deciding what to do after his team acquires the number one draft pick in the upcoming National Football League Draft . The film premiered in Los Angeles on April 7, 2014 and

186-502: A Parker novel by Donald E. Westlake . He was paid $ 125,000 for the role. Brown followed it with Riot (1969), a prison film for MGM. Both it and The Split were solid hits at the box office. Biographer Mike Freeman credits Brown with becoming "the first black action star", due to roles such as the Marine captain he portrayed in the hit 1968 film Ice Station Zebra . Brown went to 20th Century Fox for 100 Rifles (1969). Brown

279-617: A Poor People's Campaign ...We've got to get off the emotional stuff and do something that will bring about real change. We've got to have industries and commercial enterprises and build our own sustaining economic base. Then we can face white folks man-to-man and we can deal." The BEU secured loans and grants, including from the Ford Foundation , to support community initiatives related to food, medicines and farm and economic ventures in specific counties, starting with Marshall County, Mississippi . Because of Brown's economic advocacy for

372-403: A weighted average , assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Chicago Sun-Times critic Richard Roeper gave the film a "B", stating the film is "a sentimental, predictable, sometimes implausible but thoroughly entertaining, old-fashioned piece." Ian Rapoport , an NFL Network Insider who held multiple brief cameos throughout

465-537: A blocked extra point after Syracuse's third touchdown was the difference as TCU won 28–27. In addition to his football accomplishments, he excelled in basketball, track, and especially lacrosse. As a sophomore, he was the second-leading scorer for the basketball team (15 ppg), and earned a letter on the track team. In 1955, he finished in fifth place in the National Championship decathlon . His junior year, he averaged 11.3 points in basketball, and

558-552: A budget of $ 25   million. It spent its first two weeks in the Top 10 at the domestic box office, before quickly dropping to the Top 58th nearing the end of its theatrical release cycle. Based on total market estimates collected by The Numbers , a film industry statistic site that utilizes data to provide real analytics, Draft Day is estimated to have earned $ 12.1 million in Domestic Video Sales. Close to $ 1 million

651-696: A cameo in the spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988). Brown appeared in Original Gangstas (1996) and Mars Attacks! (1996) and Sucker Free City (2004) and played a defensive coach, Montezuma Monroe, in Any Given Sunday (1999). Brown was one of the few athletes to speak out on racial issues in the 1950s as the civil rights movement was growing. He was one of the most prominent African American athletes to engage in civil rights activism, and he called on other African American athletes to become involved in similar initiatives off

744-554: A career in boxing promotion to Bob Arum . Brown's autobiography, published in 1989 by Zebra Books, was titled Out of Bounds and was co-written with Steve Delsohn. He was a subject of the book Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir of the Great Jim Brown , by James Toback . In 1993, Brown was hired as a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a role he occupied for

837-413: A community off the coast of Georgia where he was raised by his grandmother and where racism did not affect him directly. At the age of eight, he moved to Manhasset, New York , on Long Island , where his mother worked as a domestic . It was at Manhasset High School that he became a football star and athletic legend. Brown averaged a Long Island record 38 points per game for his basketball team. That record

930-554: A member of the United States Army Reserve . He served for four years and was discharged with the rank of captain . Brown was taken in the first round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns , the sixth overall selection. In the ninth game of his rookie season, against the Los Angeles Rams he rushed for 237 yards, setting an NFL single-game record that stood unsurpassed for 14 years and

1023-430: A more richly developed sport world, and may also be more player-oriented or thematically complex. Often, they feature a hero of adventure origins and a clear distinction between loss and victory set against each other in a play time struggle. Thematically, the story is often one of "our team" versus "their team"; their team will always try to win, and our team will show the world that they deserve recognition or redemption;

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1116-433: A number of NFL players, executives and sportscasters had cameo appearances as themselves, including: Chris Berman , Russ Brandon , Jim Brown , Rich Eisen , Roger Goodell , Jon Gruden , Bernie Kosar , Ray Lewis and Alex Marvez . Draft Day writers, Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman, met while attending graduate school at New York University. They bonded over their love of both writing and football and joked around about

