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Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film starring Alan Alda as writer George Plimpton, based on Plimpton's 1966 nonfiction book of the same name depicting his tryout with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
George Plimpton, a sportswriter, pretends to be a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions in this amiable fiction based on his book. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about this film on IMDb.
- (1.3K)
- Comedy, Sport
- Alex March
- 1968-10-14
George Plimpton, a Harvard grad and writer, joins the Detroit Lions and tries to play pro football in this "amiable fiction" based on a true story. Alan Alda stars as Plimpton and Lauren Hutton as his love interest in this movie that Roger Ebert calls "crackerjack wish fulfillment".
Paper Lion is a comedy film based on a book by George Plimpton, who posed as a professional football player for a season. The film features Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras and many other actors and sports stars.
No one is willing to allow a klutzy amateur to go on the field for fear he'll kill himself. After several teams turn him down, Plimpton got the Detroit Lions to let him go to training camp. He tries to keep his true identity a secret from the real players.
An expert at participatory sports journalism -- he's already pitched poorly in a baseball game and been flattened in a boxing match -- the Harvard-educated, high-society New Yorker decides to give...
- Comedy
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Rating. G. Sports. Desperate to fulfill a magazine contract and to shut up his nagging editor, prominent sports writer George Plimpton (Alan Alda) needs an idea for a story.
