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Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this weekend when The Kansas Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers. Hollywood has continued to try and capture the excitement of America's most popular sport on the big screen over and over. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this weekend when The Kansas Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers. Hollywood has continued to try and capture the excitement of America's most popular sport on the big screen over and over.
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesHollywood films have long tried to capture America's obsession with its most popular sport. So on this Super Bowl weekend, we ask: what do the best football movies have in common?
Is it the "Big Speech" with the team down a point and only seconds to go? Or what about the classic underdog story?
Scott Detrow discusses that with Brittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been a Minute, and with Stephen Thompson of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.
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This episode was produced by Marc Rivers. It was edited by William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