1209-619: A player to keep their stick in motion. He is in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame . The JMA Wireless Dome has an 800 square-foot tapestry depicting Brown in football and lacrosse uniforms with the words "Greatest Player Ever". While in college, Brown participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps . After graduating he was commissioned as a second lieutenant . During his time in the NFL, Brown continued his military commitment as

1302-719: A predecessor of the 21st century protest movement initiated by Colin Kaepernick . In 1966, Brown founded the Negro Industrial Economic Union, later known as the Black Economic Union (BEU), to help promote economic opportunities for minority owned businesses. Brown later stated in a 1968 Ebony interview, "We've got to stop wasting all our energy and money marching and picketing and going things like camping-down in Washington on

1395-592: A rookie record that remained for 40 years until Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals rushed for 246 yards in a Week 15 game against the Tennessee Oilers . Brown broke the single-season rushing record in 1958, gaining 1,527 yards in the 12-game season, shattering the previous NFL mark of 1,146 yards set by Steve Van Buren in 1949, as well as most rushing yards per game in a season, with 127.3. In this MVP season, Brown led all players with

1488-572: A rusher. After winning his third league MVP award in 1965 , Brown retired in July 1966 at age 30 while still in top form. He was in England for the shooting of the movie The Dirty Dozen . He had expected to return to the Browns afterwards, but retired when team owner Art Modell threatened him with fines for missing training camp . Brown held the NFL career rushing record of 12,312 yards until it

1581-471: A single game (6). He ran for 986 yards—third-most in the country despite Syracuse playing only eight games—and scored 14 touchdowns. In the regular-season finale, a 61–7 rout of Colgate , he rushed for 197 yards, scored six touchdowns, and kicked seven extra points for a school-record 43 points. Then in the Cotton Bowl , he rushed for 132 yards, scored three touchdowns, and kicked three extra points, but

1674-562: A specific moment in history like I, Tonya (2018). Examples of this overall genre/type include: Body and Soul (1947), The Hustler (1961), Rocky (1976), Hoosiers (1986), Remember the Titans (2000), Lagaan (2001), Moneyball (2011), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Ferrari (2023) and the Goal! trilogy. There have been numerous sports movies that have become award winning phenomenons. Several films have been nominated for and won

1767-418: A staggering 17 touchdowns scored, beating his nearest rival, Baltimore Colts wide receiver Raymond Berry , by 8. After nine years in the NFL, he departed as the league's record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing (12,312 yards), as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player to reach

1860-538: A two-hour film. Sports film The first sports film was released 1915, this was during the era of silent films. Several sub-categories of sports films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid. The most common sports subgenres depicted in movies are sports drama and sports comedy. Both categories typically employ playground settings, match, game creatures and other elements commonly associated with biological stories. Sports films tend to feature

1953-477: A woman." Brown married his first wife Sue Brown (née Jones) in September 1959. She sued for divorce in 1968, charging him with "gross neglect". Together, they had three children, twins born 1960, and a son born 1962. Their divorce was finalized in 1972. Brown was ordered to pay $ 2,500 per month in alimony and $ 100 per week for child support . In December 1973, Brown proposed to 18-year-old Diane Stanley,

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2046-476: Is clear that this genre is loved by many. Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American professional football player, civil rights activist , and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965. Considered one of the greatest running backs of all time, as well as one of

2139-435: Is during [her menstrual period ]". Later that year, he was found guilty of vandalism for smashing her car with a shovel. He was sentenced to three years' probation, one year of domestic violence counseling, and 400 hours of community service or 40 hours on a work crew along with a $ 1,800 fine. Brown ignored the terms of his sentence and in 2000 was sentenced to six months in jail, which he began serving in 2002 after refusing

2232-410: Is exceeded only by O. J. Simpson 's 1973 season . Brown led the league in rushing a record eight times. He was also the first NFL player to rush for over 10,000 yards. He was very difficult to tackle (shown by his all-time record of 5.2 yards per carry), often requiring more than one defender to bring him down. Brown was famous for his stiff arm and combined speed, power and relentless endurance as

