A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
Director:
William FriedkinWriter:
Ron Shelton
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| Nick Nolte | ... | Pete Bell | |
| Mary McDonnell | ... | Jenny Bell | |
| J.T. Walsh | ... | Happy | |
| Ed O'Neill | ... | Ed | |
| Alfre Woodard | ... | Lavada McRae | |
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Bob Cousy | ... | Vic |
| Shaquille O'Neal | ... | Neon | |
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Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway | ... | Butch McRae |
| Matt Nover | ... | Ricky Roe | |
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Cylk Cozart | ... | Slick |
| Anthony C. Hall | ... | Tony | |
| Kevin Benton | ... | Jack | |
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Bill Cross | ... | Freddie |
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Marques Johnson | ... | Mel |
| Robert Wuhl | ... | Marty | |
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Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around. Written by Rob Hartill
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Country:
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18 February 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Frankfort Senior High School - 1 S. Maish Road, Frankfort, Indiana, USA See more »Edit
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by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr. (as Al Jackson)
Performed by Al Green
Courtesy of Hi Records
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When Neon was in the classroom playing with the children he was shown picking up a child with a Barry Bonds Jersey on (#25). When Jenny Bell turned to him and said "Neon, please try not to step on the children", he was then holding a different child. See more »Quotes
Pete Bell: You took the purest thing in your life and corrupted it, for what? For what?See more »
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Let's Stay Togetherby Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr. (as Al Jackson)
Performed by Al Green
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I'm not a big sports movie guy, so I went into this not really expecting much other than killing 90 some minutes. I loved it! To see the struggle of a school and coach as they attempt to create a legit winning team in an environment of corruption was interesting. Then when they join that corruption it becomes exciting, you just know it's gonna blowup some time. Nick Nolte carries this film throughout it's entirety, and amazingly the real life players do a great job of acting and the rest of the cast is perfect. I love how they took real players and coaches and brought them into this film, it fits perfectly. The last 35 minutes of this film is brilliant. I've seen many people here talk of how bad this film is, I wonder if they just don't care about sports that much like myself, or have some underlying bias about admitting the corruption exists and always has in much of college sports. I don't care for sports! But I loved this film. The ratings this film gets on here really ticks me off, what is it, a 5.5 star average? I've learned one thing on here and other review sites, if you let others judge for you, you'll miss a lot of good movies.