The Longshots (2008)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Fred Durst

Writer (WGA):

Nick Santora (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

The New Coach Has A Secret Weapon.

Plot:

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history. |

Plot Keywords:

American Football | Middle School | Child | Absent Father | Based On True Story

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Curtis Plummer
Keke Palmer	...	Jasmine
Tasha Smith	...	Claire Plummer
Jill Marie Jones	...	Ronnie Macer
Dash Mihok	...	Cyrus
Matt Craven	...	Coach Fisher
Glenn Plummer	...	Winston
Garrett Morris	...	Reverend Pratt
Miles Chandler	...	Damon Fisher
Malcolm Goodwin	...	Roy
Michael Colyar	...	Ennis
Dean Delray	...	Andrew Kosowski
Earthquake	...	Karl
Hugo Perez	...	Edgar Mejavar
Sheran Goodspeed Keyton	...	Barb
Greg Dorchak	...	Ernie
Kofi Siriboe	...	Javy Hall
Alan Aisenberg	...	Feather
Shane Kaufman	...	Rodriguez
Malcolm Phillips	...	Manny
Justin Dale	...	Browning
Chloe Bridges	...	Tammy
Debby Ryan	...	Edith
Gerald Richardson	...	Defensive End
Wayne Dehart	...	Mr. Peppers
Zhailon Levingston	...	Opposing Cornerback
Peyton 'Alex' Smith	...	Opposing Linebacker
George Wilson	...	Testifier
Vincent Laresca	...	Pop Warner Official #1
Jim Flowers	...	Pop Warner Official #2
Athena Hawkins	...	Young Girl
Zorianna Kit	...	News Reporter
Caleb Jones	...	Jonesy
Ed Walsh	...	Announcer
Maria Anita Howard	...	Local News Anchor
Sophia Ali	...	Girl #1 (as Sophia Taylor)
Katy Peppard	...	Girl #2
Jessica Fain	...	Big Girl
Dale Lee Ward Jr.	...	Player #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Breanna Brooks	...	Bell ringer (uncredited)
Bruce Bryant	...	Opposing Fan (uncredited)
John Cramer	...	Crazy Plummer Fan (uncredited)
Jon Dainty	...	Football Game Fan (uncredited)
Ted Ferguson	...	Night Football Field Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Matthew Ramsaur	...	Purple Team Football Fan (uncredited)
Odessa Sykes	...	Waitress in Diner (uncredited)
Daryl Walters	...	School Child / Orange Fan (uncredited)
Johnny Wright	...	Sports Photographer (uncredited)

Directed by
Fred Durst

Writing credits (WGA)
Nick Santora		(written by)

Produced by
Matt Alvarez	....	producer
Ice Cube	....	producer
Andrew G. La Marca	....	executive producer
Nick Santora	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography by
Conrad W. Hall		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeffrey Wolf

Casting by
Matthew Barry
Tara Duncil
Nancy Green-Keyes

Production Design by
Charles Breen

Art Direction by
Brian Stultz

Set Decoration by
Stephanie Ziemer

Makeup Department
Kimberly Amacker	....	makeup artist
Nikki I Brown	....	key makeup artist
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup department head
Debra Denson	....	makeup artist: Ice Cube
Melissa Forney	....	hair department head
Yolanda Sheridan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew G. La Marca	....	production manager
Jeff Maynard	....	executive in charge of post-production
Ed Tapia	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thom Buckley	....	second assistant director: second unit (additional photography)
Scott Cameron	....	first assistant director
Ime Etuk	....	second assistant director
Rawn Hutchinson	....	second unit director
Steve Lonano	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Dave Akes	....	carpenter
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Gail Briant	....	lead scenic
Kenneth Brown	....	propmaker
John Brunot	....	property master
Eddie Burcham	....	set dresser
Daniel Coe	....	construction coordinator
Randall S. Coe	....	construction coordinator
Lisa Akes Crouch	....	greensman
Matthew L. Crowson	....	set dresser
Stephanie Emery	....	set dressing buyer
James Gambino	....	typesetting
Jennifer Garlington	....	set decoration coordinator
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser
Kathleen Kat Holton	....	construction buyer
Julie Kobsa	....	assistant property master
Julie Kobsa	....	assistant property master: reshoots
Andree Lago	....	scenic artist
Robert Lucas	....	lead person
Courtney Mayfield	....	art department production assistant
Thomas Minton	....	set designer
Cory Parker	....	on-set dresser
Caroline Seale	....	art department production assistant
John Eric Seay	....	foreman
Wayne Softley Jr.	....	painter
Lindsey Suggs	....	art department coordinator
Marcus Turchi	....	propmaker gang boss
Joe Walsh	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Walter Anderson	....	sound mixer
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Izen	....	sound mixer: reshoots
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	supervising sound editor
Ron King	....	boom operator: additional photography
Verlie King	....	sound utility: additional photography
Brad Lokey	....	second boom operator / sound utility
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising adr editor
Douglas Shamburger	....	boom operator
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Ron Barr	....	Smoke artist: Outback Post
Jamie Baxter	....	digital compositor
Sam Dabbs	....	lead title designer
Paulina Kuszta	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Crystal Dyson	....	stunts
Rawn Hutchinson	....	stunt coordinator
Darryl Reeves	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Applebaum	....	additional camera operator
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
Gordon Black	....	dimmer board operator
Chuck Brown	....	dolly grip
Darwin Montana Browne	....	key grip: re-shoots
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Duane Cooper	....	best boy grip
Brandon Dauzat	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Mark Shane Davis	....	key grip
Bryan Delorenzo	....	second assistant camera
Tulio Duenas	....	second assistant camera
John Gregory Edwards	....	lighting technician
Sean P. Fickert	....	key rigging grip
Patrick D. Fields	....	grip
Brian Fosnaugh	....	best boy electric
Robert Foster	....	camera operator
Brouke Franklin	....	first assistant camera: re-shoots
Kevin Gazdik	....	rigging gaffer
Gonzalo Gonzalez	....	best boy rigging grip
Paul Goodstein	....	key grip
Andre Green	....	rigging electrician
Conrad W. Hall	....	camera operator
Brad Heiner	....	dolly grip
Danny Horne	....	second assistant camera: re-shoots
Michael Asa Leonard	....	additional first assistant camera
Jaclyn Litton	....	video assist
Greg Lomas	....	dolly grip: additional photography
Luis Lopez DeVictoria	....	best boy grip: re-shoots
Robert Owen	....	lighting technician
Dennis Seawright	....	first assistant camera
T.J. Sebren	....	lighting technician
Gregory W. Smith	....	camera operator
Kevin Stevenson	....	video assist
Christopher C. Strong	....	gaffer
Cody Strong	....	lighting technician
Steve Urban	....	grip
Tony Varuola	....	lighting technician
Charles B. Walker	....	dolly grip
Jeremy Webre	....	grip
Alex Willson	....	grip
Ty Zenter	....	grip

