Armadillo Bears - A totally chaotic bunch

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Movie
German title Armadillo Bears - A totally chaotic bunch
Original title Necessary roughness
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1991
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Stan Dragoti
script Rick Natkin
David Fuller
production Robert Rehme
Mace Neufeld
music Bill Conti
camera Peter Stein
cut Steve Mirkovich
John Wright
occupation

Armadillo Bears - A totally chaotic heap is an American sports film from the year 1991 . The film was inspired by the true story of the Ponygate scandal .

action

Texas State University's undefeated championship football team must be disbanded after multiple scandals, including doping, bribery and violence. The two idealistic coaches Ed Gennero and Wally Riggendorf are hired to start a fresh start with college freshman . But because these prove to be incapable, Riggendorf seeks out former high school football star Paul Blake, who is now a 34-year-old farmer. Once, after the death of his father, he had to give up his college studies to take over the family business. Still considered a freshman despite his age, he becomes the team's new quarterback . For Blake, however, his college stay turns out to be anything but easy, because on the one hand he is being eyed for his age and on the other hand the beautiful lecturer Suzanne Carter rejects him after she found out that he is a student.

Despite the attempts at sabotage by Dean Phillip Elias, the Amaradillos manage to set up a reasonably reasonable team in their first game of the season against the South Texas Bobcats. But because Blake turns against Gennero's instructions, he is replaced and the team loses disastrously. The Armadillos also lose a lot in the subsequent games, which is why the mood changes and only a lively evening at Billy Bobs , with alcohol and a rodeo can create a little team spirit. Shortly thereafter, the undefeated University of Texas Colts appear , and they start a fight with the Armadillos. This wild fight not only promotes team cohesion, but also deepens the rivalry with the Colts .

After winning an excellent kicker for the team with Lucy Draper, a soccer player , the Armadillos managed not to lose their first game. Thanks to their kick, they reach a tie. The team play seems fine again, the players help each other with the exams and Blake spends more and more time with Carter. Only the last game against the previously undefeated Colts is still pending. After Gennero's heart attack, they compete without a head coach and experience an embarrassing first half, which ends 21-0 for the Colts . But after Riggendorf motivates them again with a passionate half-time speech, they manage to get close to 21:20 and, thanks to a two-point conversion, win their last game of the season with 21:22.

criticism

If the film ridiculed the highly competitive sport of college football, Stephen Holden wrote in the New York Times , "the film might be funny." But he couldn't decide whether he was "an athletic response to I think I'm kicking a horse " or a "cheesy-inspired Rocky ".

Although Roger Ebert already knew the story from countless other films, he said in the Chicago Sun-Times that the film developed a "real charm" because it did not want to offer more than simple entertainment.

The lexicon of international films said that the film "tells a familiar story in an exciting and convincing manner."

publication

The film opened in US theaters on September 27, 1991 and grossed $ 26.2 million at the box office. In Germany it was released directly on VHS on June 3, 1992 and first broadcast on March 3, 1995 on Pro Sieben .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephen Holden : Necessary Roughness (1991) on nytimes.com, September 27, 1991, accessed February 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Roger Ebert : Necessary Roughness on suntimes.com of September 27, 1991 (English), accessed on February 29, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Armadillo Bears - A totally chaotic bunch in the lexicon of international filmTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  4. ^ Necessary Roughness at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed February 29, 2012