Touchback Page #7

Synopsis: On the game winning play of the biggest game of his life, the best High School Football player in the nation injures his knee and destroys his dreams of a college and professional career. But fifteen years later, he receives the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to go back and change history.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director(s): Don Handfield
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2011
118 min
$204,068
Website
210 Views


are still coming around.

I hope you're still excited

about being a Buckeye.

Yes.

I'm definitely going

to Ohio State.

I want to be close

to my mom.

Jenny:

Aww.

Well, let me just

thank Thelma now

for keeping her son

close to home.

You don't have to go

nowhere for me.

Go where you want

to go, okay?

Yeah, but don't you want him

in Columbus

so you can come

see him play?

She doesn't watch his games.

She's never seen him play.

You've never

seen him play?

- Huh-uh.

- She works nights.

Well, Thelma,

you gotta come see him play,

'cause he will make you

so proud.

I'm already proud of him.

Pass the pepper, please.

Whew.

Thank your mom for me again,

would you?

Yeah.

Do me a favor,

take it easy on Cuyahoga

tomorrow night, all right?

Some of those guys are gonna be

your future teammates.

I was kind of hoping

they would take it easy on me.

Yeah, me too.

Listen, your linemen...

they play hard.

They do. They...

and they play with heart.

But, son, they're not gonna be able

to protect you

worth a damn tomorrow night.

Yeah, I know.

Listen to me.

We are sold on you.

We don't need to see you play

any more football.

And if you want to sit this game out

tomorrow night,

we're not gonna

fault you for it one bit.

Thanks again.

And whatever you decide,

good luck.

Thanks, Coach.

Jenny:
I can't wait for us

to get out of here together.

(rooster crows,

cows mooing)

(mooing,

chickens clucking)

Hey, Macy.

What are you doing here?

My dad will kill you if he sees you.

I really need to talk to you.

It's important.

Okay, just come in here.

Thanks for helping

with the petition.

Pretty much the whole school

signed it.

So I guess we're even?

For the band room?

Yeah.

So...

what's so important?

Us.

What...?

What are you talking about?

You have a girlfriend.

Yeah, but I don't marry her.

I marry you.

You marry me?

You don't even know me.

I do know you, Macy,

better than you can

ever imagine.

Come on.

Did your friends put you up to this?

Because it is not funny.

(huffs)

Your grandma had a cabin

in Manns Choice.

You two had a game...

so that if you make

your wish,

you roll it up in a piece of paper

and you put it in the wall...

all your wishes come true.

Every year, you wished

for the same thing.

When you were 14,

she passed away.

And when they were tearing

the place down

you came back

and you looked in the walls

and all your wishes

were gone.

I know what

you wish for, Macy.

You wish that one day

you could buy this farm

that you and your parents

work on.

Macy, your wishes come true.

We end up getting married

and we buy this farm.

And we have two little girls

named Krista and Jamie

- that we named after your aunts.

- Why are you doing this?

We end up together because

I get crippled in the game tonight.

- Stop it.

- But I'm gonna change things.

If I don't get hurt, in a few years

I'm gonna be making money

and I'll finally be able

to take care of you.

Stop it.

Just stop talking

and please leave me alone.

Macy, stop.

We tried your dream, okay?

And it didn't work out.

And I'm not gonna

end up here in Coldwater

with a bum leg,

a rundown farm

and two kids I can barely support.

I'm not doing it again.

I'm not asking you to.

All I'm asking

is for you to try my dream.

Come to Ohio State

with me next year.

What are you talking about?

We were an accident.

We weren't supposed to

end up together.

What I'm saying is,

it doesn't have to be like that.

Relationships aren't accidents.

They're decisions.

And if you made one

that you're not happy with,

then that is called

a mistake.

So maybe you're better off

without it.

Macy?

Have a nice life, Scott.

I hope you find

what you're looking for.

Macy.

Girl:
Yeah, all right,

I'll let her know.

Boy:

Good luck tonight, Scotty.

Hand:
There you go.

Thanks a lot.

- Hey, Coach.

- Hey, Scotty. I have a history class.

- This is important.

- Well, so are they.

- This can't wait.

- (school bell rings)

All right, quickly.

What is it?

I can't play tonight.

Oh, no. Did you hurt yourself?

What did you do?

No, not yet.

- You're not hurt?

- No, I'm not hurt,

but if I get injured,

I could lose my scholarship.

You're not playing because

you're afraid you might get hurt?

Come on, Coach. We're too small

to be playing these guys.

Everyone knows it.

Even you said it.

Oh, well...

what the hell

has happened to you?

Two weeks ago,

if I had told you

we were playing the Cincinnati Bengals,

you'd have felt sorry for them

because of the beating you thought

you were gonna give them.

And now you're telling me that we're

too small, so you're quitting?

I have to.

Well, what is it you want from me?

"That's fine,

I understand, son.

The team will be great"?

I'm not throwing my life away

for some high school football game.

Coach, come on,

I have a future.

Do you know

what the future is, Scott?

The future is just a bunch of

what you do right now strung together.

And right now all you're doing

is giving up.

And trust me,

there's no future in that.

Scott...

I hope you don't give up

this easy in life,

because it gets a hell of a lot

harder than football.

Dwight:

They're here.

Dwight:
Lord, look at the size

of their linemen.

That's a quarterback.

That is their lineman.

Dwight:
Oh, jeez,

they're all that big.

Have fun with them tonight.

Damn.

(sizzling)

Jenny:

Your Ohio State jersey.

(chuckles)

Do you like it?

Yeah.

I do.

Thanks.

Stop worrying about it.

If there's even a remote chance

that you'll get hurt,

don't play,

end of story.

I know. I just feel like

I'm letting the whole town down.

Forget about right now.

Think about

your future, okay?

I know you, Scotty.

All you've ever wanted is

to take care of everybody, right?

- Right.

- Okay, so when you go pro,

you'll have enough money

to do that.

No more night shifts

and double shifts for your mom,

no more trailer.

You can get her a real house.

- You're right.

- Mm-hmm.

You should get used to that.

(both chuckle)

(crowd cheering)

- Murphy:
Sit down. I bought you dinner.

- Thelma:
Are you crazy?

- Sit down.

- I don't have a lot of time.

Yes, you do.

You have plenty of time.

Wait, wait, don't you have

a game tonight?

I'm not playing.

You're not?

Things are gonna be

different now, Mom.

From this point on,

I'm gonna be taking care of you.

No, you just take care of yourself.

I'm fine.

No, I'm serious. Next year,

I can start living cheaply.

I'll start sending you

some of my scholarship money.

No, you save your money.

I don't need it.

And the truck... I mean,

it's a beautiful truck,

- but why don't we sell it?

- (laughs)

- I can get a ride or run to school.

- Sell it? I just bought that truck.

- You can buy yourself a new car.

- I don't need a new car.

And I don't need you telling me

how to manage my money, so lay off.

I don't need it.

It's a waste.

Hey, some people spend their money

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