Talk:Number One (1969 film)

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I removed the following text from the article. It is either a viewer's opinion, in which case it shouldn't be there, or it is a review, in which case maybe it does (I don't know the rules for this area of wiki), but they didn't source it. So if it is a review it would probably be copyright. I pasted the text below so that if it is usable it isn't lost --D.c.camero (talk) 00:39, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heston played a mostly forgettable role as the veteran starting, but aging, QB of the New Orleans Saints, falsely depicted in this film to be a "championship" team. His starting position is being threatened by a young fledgling rookie QB, and he feels the pressure of the fans for a change and his own body's time-clock ticking. He risks being severely injured and is offered a chance to get a rare good-paying job in the business world, but turns it down for another chance at football glory. Includes some actual game footage of several Saints games, filmed during the 1968 season, when they played in Tulane Stadium. Original team owner, John Mecom, who was only 28 at the time, actually had a cameo role early in the movie, playing the third string QB - there is a scene of him in a Saints uniform and jacket throwing a football to another player in the locker room before a game. The movie debuted at the Loew's State Theatre on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans in 1969. The movie attendance quickly dwindled, and it didn't last long at the theatre before it was pulled. The movie included some suggestive scenes involving nudity and sex and was rated 'M' (for mature audiences) by the Motion Picture Rating Association. An especially suggestive scene was when Heston picks up Jessica Walter in the heat of an argument and slams her down on a table for what obviously comes after. The movie was originally going to be titled "Pro".

If the film was released in August of 1969 and takes place during the 68 season would they really have used the term "Super Bowl". The 1st "Super Bowl" was played after the 66 season. Is it more likey he led the team or another team to a league championship. Also the Saints first season was 67 so it more likly that he was an aging qb that was given to an expansion team? Smith03 (talk)

Comments from pro-footballers about Heston's performance are inappropriate.  Who the hell cares if he couldn't begin to pass in real life? For heaven's sake, Heston wasn't auditioning for the NFL.  He was an ACTOR, trying (with the help of his director and editors) to persuade the audience to believe his performance as a pro quarterback.

Bottom line, works for me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zriter59 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply] 

In regards to: he tells Richie he'll take the job after one more season with the Saints, his friend warns him it may not be available: "There are a lot of kids coming out of college, Cat, a

Heston's character had been offered another job with some kind of data management company involving computer systems of the era. It was that opportunity, not the one in the car business offered by Dern's character, where he was warned the job may not be available in the near future, and the remark about driving the company truck.

The individual that wrote the plot summary should watch the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.222.192.21 (talk) 07:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

fyi, it was released on dvd last month (nov 2015), part of the 'mgm classics collection'. 63.142.146.194 (talk) 04:21, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]