2325-636: The D-Day invasion. Production delays due to bad weather meant he missed at least the first part of training camp on the campus of Hiram College , which annoyed Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell , who threatened to fine Brown $ 1,500 (equivalent to $ 14,100 in 2023) for every week of camp he missed. Brown, who had previously said that 1966 would be his last season, the final year of a three-year contract, announced his retirement, instead. MGM cast Brown in his first lead role in The Split (1968), based on

2418-604: The Los Angeles Raiders when it appeared that Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris would break Brown's all-time rushing record. Brown disliked Harris' style of running, criticizing the Steelers' running back's tendency to run out of bounds, a marked contrast to Brown's approach of fighting for every yard and taking on the approaching tackler. Eventually, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke

2511-572: The Playboy Mansion . These alleged incidents occurred from the late 1970s into the 1990s. According to the documentary, as well as other sources and numerous interviews, other perpetrators of rape and assault at the Playboy Mansion included Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby . In 1999, Brown was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats toward his wife Monique. According to Brown, "The only time [we] ever have an argument

2604-503: The Premier Lacrosse League MVP Award is named in his honor. Brown also excelled in basketball and track and field. In his professional career, Brown carried the ball 2,359 times for 12,312 rushing yards and 106 touchdowns , which were all records when he retired. He averaged 104.3 rushing yards per game and is the only player in NFL history to average over 100 rushing yards per game for his career. Brown

2697-779: The Watts truce between rival street gangs in Los Angeles. Perceiving Brown and other outspoken African-American athletes as a threat, the Federal Bureau of Investigation monitored Brown and his organizations. Files declassified in 2003 showed that the FBI, the United States Secret Service , and several police departments had monitored Brown and the Black Economic Union, attempting to smear

2790-491: The Watts truce between rival street gangs in Los Angeles. Brown was born on St. Simons Island, Georgia , to Swinton Brown, a professional boxer, and his wife, Theresa, a homemaker. He attended Manhasset Secondary School in Manhasset, New York . Brown earned 13 letters playing football , lacrosse , baseball, basketball, and running track. Mr. Brown credits his self-reliance to having grown up on Saint Simons Island,

2883-574: The civil rights movement was growing in the 1950s. He participated in the Cleveland Summit after Muhammad Ali faced imprisonment for refusing to enter the draft for the Vietnam War , and he founded the Black Economic Union to help promote economic opportunities for minority-owned businesses. Brown later launched a foundation focused on diverting at-risk youth from violence through teaching them life skills, through which he facilitated

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2976-433: The draft , his boxing license had been revoked, and he faced up to five years in prison. For Brown and the other participants to stand with Ali in support of him and his position consequently put "their reputations and their careers" at risk. The Cleveland Summit was later called "a significant turning point for the role of the athlete in society" and "one of the most important civil rights acts in sports history", as well as

3069-399: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 60% of 160 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "It's perfectly pleasant for sports buffs and Costner fans, but overall, Draft Day lives down to its title by relying too heavily on the sort of by-the-numbers storytelling that only a statistician could love." Metacritic , which uses

3162-399: The 100-rushing-touchdowns milestone, and only a few others have done so since, despite the league's expansion to a 16-game season in 1978 and 17-game season in 2021 (Brown's first four seasons were only 12 games, and his last five were 14 games). Brown's record of scoring 100 touchdowns in only 93 games stood until LaDainian Tomlinson did it in 89 games during the 2006 season. Brown holds

3255-572: The 1964 championship game, Brown rushed 27 times for 114 yards and caught 3 passes for 37. Brown appeared in many movies and was at times described as a black Superman or a black John Wayne . While not considered a gifted actor, he helped to expand the range of roles available to black actors. Brown began his acting career before the 1964 season, playing a buffalo soldier in a Western action film called Rio Conchos . The film premiered at Cleveland's Hippodrome theater on October 23, with Brown and many of his teammates in attendance. The reaction

