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
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| 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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Storyline
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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motorcycle | football recruiter | fictional university | heisman trophy | football quarterback |Taglines:
Pressure surrounds them. Competition divides them. Talent unites them. A story of what it takes to survive... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 September 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Challenge - Die Herausforderung See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$23,004,026Company Credits
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Written by Alan Mirikitani
Performed by BB & The Screaming Buddah Heads
Courtesy of Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.
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The movie was filmed at the University of South Carolina and features their Williams-Brice Stadium, as well as locations around Columbia. See more »Goofs
When Joe and Camille are riding Joe's motorcycle off-road, the tires on Joe's motorcycle in the close-up are knobby/off-road tires while in the shots from the profile they are clearly street tires. See more »Quotes
Steve Lattimer: I don't know, its the battle, the going to war with the other guys, hanging together, having our own dorm, staying in hotels the night before the games, setting ourselves apart, being different than everybody else, having a chance to be somebody, to do something that people look up to you for, your strength, your courage, not everybody can play football... were the lucky onesSee more »
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 »Soundtracks
Break My BackWritten by Alan Mirikitani
Performed by BB & The Screaming Buddah Heads
Courtesy of Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.
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During the course of high school and college, we always come across numerous stereotypes. The 'jock' stereotype is possibly the most recognized. This movie transcended that and only focused on the brotherhood and comradery that arises from playing an organised sport. Not only did I enjoy this movie to a great extent I thought it to be both hilarious and dramatic. I believed the quality of acting in this film to have been superb, as well as the football scenes.