Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Caan | ... | Sam Winters | |
| Halle Berry | ... | Autumn Haley | |
| Omar Epps | ... | Darnell Jefferson | |
| Craig Sheffer | ... | Joe Kane | |
| Kristy Swanson | ... | Camille Shafer | |
| Abraham Benrubi | ... | Bud-Lite Kaminski | |
| Duane Davis | ... | Alvin Mack | |
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Jon Pennell | ... | Bobby Collins (as Jon Maynard Pennell) |
| Joey Lauren Adams | ... | Louanne (as Joey Adams) | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Joe's Father | |
| Andrew Bryniarski | ... | Steve Lattimer | |
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Leon Pridgen | ... | Ray Griffen (as J. Leon Pridgen II) |
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Michael Flippo | ... | Coach Humes (as Mike Flippo) |
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Jeff Portell | ... | Reporter #1 |
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Ernest Dixon | ... | Coach Clayton |
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A college football coach is told by his bosses that unless they do better this season it could be his last. To bolster the team he recruits a talented tail back. A female student is assigned to help him assimilate with college life and that includes doing his studies because he spent his whole life just playing football. And he finds himself attracted to her and she already has a boyfriend who is also on the team but he might be more concern about losing his position than losing her to him. And the coach has to deal with his other players' situations like the team's quarterback who deals with his father being distant by drinking and it eventually gets him in trouble. And one of the team's defensive players is obviously using steroids but passes the drug tests. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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From Different Worlds They Come To Prove Themselves In The Gritty World Of College Football. See more »Parents Guide:
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24 September 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,821,931, 26 September 1993Gross USA:
$23,032,565Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$23,032,565Company Credits
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[smashes head through car window]
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Written by Slash, Axl Rose, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin' and Duff McKagan
Performed by Guns N' Roses
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Bobby Collin's name came from the former head coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU). Coincidentally, he was the coach during the time SMU's football program was brought down by severe NCAA sanctions that led to the "death penalty". See more »Goofs
In ESU's final game against Georgia Tech, the Wolves get the ball back in the final minutes, the game clock is shown with both teams having one final time out remaining, but the announcer at the same time says ESU is out of timeouts. See more »Quotes
Steve Lattimer: Staring defense! Place at the table![smashes head through car window]
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Alternate Versions
Some scenes show college students lying in a street in the middle of car traffic as a way to prove their courage. A few weeks after the film's release, the studio recalled all copies and deleted this sequence from the picture in response to public outrage, because a few teenagers had been injured or killed imitating this deadly game. See more »Connections
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Welcome to the JungleWritten by Slash, Axl Rose, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin' and Duff McKagan
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As a college football player I feel that it is necessary to respond to several comments made by users of IMDB. The Program is a little extreme in its examples of how college football programs can "help" their athletes out. Granted I play for a small division II school in Michigan, but have been recruited by D I schools and do know many players from U of M and MSU in particular. The assistance shown in the movie is somewhat true to the advantages one receives for being a college athlete but indeed too extreme. The writers and producers of this movie obviously intended it for entertainment and maybe to increase suspicion towards college athletics, and they do just that. Watch this movie for what it is; a great movie about kick ass football, and that is it!