Blue chips (film)

Movie
German title	Blue chips
Original title	Blue chips
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1994
length	108 minutes
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Director	William Friedkin
script	Ron Shelton
production	Ron Shelton
music	Jeff Beck ; Nile Rodgers
camera	Tom Priestley Jr.
cut	Robert K. Lambert ; David Rosenbloom
occupation
	Nick Nolte : Coach Pete Bell; Shaquille O'Neal : Neon Bodeaux; Mary McDonnell : Jenny Bell; Ed O'Neill : Ed; JT Walsh : Happy; Alfre Woodard : Lavada McRae; Bob Cousy : Vic; Matt Nover : Ricky Roe; Penny Hardaway : Butch McRae;

Blue Chips is an American sports film directed by William Friedkin from the year 1994 . Nick Nolte stars as a coach of a college - basketball team . The then little known college basketball players Shaquille O'Neal , Penny Hardaway and Matt Nover embody up-and-coming talent.

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Pete Bell is the choleric but caring coach of the fictional college team Western University Dolphins . Bell is under pressure: his team is in free fall, making it difficult for him to sign new stars for his team. The players are all nice guys and try hard, but they are basically untalented. The biggest hopes for the next generation are secretly paid for by other colleges - a practice that is prohibited in college sports under the University Sports Act. Bell, whose heart is above all on the sport, on fair play and on the sporting spirit, is desperate, which he preferred to take out on reporters.

Bell has a harmonious and balanced (residual) relationship with his ex-wife, a primary school teacher. She knows at least as much about basketball as he does and has an important say in his decisions. Bell is looking for promising players halfway across the country. The patron Happy - always accompanied by attractive, young women - leaves no stone unturned and finally persuades his old adversary, Bell, that his team should also be part of this practice, and the widespread alumni support association shows the three potential players its affection with the checkbook may demonstrate. The players Neon Bodeaux, Butch McRae and Ricky Roe can be recruited for the team due to various gifts. After passing the entrance exam, all three players / students receive money as well as a Lexus (Bodeaux), a house (Butch's mother) and a tractor (Roe's father, has a farm in Indiana ), Bodeaux as a bonus, tutoring with Jenny Bell.

Meanwhile, the sports reporter Ed investigates the events more closely, who still has an account with Bell. He finally finds out about Bell's violation of the rules, which meanwhile can only escape the truth with the help of money and all charm. While Bell struggles with his personal principles and his integrity , the newly formed team delivers a high-class and gripping match to the audience in the season finale. In the event of a tie in the time-out , Bell drafts a play for the last eight seconds. The more than 2.20 meter tall bodeaux makes the victory point with a slam dunk in the last tenth of a second. Bell is carried on hands and thanks his team. Finally, he lets the illegal machinations blown. In the press conference he talks to himself and his patron Happy with obvious fun in the matter of the head and neck, until Happy has to be led away by the stewards whipping around.