The Program movie storyline. A college football coach is told by his bosses that unless they do better this season it could be his last. To bolster the team he recruits a talented wide receiver. A female student is assigned to help him assimilate with college life and that includes doing his studies because he spent his whole life just playing football.
And he finds himself attracted to her and she already has a boyfriend who is also on the team but he might be more concern about losing his position than losing her to him. And the coach has to deal with his other players’ situations like the team’s quarterback who deals with his father being distant by drinking and it eventually gets him in trouble. And one of the team’s defensive players is obviously using steroids but passes the drug tests.
The Program is a 1993 film starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, and Joey Lauren Adams. The film was directed by David S. Ward who has directed and written other Hollywood films such as the Major League series.
The film touches on the season of the fictional college football team, the ESU Timberwolves as they deal with the pressure to make a bowl game, drug and alcohol abuse, and overall college life. It follows the trials of Coach Sam Winters (Caan), the Heisman Trophy candidate Joe Kane (Sheffer), the freshman running back Darnell Jefferson (Epps), their girlfriends (Berry & Swanson), and other team members.
The film was released by Touchstone Pictures in September 1993. The movie went on to gross over twenty million dollars at the box office. The film was shot on location at several American universities, including: Boston College, Duke University, the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa, and the University of South Carolina. The film includes a cameo appearance from Michigan coaching legend Bo Schembechler.
The Program (1993)
Directed by: David S. Ward
Starring: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, Abraham Benrubi, Duane Davis, Joey Lauren Adams, Andrew Bryniarski, Michael Flippo
Screenplay by: David S. Ward, Aaron Latham
Production Design by: Albert Brenner
Cinematography by: Victor Hammer
Film Editing by: Kimberly Ray, Paul Seydor
Costume Design by: Tom Bronson
Set Decoration by: Kathe Klopp
Art Direction by: Carol Winstead Wood
Music by: Michel Colombier
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures (North America), The Samuel Goldwyn Company (International)
Release Date: September 24, 1993
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