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Synopsis: When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D'Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci, now coming into her own after her father's death. Christina's driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
1999
162 min
Website
1,770 Views


I met with a specialist who said--

I'm scared.

We 're all scared.

If you think it's easy being a coach,

I'll trade your microphone for my ulcer.

I'm a triple-decker

stress sandwich right now.

Why is that, coach?

The 32-13 loss to San Francisco?

You're not even close, Johnny.

Try fishing someplace else.

And I want to live up to what it is

my father left me.

A legacy.

A feeling of a bond with this town.

A feeling that this is our house.

The Pagniacci house.

And we have great confidence...

...that in the final hour,

our mayor will be there for us.

And Tony....

Know this.

Wherever you go, you will always be...

...loved and greatly respected.

Thank you.

Thanks for helping me understand again

what I had forgotten.

Tony D.!

He's been here 30 years!

Even the dogs are sad, he said.

It's been way too long

not to win a big one.

San Francisco sure

took care of that for us.

In football, as in life, things change.

I guess it's time for me to get the

hell out of the way, bring in the new.

I like Nick Crozier.

I think he'll do a great job.

But most of all I want to thank

the people of Miami...

...for their support through

the last 20-some odd years.

Gee, it just flew by.

It's really meant a lot to me.

It meant everything to me.

I've had a great, great ride,

believe me. And....

And I'm gonna miss you.

He's an arrogant son of a b*tch,

but I'll miss him.

In thinking about change...

...I don't know, I felt maybe it was

time for me to make a change too.

And it was Willie Beamen taught me

how to give it another shot.

So starting today...

...I'm taking over as head coach...

...for that new expansion team in

Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Aztecs.

"Why," do you say? Because they're

giving me full management control.

But hoping not to make a complete fool

of myself out there...

...I just signed Willie Beamen

as my starting quarterback...

...and franchise player for the Aztecs.

So, Miss P...

...I look forward to seeing you

next season across those sidelines.

So long.... Au revoir....

See you when the clouds come home.

Especially you, baby.

Smoking cigars on me now, are you?

Gotcha!

Thought we had him tied up!

All right, little man!

What's up? What's your name?

Hey, what up, man? What up? What up?

How y'all feeling?

All right, now.

Y'all be looking out for the game now.

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John Logan

John David Logan (born September 24, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film producer, and television producer. more…

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