Eddie Page #10

Synopsis: Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima donnas that make up the team and turns them around. But the owner hopes to move the team, now the darling of the New York fans, to St. Louis. He may OWN the team, but it BELONGS to the city and the fans!
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Steve Rash
Production: Hollywood Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
PG-13
Year:
1996
100 min
498 Views


They didn't have

TV back then

[ Crowd Booing ]

[ Player ] By yourself!

By yourself!

- Thread it down! Go!

- I'm good, I'm good!

Look at that sh*t

Shouldn't have

brought that sh*t!

- Time! Time! Come on, time!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

- [ Bailey ] Come on!

- [ Players Shouting ]

What the hell is goin' on?

Come on!

Nate Wilson is murdering us

We gotta stop him

I want you to get out there

and hammer Nate Wilson

- Hammer Nate Wilson You understand me?

- I got it

All right, now come on

Let's go

- These guys are nothin'!

- [ Buzzer Sounds ]

- Buyin' yourself a hell of a team, boys

- [ Eddie ] Come on!

- Forty-four, red, to Wilson

- Amen

Hey, let's go!

Come on!

Back it up, Ivan!

- [ Nate Groans ]

- [ Whistle Blows ]

- Yeah!

- Good foul! Good foul!

- [ Bailey ] I liked that foul

- You okay?

That's a flagrant They should

throw him out of the game for that

- I'm all right

- Y'all gonna pay for that

- You okay?

- Look at the clock Look at the clock

- [ P A Announcer ]

Wilson will shoot two

- I got it, I got it

Look at the time, Charlotte!

Look what you got, Charlotte!

[ Player ] Watch the inbound

Watch the inbound

- Hey! Hey! They got it

- Way to go, baby!

[ Buzzer Sounds ]

[ Marv Albert ] So it's the Hornets

by two at the half

Coach John Bailey's Hornets exploiting

every weakness of his former team

but the Knicks fighting back hard

led by Nate Wilson, who, incidentally,

has started to limp noticeably

Look, I'm just not sure

about these knees

Don't worry about it I know what

I'm doing Who you gonna put in, Patton?

- No, but I also don't--

Look at you You're flinching

- Don't worry I'm cool

Just go ahead

I'm all right, Eddie Go

All right, girls,

gather around

The question of the evening is

what are we going to do

about the $84 million man?

- Hmm?

- Let's make him earn it

- Double down

- Exactement

Hey, yo, yo! Yo!

Aaaaaah!

Where you at, man?

Hey, wait, wait, wait

Let me play it

Clear out!

Clear out!

Nate! Post up, baby!

Post up!

- Aaaah!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

- [ Crowd Booing ]

- What, you trying to hurt

somebody out here, man?

- Ref!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

Nate You okay?

[ Groans ]

Oh, my God

- How bad is it?

- I don't know

It's over It's over, Eddie

Get me up

- Ohh

- Let's get him off the floor

- Be careful

- [ Nate Groans ]

- [ Crowd Applauding ]

- [ Sighs ]

Mr Patton, have we resolved

our problems, or do I need

to call your mother again?

Stacy Patton is ready

I mean, I'm ready to play, Coach

- All right, go in

- All right

Hey, hey, young fella

Do this one for me, all right?

I got it

You're the Gipper

- [ Groans ]

- Oh! Nate, Nate, Nate I'm sorry, man

[ Player ] Keep the ball

in the right hands, baby

- Substitution

- [ Buzzer Sounds ]

[ P A Announcer ] In for the Knicks,

Stacy Patton for Nate Wilson

- All I know is

he's gotta pass the ball

- We playin' together, baby

This is where we win it, right here

Let's go

[ Crowd Chanting ] New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

- [ Chanting Continues ]

- [ Players Chattering ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

I'm through that!

I'm through that!

Now what?

Now what?

- Now whaaaaa--

- [ Crowd Groans ]

- It's all right

- Come on, let's shut 'em down

Ball, ball, ball!

Pick up, pick up, pick up!

Don't drop it!

