Second row heroes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Second row heroes |
| Original title | The replacements |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Howard Deutch |
| script | Vince McKewin |
| production | Dylan Sellers |
| music | John Debney |
| camera | Tak Fujimoto |
| cut |
Seth Flaum , Bud S. Smith |
| occupation | |
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Heroes from the Second Series (en .: The Replacements , German: The Representatives) is an American sports film with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman in the leading roles. The film is directed by Howard Deutch and produced by Dylan Sellers .
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The film is about an American football professional league whose players are on strike (like the real NFL model in the NFL 1982 and especially the NFL 1987 seasons ). The league decides to continue playing with teams that have been thrown together at short notice until the established professionals give in.
The current season is coming to an end for the Washington Sentinels in the National Football League. The playoff round is within reach. At this very inopportune time, of all times, the Washington Sentinels team goes on strike. Reason: The profitable sports stars want (even) more money. Edward O'Neil, the owner of the Sentinels, turns to Washington's legendary, long-retired coach Jimmy McGinty in desperation.
The old coach should put together a team of substitute players within a week. The result is a motley group of underdogs who unexpectedly get their second chance.
The outsider team is led by ex- quarterback Shane Falco, who once ended his professional career prematurely due to a lack of nerves. In addition, McGinty recruited Clifford Franklin, who was strong at sprinting but who was weak at catching, the impetuous psycho-policeman Daniel Bateman, the former Welsh professional footballer Nigel "The Leg" Gruff, Earl Wilkinson aka "Smith" and sumo wrestler Jumbo Fumiko. After initial difficulties, the "replacements" work wonders, even against the spiteful professionals.
Falco befriends cheerleader Annabelle Farrell. Relations between the players and the cheerleaders are strictly forbidden, but Falco and Farrell become a couple.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was "somewhere between mediocre sports films and bad sports films."
Others
It was Jack Warden's last film.
Web links
- The Replacements in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Replacements at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Heroes from the second row at Metacritic (English)