The Program

1993
15
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

12K

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Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others t... Read allSeveral players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

12K

YOUR RATING

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Bobby Collins
(as Jon Maynard Pennell)

Joey Lauren Adams

Louanne
(as Joey Adams)

J.C. Quinn

Joe's Father

Andrew Bryniarski

Steve Lattimer

Leon Pridgen

Ray Griffen
(as J. Leon Pridgen II)

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

Director
- David S. Ward
Writers
- David S. Ward
- Aaron Latham
All cast & crew
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The Program

Storyline

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Trivia
The original release of the film contained a scene where several ESU players lay on the yellow dividing line of a busy local road as a test of their courage. When two young men were killed, and several others injured, by imitating the stunt, Buena Vista cut the scene from the film. The scene is included on the Hong Kong Laserdisc and the Australia Region 4 DVD.

Goofs
When Joe and Camille jump over the cliff on the motorcycle, Camille's skirt billows up, revealing her buttocks. When the motorcycle lands, her skirt is tucked under the seat.

Quotes
Alvin Mack: Let's open up a can of kick ass and kill 'em all, let the paramedics sort 'em out.

Alternate versions
A scene showing college students lying in a street in the middle of car traffic as a way to prove their courage. A few weeks after the film's release, the studio recalled all copies and deleted this sequence from the film in response to public outrage, A teen boy, Michael Shingledecker, was killed attempting this. The only known versions containing this scene is the Hong Kong Laserdisc and the Australia Region 4 DVD.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Good Son/The Program/A Bronx Tale/Bopha!/Dazed and Confused (1993)

Soundtracks
Good Things
Written by Kurt Neumann and Sammy Llanas (as Sam Llanas)
Performed by BoDeans
Courtesy of Slash/Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Featured review

7/10

Put the women and children to bed...

The Program is an extremely pumped up look at college football and at individual players on a college team. Speaking from experience as a college player, most of the things in this movie are grossly exaggerrated (no teammates I played with ever wanted me to spit in their mouth). However, there are a few revealing moments in this movie that capture life on a college football program. Standard performances, directing and screenplay are adequate in this film, but its true enjoyment will be by those who have participated in organized football, especially college. A rating of 7 out of 10 was given.