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Title: Everybody's All-American (1988)
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| Jessica Lange | ... | Babs | |
| Dennis Quaid | ... | Gavin Grey | |
| Timothy Hutton | ... | Donnie 'Cake' | |
| John Goodman | ... | Lawrence | |
| Carl Lumbly | ... | Narvel Blue | |
| Ray Baker | ... | Bolling Kiely | |
| Savannah Smith Boucher | ... | Darlene Kiely (as Savannah Smith Bouchér) | |
| Patricia Clarkson | ... | Leslie Stone | |
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Joseph Meyer | ... | Pep Leader |
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J. Kevin Brune | ... | Roommate |
| Wayne Knight | ... | Fraternity Pisser | |
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Roy B. Stewart Sr. | ... | Junie |
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Pat Pierre Perkins | ... | Willy Mae |
| Aaron Neville | ... | Man with Gun | |
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Shawn Burks | ... | Georgia Center |
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Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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reference to robert f. kennedy | football | louisiana | college | homecoming queen |Taglines:
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4 November 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$22,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Player's Wife #1: Yep, pro's a different game, honey. Not much rah-rah up here. Not like when you were homecoming queen back in... where was it?
Babs Grey: Louisiana. I was Magnolia Queen.
Player's Wife #2: Most of us were the queen of something. Now? We're just players' wives.
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Written by Dave Appell and Kal Mann
Performed by Chubby Checker
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In the movie, the LSU Tigers won the mythical 1956 NCAA football championship and a trip to the Sugar Bowl. In reality, the team suffered through a dismal 3-7 season and were awarded no bowl invitations that year. See more »Goofs
During the black and white footage of the 1955 Sugar Bowl (as seen in flashback and newsreel footage and stated specifically as 1955 footage by the accompanying voice-over) a 1957 Sugar Bowl graphic design adorns the midfield. See more »Quotes
Babs Grey: [watching Gavin's first pro game] It's so rough!Player's Wife #1: Yep, pro's a different game, honey. Not much rah-rah up here. Not like when you were homecoming queen back in... where was it?
Babs Grey: Louisiana. I was Magnolia Queen.
Player's Wife #2: Most of us were the queen of something. Now? We're just players' wives.
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Featured in At the Movies: Everybody's All-American/U2: Rattle and Hum/The Good Mother/Little Dorrit/A Cry in the Dark (1988) See more »Soundtracks
Let's Twist AgainWritten by Dave Appell and Kal Mann
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Superbly acted film about a rocky relationship between a Sugar Bowl all-american (Quaid) and the Magnolia Queen (Lange). The story takes us through over 25 years of triumph and tragedy with great support from Hutton and an especially good performance from John Goodman. Look for "Seinfeld's" Wayne Knight here.