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Fantastic release! A film I've seen decades ago but had completely forgotten about, let alone John Scott's music. Great idea to dig this one up, thanks, FSM!
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Very welcome release!
A pity the boots-with-cleats part of the graphic has been so obscured by the type though.
You'll get to see the cleats on the back cover. It was either obscure that or the girls' derrieres---testosterone speaks louder than the frontal lobe. ;-)
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Great! I 'm always up for more John Scott. I've always loved the suite from this score on "John Scott Conducts". Thank you Lukas and co.!
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I keep hearing a Horner horror or suspense score when I play the first bit of the Main Title. Anybody else hear the similarity?.....and can you tell me what it is please 
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Nov 16, 2010 - 11:40 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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"North Dallas Forty"...weird name -- a direction, a city and a number! Anyone care to sum up what it's about in one sentence? (the name, that is, I understand that the film is about American football).
How about one paragraph?
Nick Nolte stars as an aging wide receiver for the North Dallas Bulls football team. He was once a star, but now spends most of his time on the bench because the coach (G.D. Spradlin) doesn't like his wiseacre attitude or his unorthodox behavior off the playing field. Unlike teammate Mac Davis, he hasn't learned how to ignore the front office. Bruised and nearly broken, Nolte begins to rebel against Spradlin, who is obsessed with winning a championship at any cost. But after he meets a beautiful woman (Dayle Haddon), Nolte soon begins to realize that there is life after football.
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Literally, the title refers to the yard markings on a football field, which run from 0 - 50 yards (midfield) on each team's half of the field. So, a ball may be said to lie at the "North Dallas forty" yard line.
Here's an illustration:
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Bob: Thanks for a very clear explanation of the title.
Nice samples. Will be ordering this.
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