Little Giants (1994)

Director:

Duwayne Dunham

Writers (WGA):

James Ferguson (story) &
Robert Shallcross (story) ...

Release Date:

14 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

For everyone who's waited to be chosen, and wasn't... your day has come.

Plot:

Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.

Plot Keywords:

Cheerleader | Coach | Pee Wee Football | Sibling Rivalry | American Football

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	Danny O'Shea
Ed O'Neill	...	Kevin O'Shea
Shawna Waldron	...	Becky O'Shea
Devon Sawa	...	Junior Floyd
Todd Bosley	...	Jake Berman
Michael Zwiener	...	Rudy Zolteck
Danny Pritchett	...	Tad Simpson
Troy Simmons	...	Hanon
Sam Horrigan	...	Spike Hammersmith
Joey Simmrin	...	Sean Murphy
Marcus Toji	...	Marcus
Christopher Walberg	...	Timmy Moore
Matthew McCurley	...	Nubie (as Mathew McCurley)
Brian Haley	...	Mike Hammersmith
Jon Paul Steuer	...	Johnny Vennaro

MPAA:

Rated PG for kids' rude language and pranks.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arroyo Grande, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

This movie was inspired by an early 1990s McDonald's ad about Pee-Wee Football that ran during the Super Bowl. The day after it aired, Steven Spielberg liked it so much that he called up the ad's creator, James Ferguson, and hired him to write the script for what became "Little Giants."

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Tad is being dragged down the field by Spike, his shirt is ripped from being pulled. Yet when we see him again his shirt is not ripped at all.

Quotes:

Junior Floyd: Eeww, that's disgusting! It looks like they're trying to swallow each other's heads!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

OK, So this is actually good

Amazing. This is a good movie. It can be a little bit sappy, but it can mean a lot. You can quite easily psycho-analyze it to death, but if you just sit down, watch and enjoy, it's a good film. Becky/Icebox's conflict between being the two sides of herself, the tomboy and the girl is something a lot of girls have been through. And who wouldn't when the object of affection is Devon Sawa? There are decent performances all round, and it might not be destined to be a classic, but it's not a bad movie. In fact, it's a very good movie.