YMMV / Brian's Song

• Adaptation Displacement: Not many of the movie's fans know it was The Film of the Book—it was adapted from Gale Sayers' account of his friendship with Piccolo in his autobiography I Am Third.
• He Really Can Act: A retroactive case, as anyone who suspects Billy Dee Williams of just skating by on pure charm will be blown away by the scene of Gale struggling to keep his composure while informing the rest of the team about Brian's cancer.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Lando Calrissian is Gale Sayers.
  • Sonny Corleone is Brian Piccolo.

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