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THE PROGRAM (1993)
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The ESU Timberwolves are entering a season with high expectations after two disappointing seasons. The film begins with a loss to end the prior season, along with the school president putting pressure on Sam Winters (Caan) to win this coming season or face a possible firing. Sophomore quarterback Joe Kane (Sheffer) spends the Christmas bowl season with his alcoholic father and brother, while junior NFL prospect Alvin Mack (Duane Davis) gives his mother a present to go with the new house she will soon have when he turns pro. The film then follows the recruiting of Darnell Jefferson (Epps), a highly rated running back, and his eventual commitment to ESU. During the recruiting phase, Jefferson is given a tour of the campus by Autumn (Berre), a beautiful young student, and the two bond immediately, sharing a kiss before they part ways.
The film then cuts to the following fall, as football season is about to get underway. Jefferson is brought to a bar by Kane where he is introduced to Mack, backup QB Bobby Collins (Jon Pennell), who is dating Winters' daughter Louanne (Adams), and senior Steve Lattimer (Andrew Bryniarski), who has played on the punt return team for the first three years of his college career but has somewhat mysteriously gained 35 pounds since last fall with the goal of starting in his senior year.
Fall camp commences, with Jefferson fumbling during practice and subsequently forced to carry a football with him at all times. Winters warns that if any other player brings the football back to him, "you'll wish you were never born." Jefferson later reunites with Autumn, but discovers that she is dating the starting tailback Ray Griffen (J. Leon Pridgen II) (his main competition) and that when they last met the two were temporarily broken up because he had cheated on her with a white girl. Later on, Jefferson takes his entrance exams and worries about the test, going to Mack and Lattimer for advice. Lattimer tells him not to worry as it took him four times to pass the test, and he reveals that Mack is given copies of the test before he takes them and that, despite maintaining a high-enough GPA to be academically eligible at the university, Mack is functionally illiterate. Mack reassures Jefferson that the school will keep him eligible if he's talented enough to play, and that all he needs to know how to do is sign an NFL contract. Jefferson is neither surprised nor worried when he finds out that he failed the test, and when recommended that he find a tuitor he chooses Autumn, who reluctantly agrees.
The ESU Timberwolves are entering a season with high expectations after two disappointing seasons. The film begins with a loss to end the prior season, along with the school president putting pressure on Sam Winters (Caan) to win this coming season or face a possible firing. Sophomore quarterback Joe Kane (Sheffer) spends the Christmas bowl season with his alcoholic father and brother, while junior NFL prospect Alvin Mack (Duane Davis) gives his mother a present to go with the new house she will soon have when he turns pro. The film then follows the recruiting of Darnell Jefferson (Epps), a highly rated running back, and his eventual commitment to ESU. During the recruiting phase, Jefferson is given a tour of the campus by Autumn (Berre), a beautiful young student, and the two bond immediately, sharing a kiss before they part ways.
The film then cuts to the following fall, as football season is about to get underway. Jefferson is brought to a bar by Kane where he is introduced to Mack, backup QB Bobby Collins (Jon Pennell), who is dating Winters' daughter Louanne (Adams), and senior Steve Lattimer (Andrew Bryniarski), who has played on the punt return team for the first three years of his college career but has somewhat mysteriously gained 35 pounds since last fall with the goal of starting in his senior year.
Fall camp commences, with Jefferson fumbling during practice and subsequently forced to carry a football with him at all times. Winters warns that if any other player brings the football back to him, "you'll wish you were never born." Jefferson later reunites with Autumn, but discovers that she is dating the starting tailback Ray Griffen (J. Leon Pridgen II) (his main competition) and that when they last met the two were temporarily broken up because he had cheated on her with a white girl. Later on, Jefferson takes his entrance exams and worries about the test, going to Mack and Lattimer for advice. Lattimer tells him not to worry as it took him four times to pass the test, and he reveals that Mack is given copies of the test before he takes them and that, despite maintaining a high-enough GPA to be academically eligible at the university, Mack is functionally illiterate. Mack reassures Jefferson that the school will keep him eligible if he's talented enough to play, and that all he needs to know how to do is sign an NFL contract. Jefferson is neither surprised nor worried when he finds out that he failed the test, and when recommended that he find a tuitor he chooses Autumn, who reluctantly agrees.
