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Old 03-28-12, 12:51 PM
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AMC developing Football drama "The Real All Americans"

Very intriguing, AMC and Football? I'm pretty much there.

Producers are in discussions with Tommy Lee Jones to direct the pilot, about the Native American college football program that minted Olympian Jim Thorpe.

AMC is in the early stages of development on the football drama The Real All Americans. Based on Sally Jenkins’ book about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Real All Americans chronicles the school's storied football program created by U.S. cavalry officer Richard Henry Pratt, an abolitionist and early equal rights proponent who made a harrowing journey to the Dakota Territory in 1879 to recruit the school's first students.
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Cool, I'm a football fan and always up for something different.
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Sounds like an interesting project, but

Tommy Lee Jones to direct? That's an odd choice considering he has 3 directing credits over the last 17 years according to his IMDB profile.
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Re: AMC developing Football drama "The Real All Americans"

Pretty obscure topic for a TV series.
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Re: AMC developing Football drama "The Real All Americans"

Originally Posted by Red Dog
Pretty obscure topic for a TV series.
Very Obscure, which means this will be great..or a disaster.
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I read the book, it would translate well to a miniseries. Pop Warner would be main character.
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Could be good, or could be horrible like George Clooney's LEATHERHEADS.
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I thought Leatherheads would be awesome..yeah it was horrible.

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