Draft Day

Movie
German title	Draft Day - day of the decision
Original title	Draft Day
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	109 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Ivan Reitman
script	Scott Rothman , ; Raijv Joseph
production	Ivan Reitman, ; Ali Bell , ; Joe Medjuck
music	John Debney
camera	Eric Steelberg
cut	Dana E. Glauberman , ; Sheldon Kahn
occupation
	Kevin Costner : Sonny Weaver Jr.; Jennifer Garner : Ali; Denis Leary : Coach Penn; Frank Langella : Anthony Molina; Chadwick Boseman : Vontae Mack; Patrick St. Wit : Tom Michaels; Terry Crews : Earl Jennings; Arian Foster : Ray Jennings; Josh Pence : Bo Callahan; Sean Combs : Chris Crawford; David Ramsey : Thompson; Wade Williams : O'Reilly; Tom Welling : Brian Drew;
synchronization

Day of Decision - Draft Day is an American Football - Drama in 2014 with Kevin Costner in the title role . Directed by Ivan Reitman , the screenplay was written by Scott Rothman and Raijv Joseph .

action

On the morning of NFL Draft Day, the general manager of the Cleveland Browns , Sonny Weaver Jr., negotiates the first pick from the Seattle Seahawks . Allegedly in order to sign a new star quarterback , he gives up the first round picks for the next three years. Shortly before, he found out about the pregnancy of his girlfriend Ali, who also works for the Browns. During the day he has to grapple with both his early morning decision and his private problems.

While most of Team Weaver's scouts are celebrating for the supposed coup , coach Penn, who has already won the Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys , is angry about the deal and threatens Weaver with resignation. He sees the entire future of the team at risk and would rather work with current quarterback Brian Drew rather than bet on an uncertain future with rookie Bo Callahan, who everyone expects to be voted first overall. Weaver offers him to consider his resignation until the end of the day and instructs his scouts to look for Callahan's weaknesses to find out why the Seahawks gave him up by swapping the first pick. However, apart from a few character flaws, the scouts do not find any serious flaws in Callahan. Weaver therefore assumes that the Seahawks are still interested in Callahan.

At the same time, middle linebacker Vontae Mack tries to win Weaver's favor. He points out to him that he could sink Callahan several times during his college days .

To make matters worse, Sonny's mother Barb Weaver comes to the club's premises with Sonny's father's urn. She wants to scatter the ashes on the training field that is named after the former coach. Sonny Jr. had fired his own father as a coach because he was concerned about his health.

When the actual draft begins, Weaver, to everyone's surprise, picks Vontae Mack, instead of the favored Callahan, as the overall first. The following teams are now insecure, which is why the Browns let the chance on Callahan slip and also decide for other players. Shortly afterwards, Weaver negotiates the sixth pick of the first round in exchange for the second-round picks for the next three years. Since he can now choose right in front of the Seahawks and can still snatch Callahan away from them, he negotiates with the Seahawks and gets the three first round picks again as well as an experienced punt returner . Furthermore, Weaver finally makes the relationship with Ali public.

background

It hit theaters on April 11, 2014. Numerous NFL actors , including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , portray themselves.

synchronization

The film was dubbed by Studio Hamburg Synchron GmbH based on a dialogue book by Sascha Draeger , who also directed .

role	Actress	German dubbing voice
Sonny Weaver Jr.	Kevin Costner	Frank Glaubrecht
Ali	Jennifer Garner	Dorette Hugo
Coach Penn	Denis Leary	Torsten Michaelis
Angie	Rosanna Arquette	Marion von Stengel
Anthony Molina	Frank Langella	Michael Prelle
Barb Weaver	Ellen Burstyn	Marianne Bernhardt
Bo Callahan	Josh Pence	Sascha Rotermund
Brian Drew	Tom Welling	Timmo Niesner
Chris Berman	Chris Berman	Bernd Stephan
Chris Crawford	Sean Combs	Clemens Gerhard
Coach Moore	Sam Elliott	Wolf Frass
Earl Jennings	Terry Crews	Tobias Kluckert
Jeff Carson	Pat Healy	Robert Kotulla
Ralph Mowry	W. Earl Brown	Jürgen Holdorf
Rick	Griffin Newman	Jesse Grimm
Thompson	David Ramsey	Tobias Schmidt
Tom Michaels	Patrick St. Esprit	Eberhard Haar
Vontae Mack	Chadwick Boseman	Jan-David Rönfeldt
Walt Gordon	Chi McBride	Ben Hecker

criticism

Filmdienst praises Draft Day as an “energetically staged sports melodrama” that offers “an entertaining glimpse behind the scenes of the American football hype thanks to the ideal cast of the leading actor”.

Trivia

Supporting actor Tom Welling had his football helmet signed by Kevin Costner and was allowed to take it home.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Certificate of Approval for Draft Day . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 241 V).
↑ German synchronous files. German synchronous index , accessed on November 12, 2015 .
^ Draft Day. In: Filmdienst . Retrieved May 20, 2018 .
↑ Tom Welling. In: Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum . Retrieved March 25, 2019 .

[FSK-1] Certificate of Approval for Draft Day . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 241 V).

[2] German synchronous files. German synchronous index , accessed on November 12, 2015 .

[3] Draft Day. In: Filmdienst . Retrieved May 20, 2018 .

[4] Tom Welling. In: Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum . Retrieved March 25, 2019 .