3348-515: The 22nd pick. Chris Berman , who played himself in the fictionalized draft, commented at the 2014 NFL draft that the events surrounding the Cleveland Browns were more exciting than the film. Unlike the film, the Browns selected the much-hyped Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, as opposed to passing on Bo Callahan, the fictionalized first pick favorite. The first poster and trailer for the film were released on December 23, 2013. On

3441-439: The 24-year old Brown told a journalist, "I've carried the ball 749 times in three years with the Browns. I get the same question everywhere I go — will so much ball-carrying and the tackling that results shorten my career? Will I end up my career groggy or, even worse, punchy as a punch-drunk prizefighter? ... I hope I'm smart enough to quit the game before somebody has to tell me I'm finished. I want to leave feeling I can still do

3534-544: The African American community, Richard Nixon expressed support for black capitalism in his campaign in the 1968 United States presidential election and received an endorsement from Brown. In 1988, Brown founded the Amer-I-Can Foundation, an organization that sought to divert gang members and prisoners from violence by teaching them life skills. Through the foundation, Brown helped establish

3627-408: The Browns burdened themselves with an additional $ 7   million in annual salary (as stated by a Seahawks executive in the film) to the fictional Mack – a player who would have been lucky to be drafted 15th overall, compounded by the fact that the Browns have also deprived the fictional Callahan of $ 7   million in annual salary that he, not Mack, should be making: McAtee also notes

3720-597: The Hard Way which was released in 1974. He would later star with Williamson, Kelly again with Lee Van Cleef in Take a Hard Ride , a western which was released the following year. The Williamson, Brown and Kelly trio would again appear together with Richard Roundtree in One Down, Two to Go , a 1982 actioner. His 1980s appearances were mostly on television. Brown appeared in some TV shows including Knight Rider in

3813-442: The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell read lines for the movie right before the actual draft started. Crowd reactions of fans at the actual 2013 NFL draft , as well as Cleveland Browns fans at local bars, were filmed. Cameos with real-life NFL figures such as league commissioner Roger Goodell and ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman were filmed before and after the draft took place. The rest of the film began filming on May 8, 2013. As in

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3906-421: The NFL is doubling down on its fantasy of paternalism, and Draft Day is that fantasy's porn film." Former Green Bay Packers vice president Andrew Brandt criticized Draft Day as "lacking any true depiction of how an NFL team operates leading up to and during the draft", and less realistic about the business of sports than Jerry Maguire and Moneyball . Riley McAtee, writing for The Ringer , noted that

3999-468: The NFL's wide range of sponsored programs through the team's player programs department. On May 29, 2013, Brown was named a special advisor to the Browns. Brown became a part-owner of the New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse , joining a group of investors in the purchase of the team in 2012. On October 11, 2018, Brown along with Kanye West met with President Donald Trump to discuss

4092-604: The Seahawks are still in contention to pick Callahan with the seventh pick, and Sonny senses an opportunity. He convinces the rookie general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars to trade him their pick at six in exchange for the Browns' second-round draft picks for that season plus the next two years. Sonny then calls Michaels; in return for passing on Callahan, Sonny demands his first-round picks back, along with punt returner David Putney. After fraught negotiations,

4185-448: The Seahawks seal the deal and choose Callahan at sixth pick. With his now-restored seventh pick, Sonny appeases Penn and Molina by selecting skilled running back Ray Jennings of Florida State , himself the son of a former Browns player. Molina and his team celebrate an outstanding draft for the Browns. After the draft party, Sonny reconciles with his mother over his excellent draft performance and her soon-to-be first grandchild. As well,

4278-549: The United States, the NFL draft is one of the most celebrated and anticipated cultural phenomena. Steve Persall from the Tampa Bay Times , remains very opinionated about the shortcomings of the film, claiming that “[t]his movie doesn’t even trust the viewers to know where teams play” as each city is introduced with their relative mascot . Other critics dissected and compared the less-than-realistic happenings within

4371-415: The camera is pointed at people who are explaining the film's plot to one another, preferably while they are wearing logos and standing in front of more logos ," he wrote. He suggested the NFL's involvement had made the film too upbeat. "[It] isn't so much a movie as a movielike infomercial for the kinder, gentler NFL ... In the wake of labor strife, off-field scandals, and the ongoing CTE concussions crisis ,

