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Draft Day Dvd

Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin Costner) is the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. One of pro football’s most important days, NFL draft day, is drawing near, but Sonny has much more on his mind than just which players to recruit. His lover (Jennifer Garner) is pregnant, and the team’s owner (Frank Langella) wants to fire him. After Sonny accepts a deal with Seattle that nets him that team’s first-round pick, he immediately wonders if he has made the right choice for himself and the Browns.

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Draft Day is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner. The premise revolves around the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) deciding what to do after his team acquires the number one draft pick in the upcoming National Football League draft.

The film premiered in Los Angeles on April 7, 2014 and was released in the United States on April 11, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure grossing just $29 million against its $25 million budget.

Plot

On the morning of the 2014 NFL Draft, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. must decide how to use the seventh overall pick to improve the team, but he has other problems on his mind. His semi-secret girlfriend Ali Parker, the team’s salary cap analyst, is pregnant, and the recent death of Sonny’s father causes tension with his mother. Sonny had fired his father, a legendary coach for the Browns which he later admits was for his mother’s sake because his father refused to retire even with failing health.

The Seattle Seahawks hold the first overall draft pick, and general manager Tom Michaels offers to trade it to Sonny; this would allow the Browns to draft highly-rated quarterback prospect Bo Callahan. Sonny initially declines, but under orders from team owner Anthony Molina to “make a splash,” reluctantly makes the deal, trading away the Browns’ first-round draft picks for the current season plus the next two years. The unexpected opportunity to obtain Callahan excites Browns fans, but splits the team’s front office and players.

The trade goes public after a tweet by Ohio State linebacker Vontae Mack, who had been Sonny’s original choice as first pick. Vontae tells Sonny to re-watch college footage of him and Callahan playing against each other, with Mack coming out on top. Sonny begins to have doubts about Callahan’s ability under pressure, and the Browns’ investigations also bring Callahan’s character into question.

When the draft begins that evening, Sonny agonises over the choice before drafting Vontae Mack at number one. Roger Goodell’s announcement of the selection shocks the rest of the league, and disrupts many of their plans for their own picks. Molina is irate and flies back to Cleveland, intent on firing Sonny. Head coach Vince Penn is also incensed and threatens to resign.

Rumors spread about Callahan as other teams avoid selecting him. However, the Seahawks are still in contention to pick Callahan with the seventh pick, and Sonny senses an opportunity. He convinces the rookie general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars to trade him their pick at sixth in exchange for the Browns’ second-round draft picks for that season plus the next two years. Sonny then calls Michaels; in return for passing on Callahan, Sonny demands his first-round picks back, along with punt returner David Putney. After fraught negotiations, the Seahawks seal the deal and choose Callahan at sixth pick. With his now-restored seventh pick, Sonny appeases Penn and Molina by selecting skilled running back Ray Jennings of Florida State, himself the son of a former Browns player.

Molina and his team celebrate an outstanding draft for the Browns. After the draft party, Sonny reconciles with his mother over his excellent draft performance and her soon-to-be first grandchild.

Cast

Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver Jr: the general manager of the Cleveland Browns.
Jennifer Garner as Ali Parker: Sonny’s love interest and the team’s finance manager.
Denis Leary as Vince Penn: the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.
Frank Langella as Anthony Molina: the owner of the Cleveland Browns.
Tom Welling as Brian Drew: the Browns’ starting quarterback from the previous year.
Ellen Burstyn as Barb Weaver: Sonny’s mother.
Sam Elliott as Coach Moore: the head coach at the University of Wisconsin. Former coach to Bo Callahan.
Chadwick Boseman as Vontae Mack: a top prospect in the upcoming draft class who previously played linebacker at Ohio State University.
Rosanna Arquette as Angie: Sonny’s ex wife.
Russ Brandon as himself
Terry Crews as Earl Jennings: Hall of Fame Cleveland Brown legend.
Arian Foster as Ray Jennings: A running back from Florida State University & Earl’s son.
Griffin Newman as Rick the Intern
Patrick St. Esprit as Tom Michaels: general manager of the Seattle Seahawks.
Chi McBride as Walt Gordon
W. Earl Brown as Ralph Mowry
Kevin Dunn as Marvin
Sean Combs as Chris Crawford
Josh Pence as Bo Callahan
Wallace Langham as Pete Begler
Christopher Cousins as Max Stone
Patrick Breen as Bill Zotti
Pat Healy as Jeff Carson
Timothy Simons as Marx
Roger Goodell as himself
Jon Gruden as himself
Jim Brown as himself
Bernie Kosar as himself
Chris Berman as himself
David Ramsey as Thompson
Wade Williams as O’Reilly
Rich Eisen as himself
Ray Lewis as himself

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