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Kevin DiNovis (writer)
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Football superstar "Barefoot" Bobby Briggs of the Austin Steers has been convicted of murder. Will he be allowed to play with his team on Megabowl Sunday before he is executed? That is what this mockumentary explores. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Charles Durning ... Marshall Ledger

Steve Harris ... Barefoot Bobby Briggs

Corbin Bernsen
Jello Biafra ... Prison spokesman

Susan Egan ... Corrine Ballard

Chris Ellis ... Phillip Brodeur
Rance Howard ... Circuit Court Judge
Michael McShane ... Prison Guard

Mary Kay Place ... Mrs. Kim

Joe Unger ... Prison Guard
Ann Weldon ... Briggs, Calpurnia
Pamela Tice Chapman ... Rhiannon McRae

Billy Ray Cyrus ... Spoade Perkins

John Fleck ... J. Woodsey Niles

Romany Malco ... Ray Ray Ellis
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USA:77 min (Slamdance Film Festival)
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This is no light comedy...!, 5 November 2006
Author: stephen-199 from United States

This ain't a Chris Guest movie... I'd probably say its closest cousin is "Bob Roberts" - for those who remember that excellent political satire. And if you liked that, then you'll probably like this. But if you go in expecting light comedy, you'll come away a little shellshocked - so beware!

Die hard death penalty fanatics (like Scott Foundas) certainly won't like it, but for those with an open mind, it's a riveting examination of the issues.

An amazing cast for sure, and a very irreverent streak: it hands up satire from everyone from the victim's mother (a great performance by May Kay Place) to the traditional french windbag droning on about the evils of America.

Central to it all is Charles Durning who lends the film gravitas and is the film's emotional heart: a crusader against all odds, mostly doomed to fail, but who still sees it as his duty to carry out the fight, one inmate at a time.

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