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Directed by
David S. Ward
Writing credits
(WGA)
David S. Ward
(written by) and
Aaron Latham
(written by)
Cast
James Caan...Sam Winters
Halle Berry...Autumn Haley
Omar Epps...Darnell Jefferson
Craig Sheffer...Joe Kane
Kristy Swanson...Camille Shafer
Abraham Benrubi...Bud-Lite Kaminski
Duane Davis...Alvin Mack
Jon Pennell...Bobby Collins (as Jon Maynard Pennell)
Joey Lauren Adams...Louanne (as Joey Adams)
J.C. Quinn...Joe's Father
Andrew Bryniarski...Steve Lattimer
J. Leon Pridgen II...Ray Griffen
Michael Flippo...Coach Humes (as Mike Flippo)
Jeff Portell...Reporter #1
Ernest Dixon...Coach Clayton
George Rogers...Coach Myers
Bernard Mixon...Reverend Wallace
Mary Holloway...Alvin's Mother
Steven Griffith...Joe's Brother
George Nannarello...Advisor Smith
Jason Byce...Athletic Director Howard
Mindy Bell...Sharon Braver
Jim Fyfe...Nichols
Jason Jenks...Alvin's Tutor
Bob Neal...Brad Harvey
Albert Haynes...Mississippi Tailback
Andre Farr...Mississippi Tackle
Jed Oldenburg...History T.A.
Lynn Swann...Himself
Bo Schembechler...Himself
Robert Fuller...Tim Waymen
Al Wiggins...Mr. Haley
Lynelle Lawrence...Leslie
Julia Miller...Debbi
Patrick Robert Smith...Debbi's Boyfriend (as Patrick Smith)
Dan Hannafin...Regent Chairman
Charles Portney...Richard Fowler
John Bennes...Edward Learnihan
Charles Lawlor...Charles Shane
Deanna Perry...Rehab Nurse
Tim Parati...Steroids Dealer
Robert D. Raiford...Chancellor Wilson
George Lee...Fat Cat Alumnus
Chris Berman..Himself
Leslie Broucker...Trainer
Roger Bright...E.S.U. Doctor
J. Don Ferguson...Referee
Rhoda Griffis...Reporter #3
Steve Zabriskie...Himself
John R. Murphy...History Professor
Robert Hook...Trainer
Tracy Fowler...Orderly
James Furey...ECU Sideline Equipment Boy (uncredited)
T.J. Healy II...Coach (uncredited)
Scott Holroyd...(uncredited)
Jody Millard...Mississippi Linebacker (uncredited)
Elizabeth Slagsvol...Photographer (uncredited)
Al Whiting...ESU Wide Receiver #88 (uncredited)
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.....producer
Duncan Henderson....executive producer
Tom Rothman....executive producer
Original Music by
Michel Colombier
Cinematography by
Victor Hammer
(director of photography)
Film Editing by
Kimberly Ray
Paul Seydor
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design by
Albert Brenner
Art Direction by
Carol Winstead Wood
Set Decoration by
Kathe Klopp
Costume Design by
Tom Bronson
Makeup Department
John R. Bayless....makeup artist
Susan A. Cabral....key makeup artist
Vivian McAteer....hair stylist
Rita Parillo....assistant hair stylist
Production Management
Celia D. Costas....unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Tom Archuleta....first assistant director: second unit (as Tom Archuleta)
Allan Graf....second unit director (as Allan L. Graf)
Josh McLaglen....first assistant director
Tom C. Peitzman....second second assistant director (as Tom Peitzman)
Douglas A. Raine....second assistant director
