Concussion (2015 film)
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Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by GQ magazine.[6] Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players.
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Directed by | Peter Landesman |
Written by | Peter Landesman |
Based on | "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas |
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Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
Edited by | William Goldenberg |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 122 minutes[3] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $35–57 million[4][5] |
Box office | $48.6 million[5] |
The film premiered at AFI Fest on November 11, 2015 and was released by Columbia Pictures on December 25, 2015. The film grossed $48 million worldwide and received mixed reviews, although Smith earned a Golden Globe nomination.