Invincible

Synopsis: In the sumer of 1976, 30-year old Vince Papale is having a tough run of luck. He's been working as a substitute teacher for two days a week but has just found out that his job has been eliminated because of budget cuts. His wife gives up on him saying he'll never amount to anything and asks for a divorce. He works as a bartender and plays football with his friends. When the the new coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dick Vermeil, announces that he will hold open tryouts for the team, Vince reluctantly decides to give a try. Based on a true story.
Director(s): Ericson Core
Production: Buena Vista
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
PG
Year:
2006
105 min
$57,789,574
Website
2,453 Views


(I GOT A NAME

B Y JIM CROCE PLA YIN G)

(CROWD BOOING )

-FAN:
Go, Green!

-Boo!

(CROWD BOOING )

Come on, Eagles! You're killing me.

Show some pride out there.

Some pride?

What are you talking about?

These guys lost their pride

two months ago.

FAN:
What're you doing? Over!

-They're still our boys, Tommy.

-Not this year, pally.

Not in this town. Not in this town!

FAN 1:
Stupid...

FAN 2:
You stink!

FAN:
Come on! Come on! Come on!

REFEREE:
Ball down.

Hey, way to pack it in, Eagles!

You're quitters!

should've been worse than us!

FAN:
What a bunch of losers!

(CROWD JEERING )

Hey! Hey!

Where do you think you's going, huh?

Game's not over yet.

Get back down to your seats, there.

(CROWD BOOING )

Believe this?

McCormack.

You know what NFL stands for?

"Not for long," pal. "Not for long."

See you on the unemployment line.

Hey, coach! Thanks for the three wins!

You're a bum!

MALE ANNO UNCER:
A reminder,

Eagles fans,

to place your orders

for next year's season tickets.

(CROWD BOOS LOUDER)

FAN:
Come on!

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Maybe next year, yeah?

Yeah.

Maybe we'll all be millionaires.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING )

Way to finish, guys.

Waited a whole season for this.

MAN 1:
The worst team in the league!

MAN 2:
Losers!

MAN 1:
Go! Go!

MAN 2:
Watch it. Watch out.

MAN 3:
Go! Go! Go!

MAN 4:
Watch out!

(GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

-Jeez, Pete.

-Hey, ref, you better make that call.

(GRUNTING )

You all right?

(ALL CLAMORING )

Hey!

PLAYER:
That's enough!

-I said, come on!

-Come on.

-PLAYER:
Pete!

-Yeah!

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

-Come on.

-You!

I'm gonna kill that guy.

Why don't you try

getting by him first, Pete?

Why don't you shut your mouth?

-Huddle up!

-Come on!

PLAYER:
Hey, get in the huddle.

(LAUGHING ) Look who decided

to show.

PLAYER:
Let's go.

Huddle up! Huddle up!

-Vincent!

-PLAYER:
Yo, wait a minute.

No way! Not him.

You don't show on time, you don't play!

What's the matter, cuz?

Afraid he's gonna

run all over you again?

Would you shut up?

Let's play some football.

What's up?

-About time you got here.

-Sorry, guys.

All right, let's do the one where Vince

kind of runs by everybody on one.

-Ready?

-PLAYER:
Here we go.

ALL:
Break!

TEAM 1:
Ready?

TEAM 2:
Break!

-Wanna tell me why you're late?

-My car's in a bad mood.

(PLAYERS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS )

-Watch the middle.

-Set!

-Hut!

-Go! Go!

PLAYER:
Here we go! Here we go!

PLAYER 1:
Here we go.

PLAYER 2:
Get him! Get him!

(GRUNTING )

PLAYER:
Good hit. Yeah! Good hit.

-You okay?

-Yeah, I'm good.

(LET IT RIDE B Y BACHMAN-TURNER

O VERDRIVE PLA YIN G)

Set! Hut!

(GRUNTING )

PLAYER:
Fumble, fumble, fumble!

PLAYER:
(LAUGHING ) I got it!

I got it! Yeah!

TEAM 1:
Break!

TEAM 2:
Break!

-I got one! I got one! I got one!

-You ain't got nothing.

(PLAYERS SHOUTING ORDERS )

Set! Hut!

PLAYER:
Look out, Matt!

Come on, look out!

(BOTH GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

(EX CLAIMS )

Hut!

