The Big Green (1995)

Another Disney underdog sports team of misfit kids (soccer this time) learns to play a new sport and become champions, while building self-esteem, making friends and solving a variety of ... See full summary »

Director:

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Writer:

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Stars:

Steve Guttenberg, Olivia d'Abo, Jay O. Sanders

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Guttenberg	...	Sheriff Tom Palmer
Olivia d'Abo	...	Miss Anna Montgomery
Jay O. Sanders	...	Coach Jay Huffer
John Terry	...	Edwin V. Douglas
Chauncey Leopardi	...	Evan Schiff
Patrick Renna	...	Larry Musgrove
Billy L. Sullivan	...	Jeffrey Luttrell
Yareli Arizmendi	...	Marbelly Morales
Bug Hall	...	Newt Shaw
Jessica Robertson	...	Kate Douglas (as Jessie Robertson)
Anthony Esquivel	...	Juan Morales
Jordan Brower	...	Nick Anderssen
Hayley Kolb	...	Sophia Convertino
Haley Miller	...	Polly Neilson
Ashley Welch	...	Lou Gates

Storyline

Another Disney underdog sports team of misfit kids (soccer this time) learns to play a new sport and become champions, while building self-esteem, making friends and solving a variety of dramatic family crises, through the able assistance of a foreign exchange teacher and a former local sports hero as coaches.

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Plot Keywords:

soccer | sports team | soccer movie | color in title | teamwork | 

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Taglines:

The biggest kick of the year!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Boisko szczescia

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$17,725,500 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caravan Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steve Guttenberg gained over 12 pounds in preparation for his role as Sheriff Tom Palmer.

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Goofs

During the half-time of the finals, Kate comments on their current score as 'better than 17 to 0', referencing their first match. Yet after their first match, the coach from the Knights says that the score if 18-0.

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Quotes

Miss Anna Mongomery: What do you have to do to believe in yourselves?
Tak Yamato: What?
Miss Anna Mongomery: We believe in them, don't we, Sheriff Tom?
Sheriff Tom Palmer: Hm?
Miss Anna Mongomery: Tell the kids we believe in them.
Sheriff Tom Palmer: Oh, yeah, yeah. Course we do.
Kate Douglas: Even if we do decide to go to Austin, how we gonna get there? Walk?

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Michael Jackson's This Is It/The House of the Devil/Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

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Soundtracks

"FADEAWAY"
Written by Sammy Llanas (as Sam Llanas) and Kurt Neumann
Performed by BoDeans
Courtesy of Slash/Warner Bros.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

A load of rubbish

This movie appears to have made for the sole purpose of annoying me. Everything I hate about films is present: fake sentimentality, extreme corniness, bad child actors and more feature abundantly. That's ignoring the fact that it depicts the extreme ignorance of American sports fans, with many of the cast professing that a football is shaped like a lemon. What?! That's a Rugby ball. The story follows a group of no hopers that get a new teacher that they like (who, coincidently, teaches the class in a short skirt) and gets them interested in football. Naturally, they're all rubbish (don't forget, they're no hopers) except for one kid who has moved from El Paso. Blah Blah, etc etc and the kids still don't become good footballers, but good heart ensues and the no hopers are turned into a bunch of well-rounded kids. Hell, even the adults start to come round; drunks are turned into caring parents, illegal immigrants are let off the hook...groan.

This movie stars Steve Guttenberg. Now, before you go rushing off down your local video store to grab yourself a copy, hold up a minute. Guttenberg is rubbish. No, no; come on let's face it, how did this guy ever get to be in a movie? I have absolutely no idea, and there is nothing in this movie to give me an idea. Olivia d'Abo stars along side Steve and doesn't impress either. She merely seems to be going through the motions and looking nice while doing it. Although I have no problems with the latter part; her performance does the movie no credit. The child actors that make up the rest of the cast are just as bad as you would expect from a movie like this. Most of them are disgusting and/or annoying and it doesn't make for pleasant viewing at all. There's a goat in the film who plays the mascot and he does a good job; but you wouldn't see a movie for a goat, so don't bother seeing this movie.