Our Winning Season

High school seniors in 1967 hope to get a lock on their futures: Scott Jacoby is the track and field jock who needs to win the big meet in order to get a college scholarship; Dennis Quaid is the goof-off; Joe Penny is the romantic and the first to be drafted. 'Nostalgic' teen pic has a fine cast, though the focus is strictly on the boys (the ladies are either girlfriends, sexual conquests or, in Joanna Cassidy's case, a prostitute). No cliché goes unturned in this script. It's a by-the-numbers underachiever despite a handsome production including great-looking classic cars (but, curiously, no vintage pop songs on the soundtrack). Shot on-location in Georgia, the woodsy settings never become vital to the proceedings (this story could have taken place anywhere). Not much headway from TV's "Happy Days"; worse, the movie had the unfortunate luck of opening in the US one month prior to "Grease", after which it promptly sank. * from ****