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Rob Siegel, the writer of the Oscar-nominated drama, The Wrestler, writes and makes his directorial debut in this small, but exceptional and thought-provoking tale on obsessive behavior through the prism of sports – in this case NFL football.

Writer/director Robert Siegel (“The Wrestler”) received some good news about his movie. Earlier this week The Hollywood Reporter noted that First Independent Pictures has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Siegel’s “Big Fan”, starring Patton Oswalt as an obsessive New York Giants fan.
A theatrical release is planned for late summer or early fall.

“And now…… Your Starting Five!”

Personalities from the worlds of Sports and Hollywood pick their favorite sports movies

                                       (selections listed in no particular order)

Sylvester Stallone

Producer/writer/director/actor -”Rocky”, “Paradise Alley”, “Victory”, “Death Race 2000″, “Over the Top”, “Driven”

Chariots of Fire

Jim Thorpe All-American

Champion

National Velvet

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Spike Lee 

Producer/writer/director/actor -  “He Got Game” “Jim Brown”  “Love and Basketball”

Fat [...]

Before all the accolades that came with writing an Oscar-nominated film (“The Wrestler”), Robert Siegel wrote and directed a small picture using football as a backdrop on the psychology of obsession. Having scored in a run through the film festivals, “Big Fan” has garnered some critical momentum that may yield broader distribution. One of the reasons why is that the story rings of a sad truth.