Brian's Song (2001 remake)

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biographical film sports drama film television film

Brian's Song (2001 remake) is a 2001 television film that retells the emotional true story of the friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and Piccolo’s battle with terminal cancer.

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Label Occurrences
Brian's Song 6
Brian's Song (1971 film) 3
"Brian's Song" (1971 television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
television film ⓘ
adaptationOf real-life events of Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers ⓘ
basedOn Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)

true story of Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers ⓘ
character Gale Sayers ⓘ
Halas ⓘ
Joy Piccolo ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Chicago Bears ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ
distributionFormat television broadcast ⓘ
follows Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
hasTheme courage in illness ⓘ
interracial friendship ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
teamwork ⓘ
hasType remake ⓘ
isRemakeOf Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American football ⓘ
Brian Piccolo ⓘ
Chicago Bears ⓘ
Gale Sayers ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
terminal cancer ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor emotional portrayal of Brian Piccolo's battle with cancer ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
partOf ABC Movie of the Week tradition of sports dramas ⓘ
portrays Brian Piccolo's terminal illness ⓘ
Gale Sayers' support for Brian Piccolo ⓘ
productionCompany TriStar Television ⓘ
surface form: Columbia TriStar Television
publicationDate 2001 ⓘ
releaseYear 2001 ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
titleCharacter Brian Piccolo ⓘ

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Craig Zadan → notableWork → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
Brian's Song (2001 remake) → basedOn → Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian's Song (2001 film)
this entity surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)
Brian's Song (2001 remake) → follows → Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian's Song (2001 film)
this entity surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)
Brian's Song (2001 remake) → isRemakeOf → Brian's Song (2001 remake) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian's Song (2001 film)
this entity surface form: Brian's Song (1971 film)
Jack Warden → notableWork → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song
James Caan → notableWork → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song
James Caan → characterIn → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song
Gale Sayers → portrayedInFilm → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song
Billy Dee Williams → notableWork → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song
Brian Piccolo → portrayedIn → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Brian's Song" (1971 television film)
Brian Piccolo → portrayedIn → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Brian's Song" (2001 television film remake)
Bernie Casey → notableWork → Brian's Song (2001 remake) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brian's Song