The Limited Series is Executive Produced and Narrated by Tom Brady, Featuring Interviews with Football Legends Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott and More
“Watching ‘Rise of the 49ers…I returned to the sports nirvana of my ’80s youth”
– Christ Vognar, Boston Globe
The Super Bowl LX pregame starts now! Ahead of the Big Game, binge AMC Networks’ Rise of the 49ers on AMC+, a four-episode limited series hailed by critics as a “masterful docuseries” (Bay Area News Group), that explores the dramatic and iconic run of the San Francisco 49ers’ during the ‘80s and early ‘90s, when the club rose from underdogs into pro football’s most glamorous franchise.
Utilizing rare and never-before-seen footage from NFL Films, including video of team speeches and behind-the-scenes photos of San Francisco’s legendary head coach Bill Walsh, the series will feature incisive interviews with club legends (and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees) such as Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Steve Young and Eddie DeBartolo Jr., among others. Each episode will also feature on-camera contributions from Brady, a San Mateo, CA native and life-long 49ers fan.
Rise of the 49ers is an AMC Studios and Skydance Sports co-production with producing partners NFL Films and Religion of Sports (ROS.) The series is directed by Ryan Kelly (The Great Brady Heist) and Nick Mascolo (30 for 30: The Tuck Rule) of NFL Films. The series’ executive producers include Jesse Sisgold, Jason T. Reed and Jon Weinbach from Skydance Sports, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers and Jessica Boddy from NFL Films, and Gotham Chopra, Brady, Ameeth Sankaran and Victor Buhler from ROS.
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