https://www.ublmovie.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/7a6da64d-a565-4db9-9493-d1552af72fa0/TheUnbrokenLineBookCover.jpg Home - The Book The Unbroken Line is based on the book of the same name written by Spencer Kopf, a Texas attorney, and former Dallas Cowboys great Billy Joe DuPree, both of whom were responsible for the actions that settled the pivotal 1982 NFL players’ strike. It tells the story of the conditions and unknown world of the typical NFL player in a pre-free agency world. The Book contains a foreword from Pro Football Hall of Fame player and Coach Mike Ditka and is dedicated to the late Lamar Hunt. In addition to the passages authored by Messrs. Kopf and DuPree, the book contains contributions from Noel Brown, Tony Davis, Fred Dean, Joe DeLamielleure, Anthony Dickerson, John Hogan, Barry Horn, Jerri Mote, Scott Murray and Norm Wells, who were all involved in some way with the events that took place in 1982. In the events that unfolded this true story reveals the behind-the-scenes account of the dramatic events that led to one of the most important turning points in NFL player history and forecasted the current and deplorable treatment and situations retired players still face today. With many current players and more than 80 NFL Hall of Famers aware of and expected to support the project, The Unbroken Line is a timely and important story that touches on many issues related to our current political and economic conditions as well as the collective bargaining and player retirement issues being addressed in most professional sports leagues today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1613412966061-T9R6BM60GMTZH8NFDJ0A/GregAielloTweet.jpg Home https://www.ublmovie.com/our-team daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609794568374-JS92S4EYFE58YQU4PEM0/Spencer.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609783933466-WV6SEYKQ0R3IDEYB8ZKC/Billy+Joe.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/835f27dd-52a7-4d40-8672-fc4d4c35db9b/BrettDonowho.jpg Our Team - Make it stand out Brett Donowho Director/Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1612143121042-K222AIDXTPQPTE2QCFYU/kirkland2.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1619650030318-814JLOYIRUTOWF7XYO91/IMG_5832.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609784411205-N7HCOEO8414PKAWJZ62N/justin+ware.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609795222588-TYECF625FBSA14F8NMQK/richard+friedenberg.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/f054b89f-9574-45af-87d1-b9d3d4a6fef0/TrilogyLogo_Black_Color__1_Logo.jpg Our Team - Make it stand out Distributor https://www.ublmovie.com/production-summary daily 0.75 2021-07-06 https://www.ublmovie.com/the-book daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609783254836-XZVYJKQX2GE2WO6O6LC4/91SZIYixvvL.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1612143287283-QZCLO5AZB22S7ZEN2GR5/635894340672692086-C03-TALE-DITKA-20-3163641.JPG The Book Phil Sandlin, AP, Jan. 26, 1986. https://www.ublmovie.com/videos daily 0.75 2021-01-14 https://www.ublmovie.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://www.ublmovie.com/spencer-kopf daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609794568374-JS92S4EYFE58YQU4PEM0/Spencer.png Spencer Kopf - Spencer Kopf Spencer Kopf co-authored the Book entitled The Unbroken Line with former Dallas Cowboy great Billy Joe DuPree. The Book recounts the gripping true story of the 1982 National Football League labor strike, which Mr. Kopf was instrumental in resolving. Mr. Kopf has been a licensed attorney in the state of Texas for 42 years and offers expertise in the areas of corporate law, criminal law, sports and entertainment law, civil litigation and contract negotiations. He has represented professional football players from around the league and at one point represented a significant portion of the Dallas Cowboys roster as their attorney. He attended Oklahoma City University on an academic and debate scholarship where he played baseball, basketball and soccer for the university while earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree followed by a Juris Doctorate of Law. From 1977-79 he served as a Chief Prosecutor for the City of Dallas, Texas. In 1982, he was appointed to the bench as a Municipal Court Judge in Collin County, Texas. Mr. Kopf was also unanimously nominated by the Supreme Court of Texas to serve on the Judicial Qualifications Review Commission. https://www.ublmovie.com/bill-joe-dupree daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609783933466-WV6SEYKQ0R3IDEYB8ZKC/Billy+Joe.png Bill Joe Dupree - Billy Joe DuPree “He was as much a reason the Cowboys won Super Bowl XII against the Broncos, as the football itself.” – Dallas Observer Billy Joe Dupree enjoyed a celebrated career as a Dallas Cowboy from the time he was picked in the first round of the NFL draft in 1973, starting that season and being nominated as Rookie of the Year – to the day he retired eleven season’s later as the Cowboys’ fourth all time receiver. Billy Joe’s accolades and accomplishments in the NFL are many. He was selected to three Pro Bowls as a starter, was an NFC ALL-PRO Tight End, played in three Super Bowls, and given much of the credit for the Cowboy’s victory in Super Bowl XII against the Broncos. Billy Joe began his football career as an All-American, Co-Captain (’72) at Michigan State University where he was also selected as a member of the first group inducted into the Blue Gray College All Star Classic Hall of Fame. Billy Joe’s celebrity and storied awards include being selected to Sports Illustrated All-Time Cowboy Super Bowl Team as well as being selected as Tight End to the Dallas Cowboys’ All Time Team. He is a member of the Texas State African-American Sports Hall of Fame and Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame. A community activist and constant participant in charity events and fund raising activities – Billy Joe Dupree is widely known as someone who gives back to his community. From supporting housing projects to multi-million dollar initiatives, Billy Joe and his wife Marsha have remained dedicated to honoring their good fortune by supporting worthwhile causes all across the nation. Billy Joe enjoyed a successful business career that began in the last two years of his professional football career and continued for another eight years. Billy Joe’s commitment to the service of others in his community has included supporting local business initiatives, which was highlighted