4464-438: The central tenets of screenwriting which is, 'thou shalt make things as hard as possible for your protagonist'". However, he felt that the film's execution failed to deliver on a script that was "as good as it gets." $ 28.8 million was grossed domestically (United States and Canada) over 37 weeks. Draft Day grossed around $ 9.8 million during the film’s opening weekend, representing 34% of the $ 29.8 million worldwide total, against

4557-525: The coaching staff attempted to put him at other positions, including punter, lineman, and wide receiver. As a sophomore at Syracuse, Brown was the second-leading rusher on the team. As a junior, he rushed for 676 yards (5.2 per carry). In his senior year in 1956 , Brown was a consensus first-team All-American . He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting and set school records for highest season rush average (6.2) and most rushing touchdowns in

4650-403: The complete ineptness of the fictional executives of the Seahawks and Jaguars, making bad deal after bad deal, calling the latter the equivalent of "a kid who just wet his pants". The screenplay was the number one script on the 2012 Black List survey of unproduced screenplays. Writing for WhatCulture , David Hynes listed it as the 10th best script of the 2010s, arguing that it "follows one of

4743-437: The court-ordered counseling and community service . He was released after three months. "There is no excuse for violence," said Brown in 2015. "There is never a justification for anyone to impose themselves on someone else. And it will always be incorrect when it comes to a man and a woman, regardless of what might have happened. You need to be man enough to take the blow. That is always the best way. Do not put your hands on

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4836-446: The draft begins that evening, Sonny agonises over the choice before drafting Vontae Mack at number one. Roger Goodell 's announcement of the selection shocks the rest of the league, and disrupts many of their plans for their own picks. Molina is irate and flies back to Cleveland, intent on firing Sonny. Head coach Vince Penn is also incensed and threatens to resign. Rumors spread about Callahan as other teams avoid selecting him. However,

4929-493: The field. In 1967, Brown, alongside Bill Russell , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , and Carl Stokes , were all members of the Cleveland Summit , a meeting with Muhammad Ali held with the intention of convincing the four to rally behind and recruit others to help Ali's cause of civil rights in the United States. Because Ali was a "pariah" in American society at the time because of his opposition to the Vietnam War and refusal to enter

5022-401: The film to their NFL Draft counterparts. For example, most of the info-gathering occurs on the final day of the draft when real NFL Draft decisions take months of research and planning. These details are simple to overlook during the production of a multi-million-dollar movie, as Ian Rapoport is recorded sharing his awareness of the film's inaccuracies stating that "Hollywood does its thing". With

5115-407: The film, admitted that there are “plenty of things that aren’t exactly the way it goes” within the actual drafting process. And then goes on to praise the film on how NFL general managers “do talk about trades as they did during the movie,” and the honest discussions real people may have. On the contrary, Jack Hamilton of Slate was harshly critical. "The 'filmmaking' here consists of making sure

5208-567: The film, but dropped out, leaving the team at a loss of what to do. Reitman was convinced the movie could be a major production, and eventually got Oddlot Entertainment and Summit Entertainment on board. When the idea was first made public, the film was to be centered on the Buffalo Bills , but the studio subsequently changed it to the Cleveland Browns because of cheaper production costs in Ohio . Typically, screenwriters are not needed after

5301-488: The film, the Cleveland Browns made splashes at the draft, trading up to select quarterback Johnny Manziel with the 22nd pick. The team also made several deals, trading away their fourth pick to the Buffalo Bills for their ninth pick, as well as their 2015 first round pick. They later traded up to the eighth pick to draft Justin Gilbert . Finally, after watching Manziel drop farther than projected, they again traded up for

5394-542: The first overall draft pick, and general manager Tom Michaels offers to trade it to Sonny; this would allow the Browns to draft highly-rated Wisconsin quarterback prospect Bo Callahan. Sonny initially declines, but under orders from team owner Anthony Molina to "make a splash," reluctantly makes the deal, trading away the Browns' first-round draft picks for the current season plus the next two years. The unexpected opportunity to obtain Callahan excites Browns fans, but splits

