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Jerry Maguire - elämä on peliä

Original title: Jerry Maguire
  • 1996
  • K-12
  • 2h 19m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
286K
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POPULARITY
1,259
272
Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire - elämä on peliä (1996)
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When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and... Read allWhen a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

  • Director
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Writer
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Cuba Gooding Jr.
    • Renée Zellweger
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    286K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,259
    272
    • Director
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Writer
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Cuba Gooding Jr.
      • Renée Zellweger
    • 425User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 26 wins & 41 nominations total

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    Cast

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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Jerry Maguire
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
    • Rod Tidwell
    Renée Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger
    • Dorothy Boyd
    • (as Renee Zellweger)
    Kelly Preston
    Kelly Preston
    • Avery Bishop
    Jerry O'Connell
    Jerry O'Connell
    • Frank Cushman
    Jay Mohr
    Jay Mohr
    • Bob Sugar
    Bonnie Hunt
    Bonnie Hunt
    • Laurel Boyd
    Regina King
    Regina King
    • Marcee Tidwell
    Jonathan Lipnicki
    Jonathan Lipnicki
    • Ray Boyd
    Todd Louiso
    Todd Louiso
    • Chad the Nanny
    • Director
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Writer
      • Cameron Crowe
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Renée Zellweger admitted that the day she was cast in this movie, it had been so long since she had worked that when she went to an ATM, she did not have enough of a balance to make a withdrawal.
    • Goofs
      When Jerry arrives at the Cushman house, he's driving a Dodge Intrepid. When he leaves, he's driving a Pontiac Grand Prix.
    • Quotes

      [Rod has just told Jerry he will keep him as his agent]

      Jerry Maguire: That's, that's great. I'm very... happy.

      Rod Tidwell: Are you listenin'?

      Jerry Maguire: Yes!

      Rod Tidwell: That's what I'm gonna do for you: God bless you, Jerry. But this is what you gonna do for me. You listenin', Jerry?

      Jerry Maguire: Yeah, what, what, what can I do for you, Rod? You just tell me what can I do for you?

      Rod Tidwell: It's a very personal, a very important thing. Hell, it's a family motto. Are you ready, Jerry?

      Jerry Maguire: I'm ready.

      Rod Tidwell: I wanna make sure you're ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the money. Oh-ho-ho! SHOW! ME! THE! MONEY! A-ha-ha! Jerry, doesn't it make you feel good just to say that! Say it with me one time, Jerry.

      Jerry Maguire: Show you the money.

      Rod Tidwell: Oh, no, no. You can do better than that, Jerry! I want you to say it with you, with meaning, brother! Hey, I got Bob Sugar on the other line; I better hear you he can say it!

      Jerry Maguire: Yeah, yeah, no, no, no. Show you the money.

      Rod Tidwell: No! Not show you! Show me the money!

      Jerry Maguire: Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: Yeah! Louder!

      Jerry Maguire: Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: Yes, but, brother, you got to yell that shit!

      Jerry Maguire: Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: I need to feel you, Jerry!

      Jerry Maguire: Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: Jerry, you got to yell!

      Jerry Maguire: [screaming] Show me the money! Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: Do you love this black man!

      Jerry Maguire: I love the black man! Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: I love black people.

      Jerry Maguire: I love black people!

      Rod Tidwell: Who's your motherfucker, Jerry?

      Jerry Maguire: You're my motherfucker!

      Rod Tidwell: Whatcha gonna do, Jerry?

      Jerry Maguire: Show me the money!

      Rod Tidwell: Unh! Congratulations, you're still my agent.

    • Alternate versions
      In the original theatrical version, during the airport sequence after Jerry and Rod argue, the Paul McCartney song "Momma Miss America" is played. In the television version, Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" is used instead.
    • Connections
      Edited from Avanti! (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      The Magic Bus
      Written by Pete Townshend

      Performed by The Who

      Courtesy of MCA Records

      By Arrangement with MCA Special Markets & Products & Polydor Records, Ltd.

