Classification Number |
Drama |
Title |
Concussion. [DVD] |
Physical Description |
(DVD video) sound, colour ; |
Series |
DVD |
Drama |
Note |
"R-123464-9" Catalogued from container. |
Based on the GQ article "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas. |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. |
"Based on a true story."--Cover. |
Special features: Inside the true story: discover the true story and meet the real people who inspired the film; Commentary with director Peter Landesman. |
Performer |
Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Mike O'Malley, Stephen Moyer, L. Scott Caldwell, Hill Harper, Richard T. Jones, Eddie Marsan, Bitsie Tulloch, Matthew Willig, Dan Ziskie. |
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful - and beloved - institutions in the world. |
Classification |
Classification: M. |
Omalu, Bennet I. |
Laskas, Jeanne Marie, -- 1958- |
Subject |
National Football League |
Neuropathologists -- Drama |
Football players -- Drama |
Brain -- Concussion -- Drama |
Football injuries -- Drama |
Additional Author |
Landesman, Peter, 1965- |
Facio, Giannina, 1955- |
Wolthoff, David |
Shuman, Larry J. |
Cantillon, Elizabeth |
Smith, Will,1968- |
Baldwin, Alec, 1958- |
Brooks, Albert, 1947- |
Mbatha-Raw, Gugu, 1983- |
Morse, David, 1953- |