NFL Players Invited to Screening of ‘Concussion’ Before National Release

Sony has also arranged private screenings in each team’s city in advance of its Christmas Day opening. In the case of a recently deceased Pittsburgh Steelers center (David Morse), it turns out that a lifetime of head-on collisions-even when wearing a helmet-may have slowly robbed the man of his sanity, leaving him broke, homeless and confused. As things develop, he’s going to need it because though he knows nearly nothing about American football, Omalu ends up doing the autopsy on Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steeler center Mike Webster .