Everybody's All-American
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
Synopsis
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
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Cast
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Dennis Quaid
Gavin Grey
Jessica Lange
Babs Rogers Grey
Timothy Hutton
Donnie 'Cake'
John Goodman
Lawrence
Carl Lumbly
Narvel Blue
Ray Baker
Bolling Kiely
Savannah Smith Boucher
Darlene Kiely (as Savannah Smith Bouchér)
Patricia Clarkson
Leslie Stone
Aaron Neville
Man with Gun
Wayne Knight
Fraternity Pisser
Production
The details
Release
1988
Runtime
127 min
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