A high quality version of this just got posted to YouTube. If you’ve never seen before I’d highly recommend. I thought it was so well done for its time, and Ernest Borgnine was great as Lombardi.
Description (IMDB): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186300/
Movie (1 hour long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5jZ7_BB4I
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It’s not a movie until Fedya says it is, bub.
I have a recollection of seeing it back in the day…couldn’t get past the expectations that the rest of the cast of McHale’s Navy would show up. 😀
Didn’t Tim Conway play Bart Starr?
Men with insight, men in granite,
knights in armor bent on chivalry.
I so heard John Facenda in my head reading that, antoooo!
Just one clip with his narrating, and I’m ready to watch some football.
@RoyalWulff posted:Didn’t Tim Conway play Bart Starr?
You’re thinking of the lesser known “Dorf on football.”
@lambeausouth posted:I so heard John Facenda in my head reading that, antoooo!
Just one clip with his narrating, and I’m ready to watch some football.
Taking a step in to Fedyaville....
See him (Facenda) as a TV announcer in Paul Wendkos’ riveting 1957 noir “The Burglar” starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield.
That Chanel commercial is enough to get the fur to stand up!
Watched this the other night with my son. Hadn't seen in many years. Borgnine was incredible. So well done, with all the genuine NFL footage included. Man, when Borgnine/Lombardi gives his speech at the very end, telling the team he's turning down the offer to coach the Giants and stay with the Packers, and that he never intends to lose another championship game -- ever! -- I was ready to run through a wall for that guy! Highly recommended viewing.
Thanks for the link sschumer. I've never seen that before...
I watched it. I was waiting for Captain Binghamton to arrive on the scene and try to take credit for everything. "What is going on around here - what!, what!, what! what!" Sounds like Lombardi during a game.
