Varsity Blues Page #4

Synopsis: In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his West Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Brian Robbins
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
1999
106 min
Website
1,362 Views


Wendell, meet me at the mini-mart

at 10:
00 tonight.

- For what ?

- I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.

- Where's Billy Bob ? I can't find him.

- Kilmer.

He's been

riding the f*** out of Billy Bob.

Blaming him for Lance's knee.

Look man, I'm over this sh*t.

- I hear you.

- You don't hear me.

Kilmer's a f***ing racist.

You know how many yards

I average a game ? 133.

You know how many

touchdowns I have ?

Three. That's only because

I broke for over twenty yards each time.

If we're inside the 10, he gives the ball

to Lance or some white receiver.

It's bullshit.

I'm just Kilmer's black workhorse.

- Kilmer...

- Would he call Texas or A&M for me ?

F***, no !

My mom's been doing my recruiting.

She's got Grambling coming to see me.

Damn, Mox, I thought you knew.

This sh*t's f***ed-up.

F*** Kilmer.

I'll get you in the end zone.

We're cool, Mox.

Hey...

You got sh*t to tend to.

I'll see you at practice.

- Hey, how are you ?

- Tell me not to feel weird around you.

The last thing I need right now

is for anything to come between us.

We're friends.

We're just a little closer now.

- Okay ?

- Yeah, I guess we are.

- Thanks, Mox.

- No problem.

Wait a minute ! Jules !

Would you listen to me ?

B*tches are all just panty droppers.

- You understand ? That's it.

- What ?

You give them a Percocet,

two Vicodins and a couple of beers,

and the panties drop.

It's very nice.

- You think you'll enjoy prison ?

- I don't know... What ?

- Where are we going tonight ?

- It's a surprise. I'm bringing Lance.

Nice...

What the f*** is that ?

Oh, my God.

It's star quarterback Jonny Moxon.

- Somebody hold me up.

- There's nothing going on with Darcy.

Nothing's ever happened.

You've never seen her

in her whipped-cream bikini ?

- No.

- Funny. That's how she got Lance.

- Jules, are we together or what ?

- I don't date football players.

- I've always been a football player.

- Number 26.

No, you were something different.

At least I thought you were.

What a Kodak moment. Star Jonny

Moxon wondering who he really is.

- You don't think all this is hard ?

- On who ?

- Jules !

- Mox !

We had a thing and it was great.

Things have changed a little bit.

That's okay.

- Maybe you should go.

- You can't make me leave.

Oh, my God !

Everybody come meet Jonny Moxon.

The Mox ! The star quarterback

of the Coyotes is at my window.

- Good game, man.

- I'm your number-one fan.

These are from Brett.

You boys are on the house all night.

- Gentlemen...

- I'm gonna go nuts.

My gift to you.

To Kilmer !

- F*** Kilmer !

- Take my shot, you know I don't drink.

- You're drinking tonight.

- We got Elwood tomorrow.

Relax. Just chill, Wendell,

and look over your left shoulder.

Goddamn...

- Keep your shirt on, Billy Bob.

- It's a strip club, I'm here to work !

Here you go, have a beer.

Of all these guys, you're the only one

who visited me in hospital.

You're a good friend.

And also, I have to say...

Thanks for dragging me here.

I appreciate everything you've done.

You're not gonna try and hug me now ?

- Oh, my God, it's Miss Davis !

- Holy sh*t !

I want you to know I'm 18, and I've

had sex with older women before.

It was topical, it was erotic...

I gave it a 9.5.

I still got wood. Still !

I gave it a 10. A f***ing 10 !

Gentlemen,

I'd like to propose a toast.

- To Miss Davis.

- 10 !

- F*** me, it's seven o'clock.

- What did you just say ?

It's seven o'clock.

- God, what's that smell ?

- That's us.

Are we playing tonight ?

Jon Moxon, finding out

how the other half lives.

- He got crushed on that play.

- It's a true slaughter out there.

Kilmer can't be happy with his team.

Let the pom-pom girls play for you !

Worst game I ever seen !

- You said Elwood wasn't that good.

- They ain't. We're playing like sh*t.

- Can you stop them from planting me ?

- I got the squirts, Mox.

- That liquor's still in my system.

- I keep seeing Davis' ass in my face.

I'm hung-over, too. We're gonna

suck it up and put one in the end zone.

I-right, 495 curl, on one.

Eyes up !

Ready ? Break !

The hard work of so many

sacrificed...

...by the disrespect of a few.

Moxon...

You sacrificed the honour of this team

and the town that supports it.

Sh*t, you poisoned my team, son !

I hope last night was fun.

Was it fun ?

Your daddy was a no-talent p*ssy,

but at least he listened !

Oh... little Billy Bob...

Cry-baby ?

You cost me my perfect season.

How does it feel ?

Cry me a river, you fat f***ing baby !

You disgust me.

My star quarterback is dragging

his leg around because of you !

And I got to watch you cry about it !

You know what ?

Get the f*** out of here.

I don't wanna see your fat face !

Get the f*** out of here.

People say you dragged ass because

you organised a drinking party.

- Save it, Dad.

- Save what ?

- You got the opportunity of a lifetime.

- It's not the opportunity of a lifetime.

Your attitude's wrong.

This is your opportunity...

Playing football here may have been

the opportunity of your lifetime.

But I don't want your life.

- What the hell's Bacon doing here ?

- Billy Bob wants you to take him.

- Mind if I take a seat ?

- Don't move.

This is for most-improved player

at lineman camp.

I was eleven.

- How'd you find me ?

- What the hell are you doing ?

Championship trophy. Steelers.

We were nine.

Remember this sh*t ?

Playing pee-wee ?

- Yeah, it was fun.

- No, it wasn't.

I remember getting yelled at.

"Too fat, Billy Bob !"

"Too slow and dumb !"

We were just little kids, Mox.

It's like nothing was ever good enough.

- It's almost over.

- No.

It's over, man. It's so over.

- Come on. This is bullshit.

- What ?

You're gonna let football get you ?

You're gonna let Kilmer win ?

What am I supposed to do ?

Why don't you f***ing tell me.

Quit ! Who gives a f*** about Kilmer's

I do !

I do...

Coach loved me like a son.

Treated me like one, too.

He told me to protect Lance,

and I didn't. I f***ed everything up.

Kilmer f***ed up,

and everyone knows it.

That's where you're wrong, Mox.

You're wrong.

Look, we got one more game left,

and we need you.

I need you.

Who the f***'s gonna protect my ass ?

Come on.

Your boney ass ?

I don't think I have a boney ass.

I think I have a very nice ass.

It is kind of nice.

Yeah ! F*** you and the horse

you rode in on, you son of a b*tch !

- We're worried about the Gilroy game.

- It's their first year in our district.

They were 4-A last year. They've been

killing people since they came to 3-A.

Believe me,

Mox will stick to the game plan.

- That's what we came to hear.

- Thank you, Sam.

- What's the deal with these kids ?

- These are my people.

Kyle, did you start a cult ?

That's so sweet !

Out ! Come on, freakos, get lost !

Now that's it ! No more religions.

You're healthy, you're playing football.

Jonny,

this letter came for you yesterday.

Brown...

"You have been admitted to the

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