5487-492: The first six pay-per-view events. In 2008, Brown initiated a lawsuit against Sony and EA Sports for using his likeness in the Madden NFL video game series. He claimed that he "never signed away any rights that would allow his likeness to be used". From 2008 until his death, Brown served as an executive advisor to the Browns. In that capacity he helped to build relationships with the team's players and to further enhance

5580-490: The greatest players in NFL history, Brown was a Pro Bowl invitee every season he was in the league, was recognized as the AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times. Brown won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964. He led the league in rushing yards in eight out of his nine seasons, and by the time he retired, he held most major rushing records. In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as

5673-572: The greatest professional football player ever. Brown earned unanimous All-America honors playing college football at Syracuse University , where he was an all-around player for the Syracuse Orangemen football team. The team later retired his number 44 jersey, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995. He is also widely considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, and

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5766-581: The group as a source of Communist and radical Muslim extremism and collecting information to damage Brown's reputation. Brown posed in the nude for the September 1974 issue of Playgirl magazine, and was one of the rare celebrities to allow full-frontal nude pictures to be used. Brown also worked as a color analyst on NFL telecasts for CBS in 1978, teaming with Vin Scully and George Allen . In 1983, 17 years after retiring from professional football, Brown mused about coming out of retirement to play for

5859-497: The highest award of Best Picture at the Academy Awards , including Chariots of Fire (1981), Rocky (1976), and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Other movies that received awards of a high caliber are Jerry Maguire (Best Supporting Actor, 1996), Bull Durham (Best Original Screenplay, 1988), and The Karate Kid (Best Supporting Actor, 1984). Regardless of the awards that these sports films have been granted, it

5952-522: The idea of creating something together. It wasn’t until years later, a mutual friend of theirs mentioned that despite not being a fan of football, she found watching the NFL Draft enjoyable. This led Joseph and Rothman to get into contact with the then general manager of the New York Jets, Mike Tannenbaum. They had a call with him and asked him many questions about what the environment of Draft Day

6045-471: The incidents occurred, prominent men were usually not scrutinized for reported offenses against women. He was never found guilty of a major crime; in most of the cases, the women refused to press charges after calling the police. In 1965, Brown was arrested in his hotel room for assault and battery against 18-year-old Brenda Ayres; he was later acquitted of those charges. A year later, he fought paternity allegations that he fathered her child. In 1968, Brown

6138-544: The inclusion of an underdeveloped love story amid heavy sports talk, the film strays from capitalizing on die-hard NFL fans before the film is even released. The film itself is also treated similarly to the NFL Draft, many scenes play like advertisements, with logo after logo being shoved in the viewer’s face, along with loud visuals that “give the viewer the impression they’re watching something truly important.” The NFL Draft provides tens of millions of dollars to first picks, but these large-scale stakes are difficult to convey in

6231-445: The job. That's the way the great quarterback Otto Graham finished with the Browns. He most likely had several good seasons left... But Otto quit while he was on top. I hope I have the good sense to follow the example." Brown's 1,863 rushing yards in the 1963 season remains a Cleveland franchise record. It is currently the oldest franchise record for rushing yards out of all 32 NFL teams. His average of 133 yards per game that season

6324-436: The movie goes into production, however Joseph and Rothman were called to set nearly daily to meet with star Kevin Costner to go over the script and make any needed adjustments. Because of this, the script was often changed on the fly during the shooting days. The first day of filming took place during the day of the actual 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. Actual SportCenter casters Chris Berman and Mel Kiper, as well as

6417-427: The peak of his football career to pursue an acting career. He obtained 53 acting credits and several leading roles throughout the 1970s. He has been described as Hollywood's first black action hero and his role in the 1969 film 100 Rifles made cinematic history for featuring interracial love scenes. Brown was one of the few athletes, and among the most prominent African Americans, to speak out on racial issues as

6510-453: The program, but were able to spend more time revising the script. After some revising, the writer duo were able to meet with a producer in LA and were told that the script was not good and would never be made. However, things began looking up for Draft Day when director Ivan Reitman contacted the writers and told them he wanted to make their movie. Paramount Pictures was originally set to produce

