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Finally got the DVD of "Number One" starring Charlton Heston. Not great, but not as bad as I remembered it from watching it as a kid. Heston was no doppleganger for Kilmer, but there are some really terrific action shots from actual games in this movie, which make it worthwhile from a film buff standpoint alone.

While this doesn't pertain to "Number One," I was reminded recently of how little Hollywood scriptwriters know about football. I happened to see a 1966 episode of "The Felony Squad," with the plot involving the death of a man whose wife was fooling around with a football owner. The "owner" is a Jerry Jones type who is first seen watching game films. When he's interrupted, he lectures his secretary that, "you know I'm not to be interrupted when watching 'game pictures.'"

JeffreyMiller wrote:Finally got the DVD of "Number One" starring Charlton Heston. Not great, but not as bad as I remembered it from watching it as a kid. Heston was no doppleganger for Kilmer, but there are some really terrific action shots from actual games in this movie, which make it worthwhile from a film buff standpoint alone.

It's not bad. Good cinematography, Heston has some good lines . . .


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I know this is off topic, but does anyone ever recall seeing George Plimpton in a documentary about his movie role in Paper Lion? As I recall, it showed Michigan Stadium (the Big House) and a preseason game between Detroit and Baltimore.

Joe Zagorski

In the film, Charlton Heston's character said to have guided the Saints to a Super Bowl win. More than 30 years later, someone commented that, like Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green, Number One must have been another of Heston's science fiction movies set in the distant future.

Mark L. Ford wrote:In the film, Charlton Heston's character said to have guided the Saints to a Super Bowl win. More than 30 years later, someone commented that, like Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green, Number One must have been another of Heston's science fiction movies set in the distant future.

well played

I thought the movie was a mixed bag. There were times where they seemed to try to give an inside view of the game, like talking about the taxi squad. The story was banal, but there were some nice details.

Jay Z wrote:I thought the movie was a mixed bag. There were times where they seemed to try to give an inside view of the game, like talking about the taxi squad. The story was banal, but there were some nice details.

It had a good feel to it, the scenery, the clothes, accurate unis since they were using NFl stuff. DOn Criqui was good---some good one liners. But the story was weak, I have the book, I guess I should read it to see if it was just an average story.

But then again, it left you wanting more.

I well remember the climactic scene of this film, when Heston discovers what the team's training camp meals are made out of.

Todd Pence wrote:I well remember the climactic scene of this film, when Heston discovers what the team's training camp meals are made out of.

"Number One is people!"