      By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing

      Published by Essex Music Inc.

    User reviews425

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Agent Seeks Something Higher -- Possibly Cruise's Best Film
    At the 1997 Academy Awards, host Billy Crystal referred to the characters played by the five Best Actor nominees (of which Tom Cruise was one) as being "a burned guy, a mentally-challenged guy, a mentally-abused guy, a paralyzed guy, and an agent. And four out of the five are treatable." Of course Crystal was jokingly referring to the Agent as being beyond help. Among the figures of sports and entertainment, agents are often regarded as the necessary evil of the industry often with reputations as being the sleaziest of VIP's, just-above used car salesmen. Their antics which require a high-level of tough negotiations are sometimes seen as money-gouging and materialistic. In the film "Jerry Maguire", Tom Cruise decides to wear the shoes of a sports agent and walk around in them for just over two hours.

    "Who am I, and what am I doing?" Jerry Maguire asks when he realizes his sports agency, SMI, tries to cover up the darker aspects of professional sports. His answer is inspiring, transcendent, and detrimental. He mistakenly writes down his inspired thoughts and submits them to his colleagues for suggesting the agency concentrate better on fewer clients. For his inspiration, he loses his place at his agency and many of his highest-paying clients to his rival Bob Sugar. Subsequently, he also loses his attractive but shallow fiancé. Maguire is forced to try and live his dream of being more caring and receptive towards the needs of his clients rather than just being there to get a slice of his athlete/clients' multi-million-dollar paychecks. In a particularly poignant sequence, he retains his client Frank "Cush" Cushman who is a leading contender in the NFL draft through a handshake with his father, played by Beau Bridges. However, on draft day, he learns through an unexpected phone call that his rival Bob Sugar, through deception, convinced Cushman to sign with him instead. Now, Maguire has retained only Tidwell, and he must create his new agency from the ground up with only a single client as his starting point.

    So the question asked of the movie is: Can a sports agent find a more meaningful, possibly spiritual, life and still acquire the high-paying clientèle? And maybe even more to the point, can an agent make a difference beyond just being a high-powered money negotiator? "Jerry Maguire" is a thoroughly entertaining riches-to-rags-to-transcendence story of a fantasy sports agent trying to find a deeper purpose to an otherwise materialistic existence.

    The film works at almost all levels, particularly because of the dynamism of Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. in an Academy Award-winning performance, playing the only client willing to stay with Maguire. Part of the story is Maguire's journey from the purely material to a deeper and more-satisfying existence. Rod Tidwell (Gooding), wide receiver for the Cardinals, is a strange opposite to Cruise but has a similar problem. Tidwell is a devoted father and husband, emotionally involved with his family but does not quite give that same heart on the football field. The story becomes about both characters finding something deeper in their place in the world, Gooding giving what he gives to his family to his team, and Cruise giving to his clients and co-worker/lover Dorothy Boyd his love and attention. Renee Zellweger plays Dorothy Boyd in a passionate and sensitive performance that will definitely bring tears. Zellweger's son becomes an important character and also an inspiration to Cruise to find the deeper and more sensitive part of himself.

    In the materialistic world of late 20th-century America, "Jerry Maguire" is a breath of fresh air. A rare story produced by the money-obsessed film studios about the dangers of losing oneself for the sake of self-promotion and monetary gain. An interesting statistic has emerged of late regarding a high number of American businessmen on their deathbeds who begin regretting the direction and purpose of their lives. "Jerry Maguire" offers an alternative, although probably few in his position would find the wisdom to change course. But since you can't take it with you, life is about what you leave behind.
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    • classicalsteve
    • Aug 31, 2007

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 14, 1997 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • American Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Jerry Maguire - livets spel
    • Filming locations
      • Paco's Tacos - 4141 S. Centinela Avenue, Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Gracie Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $50,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $153,952,592
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,084,296
      • Dec 15, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $273,552,592
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby
      • DTS-Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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