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Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:14 am
by JeffreyMiller
Looking for Legend in Granite on DVD. Is it available? It's not on Amazon ....
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:39 pm
by Rupert Patrick
JeffreyMiller wrote:Looking for Legend in Granite on DVD. Is it available? It's not on Amazon ....
I was unfamiliar with the title but after checking on IMDB.com I saw this when I was a kid. It was the 70's TV movie about Lombardi where Ernest Borgnine (who bore a striking resemblance to Vince) played him. Oddly, Borgnine was not a football fan and wasn't very familiar with Lombardi before taking on the role. Because of the subject matter I'm surprised it has never been released on DVD. I checked Ebay and there are numerous photos from the movie available for auction.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186300/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:48 pm
by falconfan58
Try ioffer.com.Someone on there might have a copy
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:57 pm
by JohnR
Borgnine bears a striking resemblance to St Vince. If you watch clips on youtube, you can understand why it's relatively obscure today.
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:34 pm
by BD Sullivan
I know the movie (which is actually only an hour) ends with the 1960 title game. As far as Ernie's resemblance, there's this:
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:34 pm
by Rupert Patrick
Wasn't Robert DeNiro supposed to be playing Lombardi in some movie a few years back? It looks like the movie never got off the ground which is a good thing as De Niro was all wrong for the role. However, apparently there is another Lombardi movie out there that was supposed to debut as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series around the time of Super Bowl 50. Here is the producer talking about it on the Rich Eisen show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQG2wK0Ij4E
And on youtube, there is a two minute clip from a Lombardi movie. I don't know if this is the movie the producer guy in the clip above was talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFHyTYMjdeU
I don't think this guy has Lombardi down very well; he has the cadence but not the voice.
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:01 pm
by falconfan58
There was a play,maybe on Broadway,with the guy who played the dad on "The Wonder Years"in the Lombardi role.I can't think of the name of it.
Re: Legend in Granite
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:25 pm
by BD Sullivan
falconfan58 wrote:There was a play,maybe on Broadway,with the guy who played the dad on "The Wonder Years"in the Lombardi role.I can't think of the name of it.
Dan Lauria was in "Lombardi," which was based on the Maraniss book.