Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film starring Alan Alda as writer George Plimpton, based on Plimpton's 1966 nonfiction book of the same name depicting his tryout with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.

Paper Lion: Directed by Alex March. With Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Joe Schmidt, Alex Karras. Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.

Jack Griffin and Bill Gleason are good men and true, but if they put on a Bears uniform and went into a game, they’d get creamed, baby. And that is the charm of “Paper Lion,” which is about an intellectual, a writer, a Harvard grad no less, who joined the Detroit Lions, and put on the uniform, and got into a game, and got creamed.

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Based on the novel Paper Lion by George Plimpton (New York, 1966). In order to gain first-hand experience for articles published by Sports Illustrated magazine, writer George Plimpton has pitched in baseball's all-star game and gone a few rounds …

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Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film starring Alan Alda as writer George Plimpton, based on Plimpton's 1966 nonfiction book of the same name depicting his tryout with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.

Paper Lion is a 1968 film based on George Plimpton's experience posing as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions. The story explores Plimpton's attempt to infiltrate the world of professional football for a Sports Illustrated article, offering a unique perspective on the sport.