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The Comebacks (2007) -- A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long lo
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Overview

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Director:
Tom Brady
Writers (WGA):
Ed Yeager (screenplay) &
Joey Gutierrez (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 October 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
Keep your eye on the ball. more
Plot:
A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"! full summary | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sports Movie (UK) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 on appeal for crude and sexual content throughout and some drug material
Runtime:
USA:84 min | Germany:88 min | 107 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Fox Atomic more

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Trivia:
Not screened for critics. more
Quotes:
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: Yeah, this is great. Middle of Podunk, nowhere. How am I gonna find an All-American quarterback?
God: If you build it, he will come. If you build it, he will come...
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: Who will come?
God: Your father. Your dead father.
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: My father's not dead. I just spoke with him this morning.
God: You got to be shittin' me. Is this 314 Bentley road?
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: No this is 314 Bentley drive.
God: That damn Google Maps. Anyway, the quarterback you're looking for is on the baseball field.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Rocky Balboa (2006) more
Soundtrack:
The Queen and I more

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What are the differences between the theatrical version and the Unrated version of the movie?
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Not all bad, 19 February 2008
4/10
Author: safinahmed from Portugal

This movie is a nonsense/spoof comedy, in the lines of The Airplane or Naked Gun, but it doesn't even come close to this two, because it lacks originality and a little more intelligent jokes, rather then just throwing you with the same old easy jokes.

You can figure out some references to other movies, from the top of my head I identified Dodgeball and Rocky, so you can have some fun with that, trying to find out what movies are spoofed.

The movie also offers you an occasional laugh, but nothing that can cause you injuries, thus nothing really funny.

I liked the character IPod in some ways (even though some of the jokes with him are standard comedy 101).

I think this movie (and like most of nonsense/spoof comedy) depends on the mood you are in, so if you think you will laugh to any joke watch this movie. If you are in a serious mood forget about this (re)watch The Airplane instead, it will definitely make you laugh

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