(GRUNTING )

PLAYER:
Go, go!

PLAYER 1:
Move it!

PLAYER 2:
Move! Move!

PLAYER 1:
Ball! Ball! Ball!

I got it! I got it!

(GROANS )

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

-You all right?

-I'm all right.

-Nice save, Vince.

-Thanks, man.

Game over!

Oh, man, my car!

Oh, yeah, huh?

(GRUNTS )

Pete!

Right there, huh?

Remember that? Come on!

-Pete, come on, cut it out.

-Did you see that?

(LAUGHING )

-We won.

-Come on, let's go.

-You got money?

-Yeah.

You better have money.

(LAUGHING )

Yeah!

MAN:
You look cold.

Come a little closer.

( CHA TTERIN G ON RADIO )

Hey.

Come on, it was only for a few plays.

That's great, Vince.

We're out of work

and you're playing games.

It's not like you couldn't use the time

for anything else, right?

-Look, we're not out of work.

-Please.

The school's giving you, what,

two days a week substitute teaching?

You tend bar at night.

What do you call that?

Gainfully employed?

What do you want me to do?

Look, things are gonna get better,

all right? I promise.

When, Vince?

When are things gonna get better?

-Hi, Mr. Papale.

-Hi.

So, the assignment was first act,

Romeo and Juliet.

Oh, Mr. Papale. May I help you?

I'm sorry. Must be a mistake.

I thought this was my class.

Hey, Mr. Papale.

Hey, guys.

Mr. Papale.

Can I have a word with you, please?

We were trying to call you.

Well, there was a mix-up with the bill

and they shut my phone off,

but it should be back on today.

We were calling you to let you know

that you won't be needed this summer.

The district is forcing us

to make more cutbacks.

And we have a lot of teachers

with more seniority than you.

I'm sorry.

I know it's a hell of a deal.

TOSE:
Well, it's no secret

to anybody here

that it's been a rough stretch

for the Eagles organization.

The last few seasons

haven't lived up to my expectations

or to the expectations of the many fans

of this great team.

But, gentlemen,

today, that is going to change.

The man who's gonna bring us back

recently led UCLA

to a Rose Bowl win over Ohio State.

Please welcome Mr. Dick Vermeil.

Thank you, Mr. Tose. Thank you.

Well, I'd like to start by saying

what a tremendous honor it is

to coach this particular football team...

-Think he brought his surfboard?

-...and to coach in this city.

-Surfboard, Beach Boy records.

-The Philadelphia Eagles

have a very long and proud tradition

of winning and excellence.

It's a tradition that's been lost

in recent years.

It's a tradition

that I'm committed to restoring.

Man should be committed

for taking this job.

(ROCK MUSIC PLA YIN G

ON JUKEBO x)

Hey, Mick, you mean to tell me

you didn't see that guy

clothesline Pete?

I didn't see nothing.

(MAN CHA TTERIN G ON TV)

I saw it from the car.

Hey, that team had you guys beat

by a mile on that play.

Oh, yeah? Then why aren't you

drinking over there?

-Go to their bar, traitor.

-You want that on your tab?

Hey, put a leash on that monkey.

Vince, why does he get to run a tab,

I don't?

Because he's got a job, that's why.

(LAUGHING )

That's great, Max. Yeah,

that's a great way to treat a friend.

(LAUGHING SARCASTICALLY)

Hey, Max. Any chance I could pick up

a few more hours?

-Sure. Why?

-MAN ON TV:
First up, let's bring in

Wade Chambers

of Channel 11 Sports.

CHAMBERS:
Well, the Eagles

took their time on this one.

But for the first time...

I'm giving my cousin from New York

a few hours starting Thursday.

-You can have the rest if you want.

-Thanks. Appreciate it.

Owner Leonard Tose announced

the hiring of UCLA 's Dick Vermeil

-as the Eagles' head coach.

-Hey, Grumpy.

You wanna turn up the tube?

...wasted no time before making

this surprising announcement.

Before I take your questions,

I'd like to make a quick announcement.

This coming Saturday,

at Veterans Stadium at 9:00 a.m.,

the Philadelphia Eagles

will hold open tryouts.

-We're open to all comers.

-It's open.

-This guy's out of his mind.

-So we can go ahead

-and start with the questions now.

-There you have it, Eagle fans.

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