Photo: Jeff Chiu/APEven after spending decades on the field,Peyton Manningnever gets tired of watching his favorite football movies.In a new interview withWSJ. Magazine, the retired NFL star, 44, ranked his top movies about football and revealed that the original 1974 filmThe Longest Yardis his leading choice.“That’ll probably win for best football movie in my book,” Manning said.However, picking a favorite was no easy feat.“But there’s some pretty good competition withRemember the Titans, andNorth Dallas Forty,” he said.Silver Screen Collection/GettyManning has such a love for football films that as the host of the ESPN documentary seriesPeyton’s Places,he said he hopes to “do an episode on the guys who played quarterbacks in movies.“The longtime Indianapolis Colt said he already has a list of actors in mind, includingJamie Foxxfrom his turn inAny Given SundayandAnthony Michael HallinJohnny Be Good.“But we gotta have Kurt Russell fromThe Best of Times. And we also need to have Mox, which isJames Van Der BeekfromVarsity Blues,” he continued. “I’m looking forward to interviewing those two guys on their quarterbacking skills.“The former quarterback also shared his top five favorite comedy films and revealed that he once made a group of young quarterbacks watch the movies as “homework.“Manning recalled being in a quarterback meeting in 2008 and quoting a line fromVacationwhile watching football replays with the backup quarterbacks.RELATED VIDEO: Peyton Manning Surprises University of Tennessee Students in Online Class"I say it, but nobody knows what I’m talking about…And I just said, ‘Look, this isn’t going to work. If we’re going to be together all day watching these films that are going to challenge you to stay awake, we’ve got to get on the same page,'” he remembered telling the team.The former pro said he then sent the players to watchVacation,The Jerk,Caddyshack,StripesandFletch.“And that was the homework — don’t watch any [Indianapolis] Colts film, this is your film study. They all came back…And they didn’t think they were that funny. I think it definitely depends on the age, but those are my classics,” he said.
Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP
Even after spending decades on the field,Peyton Manningnever gets tired of watching his favorite football movies.In a new interview withWSJ. Magazine, the retired NFL star, 44, ranked his top movies about football and revealed that the original 1974 filmThe Longest Yardis his leading choice.“That’ll probably win for best football movie in my book,” Manning said.However, picking a favorite was no easy feat.“But there’s some pretty good competition withRemember the Titans, andNorth Dallas Forty,” he said.Silver Screen Collection/GettyManning has such a love for football films that as the host of the ESPN documentary seriesPeyton’s Places,he said he hopes to “do an episode on the guys who played quarterbacks in movies.“The longtime Indianapolis Colt said he already has a list of actors in mind, includingJamie Foxxfrom his turn inAny Given SundayandAnthony Michael HallinJohnny Be Good.“But we gotta have Kurt Russell fromThe Best of Times. And we also need to have Mox, which isJames Van Der BeekfromVarsity Blues,” he continued. “I’m looking forward to interviewing those two guys on their quarterbacking skills.“The former quarterback also shared his top five favorite comedy films and revealed that he once made a group of young quarterbacks watch the movies as “homework.“Manning recalled being in a quarterback meeting in 2008 and quoting a line fromVacationwhile watching football replays with the backup quarterbacks.RELATED VIDEO: Peyton Manning Surprises University of Tennessee Students in Online Class"I say it, but nobody knows what I’m talking about…And I just said, ‘Look, this isn’t going to work. If we’re going to be together all day watching these films that are going to challenge you to stay awake, we’ve got to get on the same page,'” he remembered telling the team.The former pro said he then sent the players to watchVacation,The Jerk,Caddyshack,StripesandFletch.“And that was the homework — don’t watch any [Indianapolis] Colts film, this is your film study. They all came back…And they didn’t think they were that funny. I think it definitely depends on the age, but those are my classics,” he said.
Even after spending decades on the field,Peyton Manningnever gets tired of watching his favorite football movies.
In a new interview withWSJ. Magazine, the retired NFL star, 44, ranked his top movies about football and revealed that the original 1974 filmThe Longest Yardis his leading choice.
“That’ll probably win for best football movie in my book,” Manning said.
However, picking a favorite was no easy feat.
“But there’s some pretty good competition withRemember the Titans, andNorth Dallas Forty,” he said.
Silver Screen Collection/Getty
Manning has such a love for football films that as the host of the ESPN documentary seriesPeyton’s Places,he said he hopes to “do an episode on the guys who played quarterbacks in movies.”
The longtime Indianapolis Colt said he already has a list of actors in mind, includingJamie Foxxfrom his turn inAny Given SundayandAnthony Michael HallinJohnny Be Good.
“But we gotta have Kurt Russell fromThe Best of Times. And we also need to have Mox, which isJames Van Der BeekfromVarsity Blues,” he continued. “I’m looking forward to interviewing those two guys on their quarterbacking skills.”
The former quarterback also shared his top five favorite comedy films and revealed that he once made a group of young quarterbacks watch the movies as “homework.”
Manning recalled being in a quarterback meeting in 2008 and quoting a line fromVacationwhile watching football replays with the backup quarterbacks.
RELATED VIDEO: Peyton Manning Surprises University of Tennessee Students in Online Class
“I say it, but nobody knows what I’m talking about…And I just said, ‘Look, this isn’t going to work. If we’re going to be together all day watching these films that are going to challenge you to stay awake, we’ve got to get on the same page,'” he remembered telling the team.
The former pro said he then sent the players to watchVacation,The Jerk,Caddyshack,StripesandFletch.
“And that was the homework — don’t watch any [Indianapolis] Colts film, this is your film study. They all came back…And they didn’t think they were that funny. I think it definitely depends on the age, but those are my classics,” he said.
source: people.com
