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Podcast: Cinematic Underdogs
Episode: 12. Draft Day (2014)
Description: Ivan Reitman's "Draft Day," our first foray into a group of films that illuminates the behind-the-scenes worlds of sports, is an absolute winner. Written by the playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman, this film is a lovely moral play. Filled with complex characters, the film centers around Kevin Costner's Sonny Weaver, the GM for the Cleveland Browns, and follows him from the moment he puts on his suit's cuff links until the annual draft comes to its nightly conclusion.Â
Beleaguered from all sides by imbroglios and conundrums - a mistress / co-worker (Jennifer Garner) w...