Art Department
David B. Brenner....construction coordinator (as David Brenner)
Chris Buchinsky....illustrator
Thom Caraccio....signwriter
Scott A. Carruth....set dresser
Karen Ettline-Bloomer....property assistant
Louis S. Fleming....property master (as Lou Fleming)
Harold Fuhrman....set designer
Matt Furginson....leadman
Dale Gordon....assistant construction coordinator
Tim Jackson....construction foreman (as Timothy C. Jackson)
J. Luther Jones III....greensman
Eric Luling....set dresser (as Eric J. Luling)
Paul Oliver....stand-by painter (as Paul W. Oliver)
Doug Petersen....carpenter (as Doug Peterson)
Raymond Prado....illustrator (as Ray Prado)
John Sanders....assistant property master
Paul Stanwyck....head painter
Richard Whitney....scenic artist
Steve A. Stephenson....carpenter (uncredited)Sound Department
Robert J. Anderson Jr.....sound mixer
Bobbi Banks....adr editor
Beth Bergeron....supervising adr editor
Jeffree Bloomer....cable person
Robert Bradshaw....sound editor (as Bob Bradshaw)
Fred Burke....foley editor
Marc Deschaine....adr assistant
Michael Dressel....foley editor
Gordon Ecker....sound editor
Todd Egan....assistant sound editor
Dennis Fuller....boom operator
David Gertz....foley mixer
Hector C. Gika....sound editor (as Hector Gika)
Laura Graham....adr editor
Cynthia Haagens....adr editor
Robert Heffernan....adr editor (as Robert Hefferman)
Devon Heffley Curry....adr editor (as Devon Curry)
Joseph Holsen....sound editor
Glenn Hoskinson....sound editor
Kurt Kassulke....sound re-recording mixer
John Kwiatkowski...sound editor
Lee Lemont....adr editor
Don MacDougall....sound re-recording mixer
Ian MacGregor-Scott....foley editor
Rocky Moriana Jr.....foley editor
James Moriana....foley artist
Jay Nierenberg....sound editor
Jeffrey Perkins....supervising sound re-recording mixer
Janelle Showalter...adr assistant
Shawn Sykora....supervising foley editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit....foley artist
Richard E. Yawn....supervising sound editor
David S. Ward
Writing credits
(WGA)
David S. Ward
(written by) and
Aaron Latham
(written by)
Cast
James Caan...Sam Winters
Halle Berry...Autumn Haley
Omar Epps...Darnell Jefferson
Craig Sheffer...Joe Kane
Kristy Swanson...Camille Shafer
Abraham Benrubi...Bud-Lite Kaminski
Duane Davis...Alvin Mack
Jon Pennell...Bobby Collins (as Jon Maynard Pennell)
Joey Lauren Adams...Louanne (as Joey Adams)
J.C. Quinn...Joe's Father
Andrew Bryniarski...Steve Lattimer
J. Leon Pridgen II...Ray Griffen
Michael Flippo...Coach Humes (as Mike Flippo)
Jeff Portell...Reporter #1
Ernest Dixon...Coach Clayton
George Rogers...Coach Myers
Bernard Mixon...Reverend Wallace
Mary Holloway...Alvin's Mother
Steven Griffith...Joe's Brother
George Nannarello...Advisor Smith
Jason Byce...Athletic Director Howard
Mindy Bell...Sharon Braver
Jim Fyfe...Nichols
Jason Jenks...Alvin's Tutor
Bob Neal...Brad Harvey
Albert Haynes...Mississippi Tailback
Andre Farr...Mississippi Tackle
Jed Oldenburg...History T.A.
