The football princess

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Movie
German title The football princess
Original title Quarterback Princess
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 96 minutes
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Director Noel Black
script Rod Browning
production Gary M. Goodman
Barry Rosen
music James Di Pasquale
camera Isidore Mankofsky
cut Tom Stevens
occupation

Quarterback Princess is an American television - drama from the year 1983 . The film is based on a true story and first aired on CBS on December 3, 1983 . It was first broadcast in German on January 24, 1991 on RTL .

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Ralph Maida has just moved his family from Prince George , Canada to Philomath , Oregon and has asked local football coach Ed Ainsworth to allow his daughter to play on the football team. The trainer doesn't mind, but first he has to convince the school board of this. The news about Tami Maida quickly became the talk of the town and the family met with ridicule and antipathy. The board would also prefer her to be a cheerleader rather than a football player. But since, according to a federal law, there must be the same conditions for all girls and boys and there is only one men's but no women's football team, they feel compelled to let Tami take part in the trial training. Taimi then takes part in the tough training of the "Grizzlies" and is also exposed to the boys' skepticism and malice. But since it can fit incredibly well and survives training, it is recorded. This sensation quickly gets around and the first reporters report on it. It's just that her new classmates don't like it. She is harassed by the cheerleaders. Only her teammates stand by her and classmate Schott Massey shows interest in her.

The first home game of the season is going badly for the Grizzlies and it looks like a defeat for a long time. Coach Ainsworth Tami comes on, rather out of desperation. Their passes are so good that they turn the game around and win 7: 6. Then Scott invites Maida to a date in the wilderness, where he runs with all his might over various obstacles, panting after him. She is angry that he thinks it's all a competition and says that she too is a girl who wants to be treated like a girl, even if she plays football and is athletic. She leaves him alone. On the following days she felt more and more marginalized at school and asked her mother for advice. She tells that she once had the dream of becoming a singer and gave it up because she was expected to get married and have children. So she asks her daughter to hold on to her dream. And so Tami continues to play. In the second game, despite their efforts, things didn't go well. She gets a lot and in the end just manages to get the decisive touchdown with a pass, so that they win 10: 7. Scott is upset and wants to confront the opposing players who attacked Tami so hard and is himself knocked down. That, in turn, makes Tami angry because she says that she can fight her fights herself and doesn't want to be treated like a girl. In doing so, she realizes that she wants to be treated like a girl on the one hand and not like a girl on the other.

But that doesn't disturb the sympathy of the two. Because after the third successful game, Scott kisses her for the first time. The fourth game is also successful and all those who previously rushed against Tami are now supporting them. The support doesn't stop after they lose the first away game of the season 38-7. Tami is even nominated as a homecoming queen. The media reports about it and the team buys her a graduation dress. Tami is so touched that she thanks everyone with tears and kisses. In the final game of the season, Tami won't come on and it looks bad for the team. Only after being substituted on shortly before the end does she bring her team one yard before the end zone and then make the touchdown herself. The subsequent victory party is canceled briefly so that she can still dance with Scott at the prom. To her surprise, she is also elected the final queen. She thanks in tears and says goodbye because she will be leaving school again next year.

criticism

The lexicon of international films said: "A television film without any particular surprises."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Football Princess. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used