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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Duncan Brantley (written by) &
Rick Reilly (written by)
Release Date:
4 April 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren't any. more
Plot:
A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(103 articles)
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User Comments:
Well done. more (108 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Krasinski | ... | Carter Rutherford |
 | David de Vries | ... | Princeton Reporter #1 (as David DeVries) |
 | Rick Forrester | ... | Princeton Reporter #2 |
| Craig S. Harper | ... | Princeton Reporter #3 (as Craig Harper) |
 | George Clooney | ... | Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly |
 | Malcolm Goodwin | ... | Bakes |
 | Matt Bushell | ... | Curly |
 | Tommy Hinkley | ... | Hardleg |
 | Tim Griffin | ... | Ralph |
 | Robert Baker | ... | Stump |
| Nick Paonessa | ... | Zoom |
 | Lance Barber | ... | Toledo Referee |
 | Wayne Duvall | ... | Coach Frank Ferguson |
| Nicholas Bourdages | ... | Bug |
 | Jason Drago | ... | Toledo Player |
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Also Known As:
Ein verlockendes Spiel (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
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114 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
Ireland:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | UK:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44052) | Germany:6 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:PG
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More than 400 local extras were hired. They were paid around $9 per hour. more
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Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, a radio announcer refers to a pass as a 'Hail Mary.' The term was coined by Roger Staubach in 1975, referring to his pass at the end of a Dallas Cowboys game on December 28, 1975. more
Quotes:
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly:
So here we are.
Lexie Littleton:
Not sure what the next move is.
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly:
It happens.
Lexie Littleton:
It's the first time for me.
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly:
They all say that.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-05)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Variety Stomp more
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A Note Regarding SpoilersWhat kind of motorcycle is Dodge driving?
Is "Leatherheads" based on a book?
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Reading some of the other reviews, maybe people thought this was supposed to be a heavy movie? If so, lighten up. This was (and was supposed to be) a light-hearted movie. And it was pulled off very well. Acting by Clooney, Zellweger, and others captured the spirit of the era, including humor, dress, and scenery.
The plot was not deep but flowed well. Clooney's character, Dodge Connelly, heads up a team in Duluth, and picks up a star college player. Eventually, they end up in Chicago, with Connelly on one side of the ball and the college star on the other. The birth of the modern professional football is woven into the plot. Clooney's age, 46, a bit old for a football player, was not covered up with make-up, but integrated into his character. I think that, in the movie, he was 40 to 45 years old. Zellgeger, as Lexie Littleton, a newspaper reporter who has to find the truth behind the college star's heroic war record, played her part very well too.
Very good directing by Clooney. You definitely felt like you were back in the 20's. Not overdone or underdone. One of those movies you walk out at the end glad that you went.