Lynn Swann...Himself
Bo Schembechler...Himself
Robert Fuller...Tim Waymen
Al Wiggins...Mr. Haley
Lynelle Lawrence...Leslie
Julia Miller...Debbi
Patrick Robert Smith...Debbi's Boyfriend (as Patrick Smith)
Dan Hannafin...Regent Chairman
Charles Portney...Richard Fowler
John Bennes...Edward Learnihan
Charles Lawlor...Charles Shane
Deanna Perry...Rehab Nurse
Tim Parati...Steroids Dealer
Robert D. Raiford...Chancellor Wilson
George Lee...Fat Cat Alumnus
Chris Berman..Himself
Leslie Broucker...Trainer
Roger Bright...E.S.U. Doctor
J. Don Ferguson...Referee
Rhoda Griffis...Reporter #3
Steve Zabriskie...Himself
John R. Murphy...History Professor
Robert Hook...Trainer
Tracy Fowler...Orderly
James Furey...ECU Sideline Equipment Boy (uncredited)
T.J. Healy II...Coach (uncredited)
Scott Holroyd...(uncredited)
Jody Millard...Mississippi Linebacker (uncredited)
Elizabeth Slagsvol...Photographer (uncredited)
Al Whiting...ESU Wide Receiver #88 (uncredited)
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.....producer
Duncan Henderson....executive producer
Tom Rothman....executive producer
Original Music by
Michel Colombier
Cinematography by
Victor Hammer
(director of photography)
Film Editing by
Kimberly Ray
Paul Seydor
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design by
Albert Brenner
Art Direction by
Carol Winstead Wood
Set Decoration by
Kathe Klopp
Costume Design by
Tom Bronson
Makeup Department
John R. Bayless....makeup artist
Susan A. Cabral....key makeup artist
Vivian McAteer....hair stylist
Rita Parillo....assistant hair stylist
Production Management
Celia D. Costas....unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Tom Archuleta....first assistant director: second unit (as Tom Archuleta)
Allan Graf....second unit director (as Allan L. Graf)
Josh McLaglen....first assistant director
Tom C. Peitzman....second second assistant director (as Tom Peitzman)
Douglas A. Raine....second assistant director
Art Department
David B. Brenner....construction coordinator (as David Brenner)
Chris Buchinsky....illustrator
Thom Caraccio....signwriter
Scott A. Carruth....set dresser
Karen Ettline-Bloomer....property assistant
Louis S. Fleming....property master (as Lou Fleming)
Harold Fuhrman....set designer
Matt Furginson....leadman
Dale Gordon....assistant construction coordinator
Tim Jackson....construction foreman (as Timothy C. Jackson)
J. Luther Jones III....greensman
Eric Luling....set dresser (as Eric J. Luling)
Paul Oliver....stand-by painter (as Paul W. Oliver)
Doug Petersen....carpenter (as Doug Peterson)
Raymond Prado....illustrator (as Ray Prado)
John Sanders....assistant property master
Paul Stanwyck....head painter
Richard Whitney....scenic artist
Steve A. Stephenson....carpenter (uncredited)Sound Department
Robert J. Anderson Jr.....sound mixer
Bobbi Banks....adr editor
Beth Bergeron....supervising adr editor
Jeffree Bloomer....cable person
Robert Bradshaw....sound editor (as Bob Bradshaw)
Fred Burke....foley editor
Marc Deschaine....adr assistant
Michael Dressel....foley editor
Gordon Ecker....sound editor
Todd Egan....assistant sound editor
Dennis Fuller....boom operator
David Gertz....foley mixer
Hector C. Gika....sound editor (as Hector Gika)
Laura Graham....adr editor
Cynthia Haagens....adr editor
Robert Heffernan....adr editor (as Robert Hefferman)
Devon Heffley Curry....adr editor (as Devon Curry)
Joseph Holsen....sound editor
Glenn Hoskinson....sound editor
Kurt Kassulke....sound re-recording mixer
John Kwiatkowski...sound editor
Lee Lemont....adr editor
Don MacDougall....sound re-recording mixer
Ian MacGregor-Scott....foley editor
Rocky Moriana Jr.....foley editor
James Moriana....foley artist
Jay Nierenberg....sound editor
Jeffrey Perkins....supervising sound re-recording mixer
Janelle Showalter...adr assistant
Shawn Sykora....supervising foley editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit....foley artist
Richard E. Yawn....supervising sound editor