A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
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| Goldie Hawn | ... | Molly McGrath | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Verna McGrath | |
| Robyn Lively | ... | Alice Needham | |
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Brandy Gold | ... | Marian Needham |
| James Keach | ... | Frank Needham | |
| Jan Hooks | ... | Stephanie Needham | |
| Bruce McGill | ... | Dan Darwell | |
| Nipsey Russell | ... | Ben Edwards | |
| Mykelti Williamson | ... | Levander 'Bird' Williams (as Mykel T. Williamson) | |
| Tab Thacker | ... | Phillip Finch | |
| Wesley Snipes | ... | Trumaine | |
| Jsu Garcia | ... | Cerulo (as Nick Corri) | |
| Woody Harrelson | ... | Krushinski | |
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Willie J. Walton | ... | Marvel |
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Rodney Hill | ... | Peanut |
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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. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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coach | high school football | ex husband ex wife relationship | custody battle | mother daughter relationship |Taglines:
Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.Parents Guide:
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14 February 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,472,905, 17 February 1986Gross USA:
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Performed by Randy Crawford
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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. See more »Quotes
Molly McGrath: [after she runs the team into the ground, throws the broken watch on the ground] You owe me a new stop watch... you PUSSIES!See more »
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Don't Wanna Be NormalPerformed by Randy Crawford
Written by Patrick Leonard, Hawk Wolinski, James Newton Howard, David Pack and Michael McDonald
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I saw this on television once sometime on the late 1980s (I don't think the movie had been in theaters more than two or three years before). I liked it but haven't thought anything about it since. WILDCATS came on television this morning, and I started watching it to kill time before getting hooked on the goofy but likeable story. It is really a funny, cute movie.
First, let me say I am not a fan of football movies; however, I have enjoyed movies such as THE LONGEST YARD, NORTH DALLAS FORTY and AGAINST ALL ODDS (to name a few) where an interesting story and characters add life to an otherwise "sports film." Yes the football scenes are fun to watch, but what makes the movie truly watchable is the feeling Goldie adds to her character (like in PRIVATE BENJAMIN) plus the developing struggle between her ex-husband concerning her new career and raising of her children. Its predictable in many ways, but hey, it was nice to watch a movie that made me feel happy for a change (rather than depressed or confused as so many contemporary movies seem to do).