6603-401: The record for total seasons leading the NFL in all-purpose yards (five: 1958–1961, 1964), and is the only rusher in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game for a career. In addition to his rushing, Brown was a superb receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns, while also adding another 628 yards returning kickoffs. In every season he played, Brown

6696-473: The record on October 7, 1984, with Brown having ended thoughts of a comeback. Harris, who retired after the 1984 season after playing eight games with the Seattle Seahawks , fell short of Brown's mark. Following Harris's last season, in that January, a challenge between Brown and Harris in a 40-yard dash was nationally televised. Brown, at 48 years old, was certain he could beat Harris, though Harris

6789-475: The season-three premiere episode "Knight of the Drones". Brown appeared alongside fellow former football player Joe Namath on The A-Team episode "Quarterback Sneak". Brown also appeared on CHiPs , episodes one and two, in season three, as a pickpocket on roller skates. He appeared opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987's The Running Man , an adaptation of a Stephen King novel, as Fireball, and had

6882-444: The seventh overall pick to improve the team , but he has other problems on his mind. His semi-secret girlfriend Ali Parker, the team's salary cap analyst, is pregnant, and the recent death of Sonny's father causes tension with his mother. Sonny had fired his father, a legendary coach for the Browns which he later admits was for his mother's sake because his father refused to retire even with failing health. The Seattle Seahawks hold

6975-485: The sport they are playing and trying to get back into it. Examples and staples of the genre include The Waterboy , The Longest Yard , Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby , and Blades of Glory . Sports drama combines the sports film genre with drama film elements. These films rely on conflict, usually revolving around an athlete or a team. These dramas can further be broken up into categories, some movies focusing on race such as 42 (2013), or focusing on

7068-407: The state of America, among other topics. Criticized by the black community for the meeting, Brown said that Trump was the sitting president and "we can't ignore that seat and just call names of the person that's sitting in it". Brown called him "accessible", and said that the president was not a racist . Brown was arrested at least seven times for assault, mainly against women. During the era when

7161-434: The story does not always have to involve a team. The story could also be about an individual athlete or the story could focus on an individual playing on a team. Sports comedy combines the sports film genre with comedy film elements. Traditionally, these films heavily rely on slapstick humor and very physical comedy, such as someone getting hurt in a comical way. A typical storyline may revolve around someone losing sight of

7254-453: The team's front office and players. The trade goes public after a tweet by Ohio State linebacker Vontae Mack, who had been Sonny's original choice as first pick. Vontae tells Sonny to re-watch college game footage of him and Callahan playing against each other, with Mack coming out on top. Sonny begins to have doubts about Callahan's ability under pressure, and the Browns' investigations also bring Callahan's character into question. When

7347-403: Was angry and jealous over an affair he had been having with Gloria Steinem , and this argument is what led to the "misunderstanding with the police". In 1970, Brown was found not guilty of assault and battery , the charges stemming from a road-rage incident that had occurred in 1969. In 1975, Brown was convicted of misdemeanor battery for beating and choking his golfing partner, Frank Snow. He

7440-587: Was billed over co stars Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds and had a love scene with Welch, one of the first interracial love scenes and the first in a major Hollywood movie. Raquel Welch reflected on the scene in Spike Lee 's Jim Brown: All-American . For this role, Brown was paid $ 200,000 and received five percent of the film's box office, becoming one of the highest paid black actors. Brown starred with fellow NFL star Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly in Three

7533-511: Was broken by Walter Payton on October 7, 1984, during Payton's 10th NFL season. Brown is still the Browns' all-time leading rusher. As of 2018, he ranked 11th on the all-time rushing list. Brown's NFL touchdown record would stand until 1994 when Jerry Rice surpassed him with his 127th touchdown. During Brown's career, Cleveland won the NFL championship in 1964 and were runners-up in 1957 and 1965 , his rookie and final season, respectively. In

