Everybody's All-American (Film), released 1988 — adapted from Everybody's all-American by Frank Deford.
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
Starring Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly.
Directed by Taylor Hackford.
