Wildcats (1986)

A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Writer:

Ezra Sacks

Stars:

Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Goldie Hawn	...	Molly
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Verna
Robyn Lively	...	Alice
Brandy Gold	...	Marian
James Keach	...	Frank
Jan Hooks	...	Stephanie
Bruce McGill	...	Darwell
Nipsey Russell	...	Edwards
Mykelti Williamson	...	Bird (as Mykel T. Williamson)
Tab Thacker	...	Finch
Wesley Snipes	...	Trumaine
Jsu Garcia	...	Cerulo (as Nick Corri)
Woody Harrelson	...	Krushinski
Willie J. Walton	...	Marvel
Rodney Hill	...	Peanut

Storyline

Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When the football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite expecting sniggers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

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Plot Keywords:

coach | high school football | ex husband ex wife relationship | custody battle | mother daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Credited film debut of Woody Harrelson.

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Goofs

When coach McGrath is taking the Jackson High School mascot, a goat, back to Jackson High School, although she is alone in the van, you clearly see a hand holding onto the goat's leg so he doesn't move around.

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Quotes

Molly McGrath, Marvel, Trumaine, Peanut, Cerulo, Levander 'Bird' Williams, Krushinski, Phillip Finch, Alonzo: It's the sport of kings, better than diamond rings... football

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Woody Harrelson/John Cena/Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa (2017)

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Soundtracks

Rock It
Performed by Sidney Justin
Written by Hawk Wolinski and James Newton Howard

User Reviews

Here kitty kitty

The trailer for "Wildcats" showed 3 ghetto-riffic cheerleaders stomping around a pile of dirt and chanting, "U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi, you UGLY! What-what! Yo' mama says you ugly!"

Okay, you got me. I'm there.

Ha-ha low-brow highlights include--

* Goldie Hawn's purple-headed teenage daughter gets sloshed at a team party. Wesley Snipes comes to the rescue: "We're taking you home. If your mother sees you like this she's gonna' turn your ass the same color as your hair" Funny, rite?

* Goldie's team kidnaps the rival school's mascot, a goat. When principal Nipsey Russell invades the locker room and asks, "You all wouldn't happen to know what happen to the Cougar's goat, would you?" The goat, hidden in a locker, starts to baaaaah, which prompts Goldie to simultaneously reply "Naaaaah!" See? Hysterical!

Fans of Jan Hooks (like me) will love her turn here as the uppitty stick-up-the-butt wife of Goldie's ex. Fans of Woody Harrelson should note that a brief cameo is made here by his bare butt. Fans of Swoosie Kurtz should contemplate bathing with downed powerlines. Just kiddin', she's good too.

TEN! 1 point for the fat guy, 1 point for flatulence, 1 point for LL Cool J's lamest rap ever. The rest of the points go to Goldie. Goldie rocks.

Love, your pussies

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wildcats

Filming Locations:

1328 W. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,472,905, 17 February 1986

Gross USA:

$26,285,544

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,285,544

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1