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Blue Chips
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Overview

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Director:
William Friedkin
Writer (WGA):
Ron Shelton (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 February 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Plot:
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Decent Movie, Good Sports Movie more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nick Nolte ... Pete Bell

Mary McDonnell ... Jenny Bell

J.T. Walsh ... Happy
Ed O'Neill ... Ed

Alfre Woodard ... Lavada McRae
Bob Cousy ... Vic
Shaquille O'Neal ... Neon
Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway ... Butch McRae
Matt Nover ... Ricky Roe
Cylk Cozart ... Slick
Anthony C. Hall ... Tony
Kevin Benton ... Jack
Bill Cross ... Freddie
Marques Johnson ... Mel
Robert Wuhl ... Marty
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language.
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby SR

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Trivia:
At the end both Neon and Butch McRae, played respectively by Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway leave school early to play pro ball. In real life both O'Neal and Hardaway left school early and played pro ball; ironically together early in their careers. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Neon was in the classroom playing with the children he was shown picking up a child with a Barry Bonds Jersey on (#25). When Jenny Bell turned to him and said "Neon, please try not to step on the children", he was then holding a different child. more
Quotes:
Pete Bell: Boys, the rules don't make much sense. But I believe in the rules. Some of us broke them. I broke them. I can't do this. I can't win like this. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of William Friedkin (#2.13)" (????) more

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Decent Movie, Good Sports Movie, 10 August 2003
Author: johnh087 from Vancouver, Canada

Blue Chips, for a sports movie, was very well done and well put together. Pete Bell, played by Nolte, is a Bob Knight style coach at Western University, a fictitous university in LA (think UCLA). After a few sub-par seasons, he has his first losing season as head coach and to keep up with the other big programs (think Kentucky and Michigan), he needs to recruit some top players, or blue chips, to come to Western. Strictly against under the table recruiting, Bell is forced to make a tough decision. Recruit good but not great players and perhaps lose his job due to losing as head coach, or go after the top 10 recruits to keep his job and start winning again. The movie plays out well and supporting actors, JT Walsh and Shaq, give solid performances. As for the basketball action itself, this movie probably has the best game sequences I have ever seen in a movie, with real college players filling as extras. There is also a load of cameos, including Rick Pitino, Dick Vitale and Larry Bird to name a few. Blue Chips is a solid movie and a very good sports movie.

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