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Concussion is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Landesman released in USA on 25 december 2015 with Will Smith
Concussion (2015)
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Add to a movie listConcussion is an upcoming 2015 American biographical sports thriller drama film starring Will Smith portraying Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who fought against efforts by National Football League to suppress his research on the brain damage suffered by professional football players. The film was directed and written by Peter Landesman, based on the 2009 GQ exposé Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas. The film also stars Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Albert Brooks.
Columbia Pictures will release the film on Christmas Day, 2015.
Synopsis
A dramatic storytelling depiction of Dr. Bennet Omalu's race-against-time to publicize CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in American football players and games and the attempts by the NFL to deny the problem and to disparage Omalu.Actors
Will Smith
(Dr. Bennet Omalu)
Albert Brooks
(Dr. Cyril Wecht)
Alec Baldwin
(Dr. Julian Bailes)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
(Prema Mutiso)
Paul Reiser
(Dr. Elliot Pellman)
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