Brian's Song (2001)
Genres: Sports, Drama
Cast: Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer, Paula Cale, Elise Neal, Aidan Devine, Dean McDermott, Ben Gazzara
Brian's Song is the 2001 remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo, a white running back who meets, clashes with and befriends fellow Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers. The movie was adapted from Sayers' own words in his 1970 autobiography, I am Third. The television movie, produced by Columbia TriStar Television, was first broadcast in the US on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC.