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Post by gdn56 on Dec 18, 2009 17:25:05 GMT -6
1. Rudy
2. Remember the Titans
3. Any Given Sunday (Especially Pacino's Speech)
4. The Program
5. The Blind Side (If you haven't seen it...see it)
I am sure I'm missing something.
Let the debate begin!!
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 18, 2009 18:09:28 GMT -6
Overall, the football movies I have seen have been disappointing and theres not much memorable about them.
THE PROGRAM is my favorite one.
I enjoyed the first THE LONGEST YARD
I enjoyed INVINCIBLE
RUDY was good
remember the titans
varsity blues
...that new one...uh...syracuse rb....
i dunno - little giants, wildcats?..north dallas fourty?
really, there have not been very many good football movies
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Post by coachbdud on Dec 18, 2009 18:13:36 GMT -6
Waterboy
The program
The replacements is funny
remember the titans
any given sunday
Rudy, invincable, and the longest yard are boring, and IMO suck
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 18, 2009 18:55:38 GMT -6
Top 5:Remember the Titans - great story, great lessons Facing the Giants The Program (so many high school kids have no idea about this movie!) Any Given Sunday Varsity Blues  The rest:Rudy (big ND fan) Invincable The Longest Yard Waterboy #1 (Documentary about De Lasalle HS. in California) Forget the name, documentary about Massilion HS Tigers in Ohio I want to go see The Blind Side
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Post by gdn56 on Dec 18, 2009 19:22:30 GMT -6
I forgot the Express, and Varsity Blues is Great too.
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Post by brophy on Dec 18, 2009 19:25:37 GMT -6
Comebacks
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Post by redandwhite on Dec 18, 2009 19:45:27 GMT -6
I like "All the Right Moves" with Craig T. Nelson as the coach and a very young Tom Cruise as the player.
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Post by jrarick on Dec 18, 2009 20:33:08 GMT -6
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Post by NC1974 on Dec 18, 2009 20:35:22 GMT -6
If you want to see a good high school football documentary, track down Go Tigers. It follows MAssilon(Ohio) for a season.
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Post by bigm0073 on Dec 18, 2009 21:51:56 GMT -6
North Dallas 40...
Football in the 1970's.. spin off one the cowboys.. Nick Nolte....
Junction boys - "Book is better - Read the book in one day.. could not put it down"...
If you like a good documentary "The Season".. Story of North Penn High School (PA)... Came out in 2000... Pretty cool, raw behnind the scenes stuff..
Mike Petine the coach (Father is PA Legend coach from CB West)...
Mike Petine is not the DC for Rex Ryan and the Jets. Good high school documentary though....
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Post by gdn56 on Dec 18, 2009 22:11:26 GMT -6
I actually saw that deal about Masselin...very good. I forgot also Brian's Song, Going Old School on ya. I never saw the Comebacks...guess I have to check it out.
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Post by poweriguy on Dec 18, 2009 22:32:17 GMT -6
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Post by coachguy83 on Dec 18, 2009 22:41:48 GMT -6
The Season was very good. I remember watching it when it was on ESPN. However the best football documentary I've ever seen was shot at the same time and is about his dad and CB West. It's called "The Last Game." You can pick it up on Amazon for like $6. It's well worth it.
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Post by 19delta on Dec 18, 2009 22:44:25 GMT -6
I like "All the Right Moves" with Craig T. Nelson as the coach and a very young Tom Cruise as the player. 6-2 Stack Monster, 6-2 Stack Monster...Ready....BREAK! Best part of that movie is seeing Lea Thompson nekkid. |
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Post by reignman03 on Dec 18, 2009 22:53:49 GMT -6
How about the mini movie from ESPN...PLAYMAKERS! WORST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by ticobrown on Dec 18, 2009 23:17:37 GMT -6
I like "All the Right Moves" with Craig T. Nelson as the coach and a very young Tom Cruise as the player. 6-2 Stack Monster, 6-2 Stack Monster...Ready....BREAK! Best part of that movie is seeing Lea Thompson nekkid. LOL!!!! I was going to say same thing about All The Right Moves. Underrated movie compared to the others. |
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 19, 2009 0:18:30 GMT -6
completely forgot about We Are Marshall and The Junction Boys!
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Post by coachbdud on Dec 19, 2009 0:46:42 GMT -6
How about the mini movie from ESPN...PLAYMAKERS! WORST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Playmakers was actually a short lived series on ESPN. It actually got pretty good ratings and reviews when it came out, and would have been extended for season #2, but the NFL pressured ESPN to take it off the air because, although it was not the NFL, they were afraid people would still think NFl teams and players were just like the TV show. Since the NFL is so much of ESPN, the espn front office people pulled the show after the first season to keep the NFL happy I absolutely loved this show, it came out when i was a freshman or sophomore, and i watched it religiously. Good stories, and a decent amount of football... A Man soap opera lol |
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Post by ramsoc on Dec 19, 2009 0:50:04 GMT -6
Necessary Roughness
Any Given Sunday
Little Giants
Remember the Titans
Original The Longest Yard
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 19, 2009 2:53:04 GMT -6
slapshot
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Post by julien on Dec 19, 2009 4:30:41 GMT -6
THE PROGRAM
This is the first football movie I see...
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Post by wingt74 on Dec 19, 2009 6:59:12 GMT -6
Rudy.
No close second
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Post by blb on Dec 19, 2009 7:29:06 GMT -6
"Brian's Song"
"Knute Rockne: All American"
"Remember the Titans" - reminds me of my senior year in HS
"We Are Marshall" - I was recruited by and wound up playing against Marshall during that era and Matthew McConnaughey is NOTHING like Jack Lengyel.
"Paper Lion"
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Post by blb on Dec 19, 2009 7:56:55 GMT -6
Here's an underrated one probably not a lot of guys have seen: "Trouble Along the Way" (1953).
Starred John Wayne as a divorced, shady football coach who is simultaneously trying to maintain custody of his daughter and rebuild the woeful program at a tiny Catholic college, and becomes embroiled in a scandal. Co-starred Donna Reed of "It's a Wonderful Life" fame.
Film is also memorable because in it Duke's character, Steve Williams, utters the line "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" that later stuck to Vince Lombardi like his undershirt.
Actually the quote is often originally attributed to former UCLA coach Red Sanders, so it's likely the California film makers borrowed it for "Trouble."
It's a poignant yet funny movie.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 19, 2009 8:27:03 GMT -6
My personal favorite is Friday Night Lights....However thought the TV spinoff sucked
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Post by superpower on Dec 19, 2009 8:56:07 GMT -6
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Post by k on Dec 19, 2009 9:28:50 GMT -6
This was the single biggest waste of time I've ever had in my life. It wasn't just the worst movie I've EVER seen which it undoubtedly was but my time would have been better spent cutting my toe nails or reading the National Enquirer. The fact that someone could put this on any sort of "best" list is insane IMO. |
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Post by M4 on Dec 19, 2009 9:29:24 GMT -6
necessary roughness
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Post by coachjuice on Dec 19, 2009 9:30:28 GMT -6
#1- Perfect Effort (De Le Salle Documentary)
#2- Friday Night Lights
#3- The Program
#4- Waterboy
#5- I know it's not a movie but the Michigan vs Ohio State Documentary on HBO (Excellent).
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Post by superpower on Dec 19, 2009 9:47:30 GMT -6
ESPN's documentary on "the U" was pretty good. I caught it the other night on ESPN Classic. The athletes that were on those Miami teams in the 80s and 90s were amazing.
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