CinemaOSMovie · 2011 · 1h 21m · PG

The Marinovich Project

Life doesn't follow the playbook

72%(4)IMDbDocumentary

From birth, Todd Marinovich was raised with a defined purpose of creating the perfect athlete. Trained by his father, Marv, a former pro football player and a strength and conditioning guru, the young Marinovich was meticulously engineered and nurtured into a star quarterback. When it came to performance, Marv expected perfection and Todd delivered. He was dubbed "Robo QB," and his performance initially lived up to the name as he set passing records in high school, vied for the Heisman while at USC and ultimately was selected in the first round of the 1991 NFL draft by his hometown Los Angeles Raiders. But two years later, he was out of the NFL, a full-blown drug addict in search of a life beyond football. "The Marinovich Project" tells the unvarnished story of Todd's unique ascent to stardom, the dark descent that followed and the complicated father-son bond throughout, ultimately answering the question "What went wrong with Todd Marinovich?"

Directed byJohn Dorsey, Andrew Stephan

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Released
Runtime
1h 21m
Language
EN
Released
December 10, 2011
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ESPN

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Marcus Allen

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Elliott Almond

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Stan Brock

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John Dorsey
Andrew Stephan

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