Draft Day (2014) on Netflix
On the morning of the NFL draft, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. trades for the first overall pick. His owner wants a splash, and his coach and quarterback are furious.
- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb6.8/1073,953 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes60%
Trailer
Plot summary
Sonny Weaver Jr. runs the Cleveland Browns and holds the seventh pick on the morning of the NFL draft. Ali Parker, the team's salary cap analyst and his girlfriend, is pregnant, and he did not take the news well. His father, a Browns coach he once fired, has recently died, and his mother Barb wants the ashes spread on the practice field. Seattle's Tom Michaels offers Sonny the first overall pick, and owner Anthony Molina tells him to make a splash, so he deals away the Browns' first-round picks for this draft and the next two years. Head coach Vince Penn wanted running back Ray Jennings for his offense, and current quarterback Brian Drew is angry too.
Cast
- Arian Fosteras Ray Jennings
- Dave Donaldsonas Danny
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Draft Day (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Screenwriters Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman were unusually kept on through production, called to the set nearly daily to work with star Kevin Costner, and the script was frequently rewritten during the shooting days to suit him.
- The production filmed its first day during the actual 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall, with real broadcasters Chris Berman and Mel Kiper and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reading movie lines just before the genuine draft began.
- Before Draft Day was made, its screenplay topped the 2012 Black List, the annual survey ranking Hollywood's best unproduced scripts.
- Draft Day turned out to be director Ivan Reitman's last film before he died in 2022, and cast member Jim Brown's last acting role before his death in 2023.
