Connection
The Bear is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard C. Sarafian released in USA on 28 september 1984 with Gary Busey
The Bear (1984)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listThe Bear is a 1984 biopic starring Gary Busey and Jon-Erik Hexum. The film was written by Michael Kane, directed by Richard C. Sarafian, and produced by James A. Hearn and Larry G. Spangler.
Synopsis
The Bear follows the life of Paul "Bear" Bryant (Busey), head coach of the University of Alabama football team, who died in 1983. Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Pat Trammell, also stars in the film.Actors
Gary Busey
(Paul W. Bryant)
Jon-Erik Hexum
(Pat Trammell)
Cary Guffey
(Grandson Marc)
D'Urville Martin
(Billy)
Michael McGrady
(Gene Stallings)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Bear
There are 86 films with the same actors, 14 films with the same director, 61903 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1769 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Bear), 4182 films with the same themes (including 130 films with the same 2 themes than The Bear), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Bear, you will probably like those similar films :
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
, 1h32Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, Denise Galik, William Smith
Rating56%
After serving time in prison, Buck Matthews (Gary Busey), a Vietnam veteran, returns to his hometown to start his life over with his wife Christie (Denise Galik) and their five-year-old daughter Jennifer (Judith Barsi). However, he learns that the small town where he grew up is overrun by a large motorcycle gang which rides through the town in large numbers, harassing various citizens. On his first night back to his old job at a construction yard, Buck hears a woman screaming in the distance. He follows the screams to discover a large group of bikers attacking and attempting to rape a local nurse. Buck manages to chase the gang off using his truck, saving the nurse. The leader of the biker gang, Blade (William Smith), takes Buck's actions personally and begins to terrorize Buck and his family. The gang attacks the Matthews' home, beating Buck and killing his wife. This leaves Jennifer, his young daughter, in shock as she witnessed the entire event.
The Last American Hero (1973)
, 1h35Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Ed Lauter
Rating63%
Junior Jackson (Junior Johnson) (by Jeff Bridges), a stock-car stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining. Seeing the error of his ways, Jackson begins to concentrate his driving skills, hoping to become a professional stock car racer to raise money to get his father released from jail.
Brian's Song (1971)
, 1h13Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, American football films, Films about cancer
Actors James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace
Rating74%
The movie begins as Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Williams) arrives to team practice as an errant punt is sent to Sayers. Running back Brian Piccolo (Caan) goes to retrieve the ball, and Sayers flips it to him. Before Sayers meets with coach George Halas (Jack Warden) in his office, Piccolo tells him - as a prank - that Halas has a hearing problem, and Sayers acts strangely at the meeting. Sayers pranks him back by placing mashed potatoes on his seat while Piccolo is singing his alma mater's fight song. During practice, Piccolo struggles while Sayers shines. Sayers and Piccolo are placed as roommates, a rarity during the racial strife at the time. Sayers quickly becomes a standout player, but he injures his knee in a game against the San Francisco 49ers. To aid in Sayers' recovery, Piccolo brings a weight machine to his house. In Sayers' place, Piccolo rushes for 160 yards in a 17-16 win over the Los Angeles Rams, and is given the game ball. Piccolo challenges Sayers to a race across the park, where Sayers stumbles but wins. Piccolo is given the starting fullback position, and both he and Sayers excel. But Piccolo starts to lose weight and his performance declines, so he is sent to a hospital for a diagnosis. Soon after, Halas tells Sayers that Piccolo has cancer. In an emotional speech to his teammates, Sayers states that they will give Piccolo the game ball. After a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sayers visits Piccolo's wife, who reveals that Piccolo has to have another surgery for his tumor. After he is awarded the "George S. Halas Most Courageous Player Award," Sayers dedicates his speech to Piccolo. Sayers told the crowd that they had selected the wrong person for the award and said, "I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him, too. Tonight, when you hit your knees to pray, please ask God to love him, too." In a call, Sayers mentions that he gave Piccolo a pint of blood while he was in critical condition. Piccolo dies with his wife by his side. The movie ends with a flashback of Piccolo and Sayers running through the park, while the narrator says that Piccolo died at age 26, and is remembered as he lived, rather than how he died.
The Longshots (2008)
, 1h35Directed by Fred Durst
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Matt Craven, Dash Mihok, Tasha Smith, Debby Ryan
Rating56%
Minden, Illinois, is a former factory town with no money and a pathetic football team. Curtis Plummer, a down-and-out former football player is going nowhere, until he meets his niece Jasmine, the daughter of his no-good brother. Jasmine has worn her father's watch ever since he left five years ago, in the hopes that he will return. Her mother Claire asks Curtis to take care of Jasmine after school, because Claire has to work at the town diner. Curtis realizes Jasmine has a talent for throwing a football, which he nurtures into a passion for the game. He then persuades her to try out for the town's Pop Warner football team, the Minden Browns, because he thinks it would be good for her and the team. The team, including the coach, are against it, but her abilities gain her a spot on the team. However, the coach keeps her on the bench. In the fourth game, after much prodding from Curtis, the coach puts Jasmine in the game, and although they lose, everyone said they could have won if she had played from the beginning. Jasmine becomes the starting quarterback and the Minden Browns become a winning team.
Brian's Song (2001)
, 1h28Directed by Mekhi Phifer, Ben Gazzara, Sean Maher, Elise Neal, William Blinn, Paula Cale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, American football films, Films about cancer
Actors Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer, Paula Cale, Elise Neal, Dean McDermott, Ben Gazzara
Rating65%
Brian and Gale aren't friends in the beginning, in fact they are rivals. Brian, during their season together, was always one-upped by Gale, never being in the spotlight. After their first season, Brian pledges to beat Gale and take his position on the team.
Crazylegs (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, James Millican, Joan Vohs, James Brown, James Brown, John Brown
Rating52%
Concussion (2015)
, 2h2Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about suicide, American football films
Actors Will Smith, Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson
Rating70%
A dramatic storytelling depiction of Dr. Bennet Omalu's race-against-time to publicize CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in American football players and games and the attempts by the NFL to deny the problem and to disparage Omalu.
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
, 1h38Directed by William K. Howard, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, John Litel
Rating66%
Lars Knutson Rockne moves his family from Norway in 1892, settling in Chicago. His son Knute saves up his money and enrolls in college at the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, where he plays football.
The 5th Quarter (2010)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Matt McGrath, Anessa Ramsey
Rating56%
Luke Abbate is a popular high school athlete, who plays lacrosse and football. When the 15-year-old dies in a car accident caused by a reckless teenage driver after lacrosse practice in February 2006, Luke's older brother Jon Abbate is motivated to have the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team be successful in their upcoming season.
Radio (2003)
, 1h49Directed by Michael Tollin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, American football films, Films about disabilities
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Sharon Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Riley Smith, Sarah Drew
Rating69%
James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, a 18-year-old man with mental disabilities, pushes a shopping cart along the streets daily. He is attracted to a high school football team and often passes by their practices. One day, a football flies outside the field and lands near Radio. Radio takes the ball, deaf to the demands to return it by a student athlete on the other side of the fence. Sometime later, the team members tie up Radio and lock him inside the gear shed. The team's coach, Harold Jones, hears the team members throw balls at the shed and goes to comfort Radio. Upon meeting Radio on the streets another day, Coach Jones asks Radio to visit and help at training. Coach Jones returns Radio to his home, where he meets Radio's mother. It is revealed that Radio has a brother named Walter, who does not live with them, and that their father died a few years prior.