7626-419: Was charged with assault with intent to commit murder after model Eva Bohn-Chin was found beneath the balcony of Brown's second-floor apartment. The charges were later dismissed after Bohn-Chin refused to cooperate with the prosecutor's office. Brown was also ordered to pay a $ 300 fine for striking a deputy sheriff involved in the investigation during the incident. In Brown's autobiography, he stated that Bohn-Chin

7719-444: Was earned in international box offices, as Mexico and Venezuela are responsible for over half of these earnings. Even though American football is predominantly popular within the U.S., Vietnam released the movie on June 27, 2014, with just a few ticket sales amassing $ 878. Prime Video , Apple TV+ , and HBO Max are all streaming platforms for the film, as well as free-with-ads on any Roku streaming service. Regarding sports in

7812-518: Was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. He was named to the NFL's 50th , 75th , and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams , composed of the best players in NFL history. Brown was honored at the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship as the greatest college football player of all time. His number 32 jersey is retired by the Browns. Shortly before the end of his football career, Brown became an actor. He retired at

7905-399: Was later broken by future Boston Red Sox star and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski of Bridgehampton . Lawyer and Syracuse University lacrosse star Kenneth Molloy , who was involved with the lacrosse program at Manhasset, was a benefactor of Brown and persuaded his alma mater to admit him, which was difficult because according to Molloy, "[Syracuse] did not want black athletes." Brown

7998-578: Was like for the managers. They quickly realized that despite their love of football, they had no idea the way that the Draft played out. They continued to think about a possible story they could tell and what characters or plots they could bring to a football movie. The two writers eventually wrote a very rushed first screenplay of Draft Day to submit to the Sundance Institute for a Screenwriter’s Lab in September of 2011. They were not accepted into

8091-549: Was lukewarm. Brown, one reviewer said, was a serviceable actor, but the movie's overcooked plotting and implausibility amounted to "a vigorous melodrama for the unsqueamish." In early 1966, Brown was shooting his second film in London. MGM 's The Dirty Dozen cast Brown as Robert Jefferson, one of 12 convicts sent to France during World War II to assassinate German officers meeting at a castle near Rennes in Brittany before

8184-435: Was named a second-team All-American in lacrosse. His senior year, he was named a first-team All-American in lacrosse (43 goals in 10 games to rank second in scoring nationally). Brown was so dominant in the game, that lacrosse rules were changed requiring a lacrosse player to keep their stick in constant motion when carrying the ball (instead of holding it close to his body). There is currently no rule in lacrosse that requires

8277-458: Was only 34 years old and just ending his elite career. Harris clocked in at 5.16 seconds, and Brown in at 5.72 seconds, pulling up in towards the end of the race clutching his hamstring . In 1965, Brown was the first black televised boxing announcer when he announced a televised boxing match in the United States, for the Terrell – Chuvalo fight, and is also credited with then first suggesting

8370-434: Was released in the United States on April 11, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure grossing only $ 29 million against its $ 25 million budget. The film was Reitman's final directorial effort and Jim Brown 's final acting role before their deaths in 2022 and 2023 respectively. On the morning of the 2014 NFL Draft , Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. must decide how to use

8463-467: Was sentenced to one day in jail, two years' probation, and a fine of $ 500. In 1985, Brown was charged with raping a 33-year-old woman. The charges were later dismissed. In 1986, he was arrested for assaulting his fiancée Debra Clark. Clark refused to press charges, and he was released. According to several victims and witnesses, who were interviewed for the 2022 documentary series Secrets of Playboy , Brown brutally raped and assaulted numerous women at

8556-424: Was the only African-American player on the football team as a freshman in 1953, and promises of a full scholarship in the second half of the year were not honored; Molloy personally financed and fundraised for Brown's first year at the school. He endured racist taunts while he was at Syracuse. He was treated differently from teammates: he was housed in a non-athlete dormitory, warned against dating Caucasian women, and

8649-480: Was voted into the Pro Bowl , and he left the league in style by scoring three touchdowns in his final Pro Bowl game. He told me, "Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts." He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice. Brown was cognizant of the physical toll exacted by carrying the ball as a lead running back and began foreshadowing an early retirement as early as 1960, when

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