Casting Department
Jamie Baremore	....	local casting
Judy Cook	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Ryan Preimesberger	....	casting intern
David Zahedian	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Erica Callais	....	costume production assistant
Leoisick Castro	....	set costumer
S. Aimee Helms	....	set costumer
Frances LeCompte	....	seamstress
Austin Myers	....	costume supervisor
Lexi Price	....	costumer
Sommer Terry	....	wardrobe production assistant
Rachel A. Walker	....	set costumer
Jen Wasson	....	costume assistant
Beverly Woods	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Reza Amidi	....	digital intermediate editor
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital film colorist
Peter Fandetti	....	co-editor
Joëlle Taar	....	assistant editor
Zach Wolf	....	editorial assistant

Music Department
Spring Aspers	....	music supervisor
Michael Brake	....	temp music editor
Richard A. Harrison	....	music editor
Maarten Hofmeijer	....	music editor
Jessica Myhan	....	music coordinator
Robert Puff	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Cesar Angebaldo	....	transportation coordinator
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver
Steve Garcia	....	los angeles transportation captain
Randy Kinyon	....	transportation captain
Aaron D. Moore	....	driver
James Yeates	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jesse Adams	....	production assistant
Heather A. Allen	....	craft service assistant
Barbara Babb	....	production assistant
Robert M. Donaldson	....	assistant location manager
Colin Edlund	....	key craft service
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
Karen Gehres	....	epk producer
Charles Gibson	....	production assistant
Letitia Hoaas	....	set teacher
Walt Hollis	....	stand in: Dash Mihok
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Paula Kramer	....	production coordinator: reshoots
Gai Loper	....	lead payroll accountant
Phillip Messinger	....	location scout
Tara T. Miller	....	location assistant
Darcel White Moreno	....	photo double
F. Stanley Pearse Jr.	....	location manager
KB Pugliese	....	assistant coordinator
Sonia Randazzo	....	assistant accountant
Adam Ryan	....	key set medic
Vicki L. Sawyer	....	production accountant: reshoots
Eric Sizemore	....	production assistant
Kevin Anthony Smith	....	staff assistant
Kevin Anthony Smith	....	travel coordinator
Sonia Torres	....	set production assistant
Sasha Veneziano	....	assistant production coordinator: pre-production
Chad Wheeler	....	production assistant
Van White	....	set production assistant
Matthew Wright	....	production assistant
Donald E. Wygal	....	production coordinator
Anthony Yuse	....	key set production assistant
Tracey Zemitis	....	unit publicist
Michalla Petersen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cube Vision
• Dimension Films

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The

Special Effects

• Custom Film Effects

Other Companies

• BAM Casting  local principle and background casting
• Behind the Scenes  shipping by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cut Music  music editorial services
• Fairfield Studios  post-production (behind the scenes footage)
• Movie Movers  star trailers

Also Known As:

The Perfect Match (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild language and brief rude humor.

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44663) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Minden, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Cube Vision

Trivia:

Keke Palmer trained for 6 weeks learning not only how to throw a football correctly, but also how to call plays as a real quarterback would do.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jasmine is reading her book in the cafeteria, the position of it changes from held up to down between front and rear shots.

Movie Connections:

References "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" (2004)

interesting family film,well done

this was an interesting family film,and for the most part it was well done.It was decent,no bad language,so it was great for all to see. I think it was obvious that it was all males behind the scenes ,perhaps it would have had a better solid feel to it ,if it would have had a woman director?Just a thought. Some of the scenes felt off.As a female athlete who once played football,it seemed somewhat off, but overall the acting was good,and at times very funny. The development of the relationship between the uncle and niece was actually pretty well done.Overall a good sports movie,about looking at what we have and not at what we don't have.