North Dallas Forty: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Nick Nolte, Charles Durning, Mac Davis, Dayle Haddon. A satire of American professional football in which a veteran pass-catcher's individuality and …

North Dallas Forty (1979) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Released in 1979, "North Dallas Forty" stars Nick Nolte and Mac Davis as receiver and quarterback for the fictitious North Dallas Bulls professional football team. G.D. Spradlin excellently plays the austere …

Phil Elliott: [Entering the huddle near the end of the game] Having fun boys? North Dallas Lineman: Blow it up your ass.

North Dallas Forty: A satire of American professional football in which a veteran pass-catcher's individuality and refusal to become part of the team family are bitterly resented by his disciplinarian …

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional (American-style) football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s. — Afterburner <[email protected]>

It was an odd project for Kotcheff, then best known for the barbed social satire of Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) and North Dallas Forty (1979), broad, vulgar comedies that dealt with class warfare by …

The name of the football team in the movie is the North Dallas Bulls, loosely based on the real-life NFL Dallas Cowboys, for whom Gent played between 1964 and 1968.

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But North Dallas Forty brings the news home in fresh, funny and powerful ways. It's a bitter comedy of Sunbelt manners that packs a substantial emotional wallop.