A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
- Sam Moxon
- (as Thomas Duffy)
- Mo Moxon
- (as Jill Parker Jones)
- Murray
- (as James Harrell)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPaul Walker broke his leg during filming.
- GoofsThe last game in the movie was for the district championship. After the game, as Mox recalls events, says he never played football again. Since they won the district championship game, they would have played further in the state playoffs the following week.
- Quotes
Charlie Tweeder: Will you listen to me? Bitches are all just panty droppers. You understand? That's it.
Mox: What?
Charlie Tweeder: Listen. You give 'em a Percocet, two Vicodin and a couple of beers, and the panties drop. It's very nice.
Mox: [laughing]
Charlie Tweeder: [emphatically] It's nice.
Mox: Tweeder, you think you'll enjoy prison?
Charlie Tweeder: [not paying attention] I don't know.
Charlie Tweeder: [looks into his jockstrap] The fuck is that?
- Alternate versionsA cut version rated PG was released in Singapore.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
Van Der Beek is very good, much better that I ever thought I'd give him credit for. Also good: Paul Walker as the original starting quarterback, and Amy Smart as Van Der Beek's smart girlfriend. They played real characters as opposed to stereotypes, and I thought their performances really made the movie. Surprisingly, I thought the weakest link was Jon Voight as the head coach. He was a cardboard villain, no substance to him whatsoever. I kept waiting for the film to explain why he wanted to win so bad, why he'd push his kids with such inhuman cruelty . . . and besides "because he wants to win", an answer was never given. Too bad, although I think this was more the fault of the script than of Mr. Voight.
It's certainly not the best movie ever made -- for that matter, it's not even the best football movie ever made -- but it's still good. It has heart, and most of the performances make this film a cut above most of the "Teen Films" that are out there. A fun rental.
B-
- MadReviewer
- Apr 15, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,894,169
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,204,148
- Jan 17, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $54,294,169
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1