Title: Concussion
Original Title: Concussion
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: USA Australia
- Language: English
- Length: 123 Minutes (2 hours 3 min)
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama Sports
- Studios: Scott Free Productions
- Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: February 12 2016
- United States: December 25 2015
Plot
This dramatic thriller based on a true story, focuses on unraveling the brilliant discovery by Dr. Bennet Omalu and the consequences of it which shook the foundations of the sports industry. This specialist in forensic neuropathology was the doctor who uncovered the first case of CTE in a professional footballer. Omalu realized that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy was the only possible answer to the symptoms that the athletes were showing, some concussions that came from the systematic beatings they had received in the head throughout his career. Will Smith plays this professional who decided to follow his instincts and not be intimidated by the powerful National Football League whose interests clashed with the newly discovered truth that Omalu struggled to make public. The illness meant only a bump on the road to a million dollar business that did not seem to consider the health of his players as a priority.
Peter Landesman wrote and directed this film which also features Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Arliss Howard.
Awards
- 2016 Golden Globes: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Dr. Bennet Omalu
Dr. Julian Bailes
Dr. Cyril Wecht
Prema Mutiso
Mike Webster
Dr. Joseph Maroon
Daniel Sullivan
Videos
August 31 2015
Photos
Trivia
Adapted from the GQ article 'Game Brain', written by Jeanne Marie Laskas.
The player Matthew Willig, a sportsman of the National Football League that was part of six different teams and were active for fourteen seasons, appears in the film.
To prepare for the film, Will Smith and director and screenwriter Peter Landesman, observed several autopsies, including two conducted by Dr. Bennet Omalu.
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