Don't drop it-- Rebound!

Let's go! It's me and you, Preach!

Me and you, Preach!

- Come on, let's go!

- Yo!

[ Chattering Continues ]

- [ Crowd Booing ]

- Ivan! Help out, Ivan!

[ Eddie ] Come on, man, don't worry

about it! Go hard! Go hard!

Run it, run it!

Preach, here!

I'm gonna post it!

- Too small! Kill him!

- [ Crowd Cheering ]

Come on, let's go!

- Ohh!

- That's a foul!

I'm coverin'!

I'm coverin'!

Knock it down! Yeah!

[ P A Announcer ]

Let's hear it for Terry!

Whoo!

Come on!

"D" up, man! "D" up!

"D" it up! "D" it up!

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Crowd Cheering ]

- Preach!

- [ Player ] You got a time-out!

- I got a time-out! Time-out! Time-out!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

Time-out on Knicks!

Time-out, Knicks!

Well, boys, we're closin' in

Show time

You're looking good out there, girls,

really, really good

Inbound to Jamal Stacy, you get

to the top of the key--

Uh, Coach

Other way around

Inbound the ball to Stacy

I know Bailey He's gonna swarm you

He thinks you're gonna take the shot, so

look for the open man, probably Jamal

I think that's the play

Well done, Zim

Well done

I learned from the best

- Okay, girls, are we in? All right

- [ Players Agreeing ]

Ho! Ho!

Ohh-ho-ho-ho-ho!

- Let's go

- [ Buzzer Sounds ]

[ Cheering Continues ]

- Right now, Scotty!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

Make a good pass!

Stay low, Scotty!

Now what? Now what?

Now what?

He's open!

He's open!

- You don't got nothin' on this!

- Aaaaaaah!

That's my baby!

Whooo-ha-ha!

- Time! Time! Time!

- [ Whistle Blows ]

Well!

Big time! Big time!

[ P A Announcer ]

Time out, Charlotte!

Hey, hey

Good-bye

- Yo, I thought you were

gonna force the shot

- While my mom was watchin'?

Big time pass, boy

Okay, ten seconds, Coach

- Coach

- Layups, man Layups

- Eddie

- [ Chanting ] New York Knicks!

- [ Chanting Continues ] New York Knicks!

- Uh, Coach Coach!

[ Crowd Continues Chanting ]

Is this on?

Zimmer, go get her

- We-- Uh-- Coach!

- Where's she goin'?

[ Crowd ] New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks! New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

New York Knicks! New York Knicks!

New York Knicks!

She is full of surprises

I tell you, boys,

she's a real asset

She's a real showman

- [ Crowd Quiets ]

- [ Eddie On P A ] I know

that it's a little strange for me

to be standing out here

with ten seconds to go

But I just felt

the need to pay homage

to the man

You all know who I'm talkin' about--

Wild Bill Howdy, Wild Bill

[ Crowd Shouts ] Howdy!

- This is quite a fella

- [ Crowd Hooting, Applauding ]

This is a guy

who takes chances

He took a chance on me

Took me out of there

and made me into a coach

Took a chance on this team,

which was losing

And you know he takes a chance

every time he comes riding out

on that dumb ol' horse

not realizing that eventually

somebody's gonna hit him

upside the head with a hot dog

[ Scattered Laughter ]

I tell you boys, this girl is pure gold

You tell 'em, Eddie

He's a big ol' business guy, too

He owns a lot of stuff

He owns this team, which means

he could sell 'em if he wanted to

[ Crowd Murmuring ]

Which is exactly what you wanna do,

isn't it, Bill?

That is, if we win tonight

If we win tonight

he's going to sell this team

and move it to St Louis

[ Crowd Booing, Shouting ]

[ Booing Continues ]

- [ Whispering ]

What's she talking about?

- [ Booing Continues ]

Fix yourselves a drink, gentlemen

Mr Burgess, don't go out there

Shall I have security remove her?

[ Booing, Shouting Continues ]

You're not gonna

move the Knicks!

You go to St Louis!

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