Production Any Given Sunday

1 production

1.1 development
1.2 casting
1.3 principal photography

production
development

oliver stone developed script called monday night written jamie williams, former tight end nebraska cornhuskers , later san francisco 49ers, , richard weiner, sports journalist. stone separately acquired spec script on given sunday, john logan. stone later amalgamated third screenplay, playing hurt daniel pyne, project.

as of may 1, 1999, screenplay s cover page listed following writers: original draft jamie williams & richard weiner, john logan, daniel pyne; subsequent revisions gary ross; revisions raynold gideon & bruce a. evans; revisions john logan; revisions lisa amsterdam & robert huizenga; latest revisions oliver stone.

the writers guild of america awarded screenplay credit logan , stone, story credit pyne , logan. williams , weiner went uncredited original screenplay, credited work on film technical consultants.

the screenplay based in part on book re okay, s bruise: doctor s sideline secrets robert huizenga. huizenga intern doctor l.a. raiders in 1980s heyday, working under dr. robert t. rosenfeld, dismissed many players injuries phrase, re okay, s bruise. james woods character based on rosenfeld, , first diagnosis of cap rooney s career-threatening injury @ beginning of film re okay, s bruise. huizenga left raiders in 1990s, disgusted @ way medical advice kept players , rosenfeld being allowed continue treating them after several mishaps, 1 of closely mirrored in film—shark s neck injury , risk of sudden death, based on real-life mike harden case.

casting

director oliver stone s first 2 choices play tony d amato al pacino , robert de niro. henry rollins offered role football player turned down felt did not have size make portrayal believable. sean p. diddy combs cast willie beamen, dropped out amidst rumors not throw football convincingly. publicly combs dropped off project because of scheduling conflicts recording career. according cuba gooding jr., met oliver stone playing role of willie beamen stone turned gooding down because had played football player in jerry maguire (1996). chris tucker turned down role of willie beamen.

five nfl hall of fame players made cameo appearances opposing head coaches. bob st. clair, minnesota, first game. y. a. tittle, chicago, second game. dick butkus, california, road game. warren moon, new york in rain soaked game. , finally, johnny unitas dallas, in finale.

jim caviezel played tony d amato s estranged son, scenes cut. can seen in extras of oliver stone collection dvd. tom sizemore had role in film, cut.

principal photography

the film shot in miami, florida , irving, texas. miami s orange bowl stadium represents home of fictitious american football team, miami sharks. when team traveled california, stadium used pro player stadium, located in miami gardens. texas stadium used home of fictitious dallas knights.

director oliver stone requested, did not receive, national football league s permission use real nfl team logos , stadiums film. result, fictional associated football franchises of america (affa) created (not confused real afa). affa apparently exists alongside nfl, since miami dolphins mentioned.

for scenes during football game, production asked local schools participate extras film, including lake stevens middle school in miami, florida. each shot crowd asked move around each section looked filled, in empty seats cardboard cutouts placed in seats balloons attached them seem in motion.

on google earth, using historical imagery button , setting date 2/20/1999, orange bowl displays sharks @ each end zone.

for practice scenes used baseball arena homestead sports complex.

the film used arena football league players such pat o hara, played tampa bay storm , coaches orlando predators, , connell maynor, played orlando predators , spent time both player , coach philadelphia soul. bjorn nittmo, afl s buffalo destroyers, sharks placekicker. matt martinez, former gurkha & ex-husband of niki taylor , linebacker afl s miami hooters, played himself, #31 sharks.

a scene in film shot @ windmill ranch. quaid s character s house dolphins quarterback dan marino s house.