by his appointment to the White House Conference on Small Business by President Ronald Regan. Billy Joe has an Executive MBA from Tulane University. As Co-author of the book “The Unbroken Line” with his long-time friend Spencer Kopf, Billy Joe tells the story of the historic stand-off between National Football League and the NFL Player’s Union where he, Judge Kopf and a handful of other players quietly forced the settlement of the 1982 strike while simultaneously launching a fight for justice that continues in the NFL today. https://www.ublmovie.com/robert-innamorati daily 0.75 2022-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1619650097386-26WXSJQL43EJSNN2DYY6/IMG_5832.jpeg Robert Innamorati - Bob Innamorati Bob has forty years of experience in investment banking and asset management. Until 2012, he served as president of a private Dallas-based investment company with net assets of $1.5 billion. From 1995 until the present, he serves as president of ROBERT A. INNAMORATI & CO., INC., a financial advisory and merchant banking firm. Prior to 1995, Bob held various senior positions with investment banking firms in New York City and Dallas. He served as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service from 1971 to 1977 and held a top-secret security clearance. He earned a BS in Finance and a MBA from the University of Virginia and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 1969 to 1971, receiving an honorable discharge. He has held National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Series 7, 8 and 63 licenses. Bob served on the Board of Directors of The Texas Rangers Baseball Club until 2013, and previously served on the Board of Directors of Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, Memorial Resource Development Inc., Range Resources Corporation, the Baylor Healthcare Systems Foundation and The Texas Rangers Baseball Club Foundation. Additionally, he served as an executive producer on the film Seven Days in Utopia starring Oscar winners Robert Duval and Melissa Leo. https://www.ublmovie.com/kirkland-tibbels daily 0.75 2022-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609783974072-5TA12OD3F66V1K8VIYUL/kirkland.png Kirkland Tibbels - Kirkland Tibbels Kirkland began his career in the entertainment industry in Chicago in 1994 where, while earning a BA in Motion Picture Production from Columbia College Chicago and studying at the famed Second City he met producing partner Justin Ware. He has, since 1996, financed, produced and/or co-distributed more than 25 feature film and television projects including the family feature films MYSTIC NIGHTS AND PIRATE FIGHTS and the Disney Channel movie CLOUD 9. Through his production banners Hollywood Farms and Funny Boy Films, Kirkland has more than two-dozen film and television projects in active development including the true crime drama COVER/STORY staring Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, and Zach Gilford which is slated for production in the Summer of 2023 with PhilmCo and Village Roadshow on to Coproduce. Kirkland secured the rights to and developed the screenplay for the award-winning tween novel A HIGH FIVE FOR GLENN BURKE, and since early 2022 has secured the rights to adapt another 15 published novels including a best-selling library of true crime books by famed author Jack Olsen. https://www.ublmovie.com/justin-ware daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe253ac5c739077638962b8/1609784411205-N7HCOEO8414PKAWJZ62N/justin+ware.png Justin Ware - Justin Ware Justin Ware works as a writer, producer, performer and anti-hyphenate crusader in Los Angeles. His current projects include Action Figures, a family action comedy he's writing for Sony Pictures with Ivan Reitman producing, and The Battle for 4/20, a stoner action comedy currently being packaged the Gersh Agency for producer Shaun Redick (Get Out, Blackkklansman). His produced movies range from a musical about high school show choir (Nickelodeonʼs Spectacular, uncredited) to a Disney Channel movie about snowboarding (Cloud 9), to Bloodsucking Bastards, an indie horror comedy he co-wrote, produced, and starred in alongside Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, and Joel Murray. In addition to his film work, Justin has written and produced several projects for television including Hell Den, an animated series currently airing on SyFy, and Pitchslap, a comedy show now being shopped with Howie Mandelʼs Alevy Productions. A native of Wausau, Wisconsin, Justin trained and performed as a comedy improviser in Chicago at the Second City and iO theaters before moving to Los Angeles. Justin also got into the hot seat in Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, but the audience led him astray on a question about organic food. 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Through its innovative and transformative leadership team, the company has accelerated the growth of streaming, television and film production in Oklahoma. With decades of combined experience in the entertainment industry, Prairie Surf Media is the state’s undisputed category leader offering 5 clearspan soundstages and production support at Prairie Surf Studios, which boasts 1.3M Square Feet in the middle of downtown Oklahoma City. Prairie Surf Media also offers Production Services, Post Production Services and Industry Recognized Preferred Vendor Partnerships. Prairie Surf Media is co-founded by Oklahoma natives, Rachel Cannon and Matt Payne, who also serve as Co-Chief Executive Officers. Rachel Cannon is an entertainment executive, entrepreneur, mentor, accomplished television actress, writer and producer. With an acting career in Los Angeles that spans 20 years with over 80 network television credits, Cannon has been featured on iconic television series like “Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Mad Men,” and for the last 6 years she played Deidre on ABC’s hit comedy, “Fresh Off The Boat.” Combining her on-set experience with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, Cannon is determined to bring more creative opportunities for film and television to her home State. She believes this industry will create sustainable jobs, economic diversity and a creative path for the next generation and devotes time assisting legislators in the formation of incentives that will turn the heads of studios. Matt Payne is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, writer, photographer and educator based in Oklahoma City. 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