Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
For three glorious years, football was 365
2009 | 53m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Michael Tollin |
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| Writer: | Michael Tollin |
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| In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?” | |
| Release Date: | Oct 20, 2009 |
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| Director: | Michael Tollin |
| Writer: | Michael Tollin |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | american football, sports, sports documentary |
| Production Companies | Triple Threat Productions |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Donald Trump | Self |
| Burt Reynolds | Self |
| Herschel Walker | Self |
| Michael Tollin | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Michael Tollin | Writer, Director |
| Greg Parsons | Editor |
| Pete Kneser | Original Music Composer |
| Jon Tucker | Director of Photography |
| Phil Hernandez | Original Music Composer |
| Chris Maxwell | Original Music Composer |
| Ryan Kleier | Sound Effects |
| Scott Sniffen | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
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| Bill Simmons | Executive Producer |
| Michael Tollin | Executive Producer |
| Matt McDonald | Producer |
| Mitch Wright | Producer |
| John Dahl | Executive Producer |
| Keith Clinkscales | Executive Producer |
| Deirdre Fenton | Associate Producer |
| Peter Genesi | Associate Producer |
| Joan Lynch | Executive Producer |
| Dave Schechtman | Associate Producer |
| Connor Schell | Executive Producer |
| John Skipper | Executive Producer |
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