The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Bentley Weiner directs. James Pilott cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 7 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor James Pilott shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Liev Schreiber and Nick Buoniconti carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt9377260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

James Pilott

Runtime

74 min · 1h 14m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (2019) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  HBO Documentary Films

  US

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  HBO

  US

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  HBO Sports

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerRick Bernstein
• ProducerAbtin Motia
• EditorJames Pilott
• MusicMiles Hankins
• Executive ProducerPeter Nelson
• CinematographyPatrick Dimon
• CinematographyThom Stukas

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• sports
• american football
• biography

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2019-02-12· HBO