The comebacks

Movie
German title	The comebacks
Original title	The comebacks
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2007
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Tom Brady
script	Ed Yeager , Joey Gutierrez
production	Peter Abrams , Robert L. Levy , Andrew Panay
music	Christopher Lennertz
camera	Anthony B. Richmond
cut	Alan Edward Bell
occupation
David Koechner : Lambeau "Coach" Fields Carl Weathers : Freddie Wiseman Melora Hardin : Barb Fields Matthew Lawrence : Lance Truman Brooke Nevin : Michelle Fields Nick Searcy : Mr. Truman George Back : Buddy Boy Robert Ri'chard : Aseel Tare Martin Spanjers : Randy Randinger Jermaine Williams : iPod Kerri Kenney-Silver : Punisher Will Arnett : Postman Dax Shepard : Sheriff Bradley Cooper : Cowboy Jon Gries : Barber Andy Dick : Toilet Bowl Referee Eric Christian Olsen : Exchange student Stacy Keibler : All-American Mom Holmes Osborne : man in a suit

The Comebacks is an American sports film - parody from 2007.

action

Coach Lambeau Fields ( David Koechner ) is the worst coach in sports history. After a number of disastrous events on the sports fields of the world, he decides to stop and look for another job. But his colleague Freddie Wiseman ( Carl Weathers ) persuades him to come to Texas and to be a football coach again at a high school . Fields takes over the team of the "comebacks", first dismisses the three best players due to a lack of specialist knowledge and then has to realize that the rest of the team consists mostly of completely incompetent failures, and also lacks a quarterback . After a while, his wife ( Melora Hardin ) leaves him because he no longer has any time for his family, and his rebellious daughter tied up with two different players on the team one after the other. The turning point comes when the coach succeeds in strengthening the team spirit with unconventional methods (alcohol, drugs, a contract on neglecting school performance, disco in the locker room). The "Comebacks" create an unprecedented winning streak that ultimately leads them to the finals. There they meet an elite team trained by Freddie Wiseman. Wiseman also reveals to Fields that he intentionally wanted to coach him to weaken the Texas team, which otherwise might have been too strong a competition. In a spectacular and extremely close final, however, the "comebacks" managed to carry off the victory.

background

The parodied films include Kick It Like Beckham , Blue Crush , Full On The Nuts , Field Of Dreams , Invincible - The Dream Of A Lifetime , Die Hard , Every Damn Sunday , Coach Carter , Cool Runnings, and Against Any Rule.

Reviews

"A comedy designed to satirize all kinds of sports films, admittedly largely humorless and even low-quality comedy, which merely uses the genre conventions schematically instead of cleverly revising them."

- Lexicon of international film

“In contrast to soccer, where the motto of keeping the ball flat can sometimes be effective, this parody of gags doesn't work at all. Because here they are so flat that they don't even make you smile. "

- prism

publication

The film opened in US cinemas on October 19, 2007 and grossed over 13 million US dollars. After it was released in theaters in Germany on June 5, 2008, it has been available on DVD since December 5, 2008 .

Web links

• The Comebacks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Comebacks in the German dubbing index
• The Comebacks in the Lexicon of International Films
• Comparison of the cut versions Theatrical Version - Unrated by The Comebacks at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Comebacks on prisma.de , accessed on December 20, 2011
2. ↑ The Comebacks at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed December 20, 2011