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Carl Ballantine, Donald Moffat, Donovan Scott

This shaggy-dog fable barely drew fleas when it arrived in the winter of 1986. Now critics refer to it as a winning, offbeat classic. What took 'em so long? Probably the fact that director Roger Spott...( read more  read more... )iswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) and screenwriter Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) were chasing something very elusive: a cockeyed, scatological look at delayed glory. Robin Williams plays Jack Dundee, a meek bank VP in Taft, California, who daily relives the humiliation of a bobbled pass in the game against Bakersfield. Not content to live out his days as "Butterfingers" Dundee, Jack hits on a plan to "rewrite history" by restaging the Big Game. Taft's now-over-the-hill quarterback, Reno Hightower (Kurt Russell), reluctantly goes along with the harebrained scheme to redeem his buddy. The guys' wives (Holly Palance and Pamela Reed) shake their heads and play along. At once zany, sweet, and nostalgic, this small-town chronicle strives for, and achieves, folk-legend status. "Casey at the Bat" in shoulder pads, anyone? --Glenn Lovell

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PG-13, 104 min.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Release Date: January 31, 1986

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DVD Release Date: February 2, 1999

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  • Collegekid
    October 28, 2006
    Collegekid
    A very funny movie, that is extremely unique. Who would have ever thought that Kurt Russell and Robin Williams would ever star in a movie together?
  • nickymo89
    July 23, 2008
    nickymo89
    A mediocre film about chasing lost glory that never really finds it's way.
  • ileo
    December 27, 2007
    ileo
    Great movie.
  • threefolddado
    December 23, 2007
    threefolddado
    Um, not a winning, offbeat classic. A bland, neither hot nor cold kind of yawn.
  • LisaMJ
    February 3, 2007
    LisaMJ
    I didn't really like this. It was kind of boring for an 80's movie.
  • mstweety620
    April 15, 2009
    mstweety620
    Had a couple moments
  • Blaxunshine
    January 17, 2009
    Blaxunshine
    It's all pretty predictable but Williams & Russell make it fun..One of my favorite football movies actually
  • Gidget22
    January 4, 2009
    Gidget22
    some parts worked...
  • maxpowerhjays
    June 6, 2008
    maxpowerhjays
    probably robin williams best work in a comedy
  • fraziermike79
    February 18, 2008
    fraziermike79
    Awesome movie. I love this movie. I just wish I could find it somewhere to add it to my collection.

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