He is the toast of the town in hollywood, and his success is richly deserved. The screenplay by john gatins is based on the book hardball. Keanu reeves is one of the greatest actors of this or any generation. The replacements original theatrical trailer youtube. Superstar keanu reeves the matrix trilogy, sweet november stars in this fact based comedy about the 1987 national football league players strike. This is the start of a shockwave resulting from the massive explosion at the end of the film. The replacements stars keanu reeves as shane falco, a former allstar college quarterback who dropped off the radar after a disastrous game. From lamebrained teenage time traveler to metaphysical scifi superman, keanu reeves has portrayed just about every character type imaginable in his sometimes wildly fluctuating career. No trick play in football movie history tops the titans when the replacements movie began, we saw a middleaged keanu reeves scraping gunk off boats and throwing a trophy football underwater. Keanu reeves prettyboy keanu reeves couldnt even stop a bombrigged bus from going under 50 mph. The replacements film news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2008 the replacements is a 2000 american sports comedy film directed by howard deutch. Reeves was speaking to colbert to promote his latest action vehicle, john wick. Gene hackman plays jimmy mcginty, a semiretired football coach known for being an.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling, and drinking, agrees to coach a little league team from the cabrini green housing project in chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend. An undercover cop in a nottoodistant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. He started acting in theatre productions, and in television films before making his. The original music score is composed by mark isham. Born in beirut, reeves grew up in toronto, ontario.
He is the son of patricia taylor, a showgirl and costume designer, and samuel nowlin reeves, a geologist. After a football players strike, a veteran head coach is rehired to assemble substitute players and finish out the season. Halle berry, keanu reeves enjoy shooting movie in morocco. Icebox from little giants is the favorite in football. Frequently lambasted by critics and often polarizing audiences. As it turns out, of course, there was much more to the story and a lot to unpack in his crazy life.
His command of body language, facial expressions and vocals are flawless. The replacements 2000 imdb football movies, sports movie. Gene hackman plays the coach of the team, jack warden is the owner, brett cullen is the allpro quarterback that goes on strike and keanu reeves is the scab who replaces the star qb. One of my fav movie quotes football movies, movies. Reeves grew up with a deep appreciation for buckeye football.
We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. The viewpoint is of keanu reeves who by now is in a helicopter and comes straight on screen after the last of the credits has gone up. The fan favorite action franchise is hitting the summer movie season for the first. It stars keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, jon favreau and jack warden in what would be his last film appearance. The replacements 2000 a sports comedy starring keanu reeves, gene hackman and a hilarious jon favreau. Keanu charles reeves, whose first name means cool breeze over the mountains in hawaiian, was born september 2, 1964 in beirut, lebanon. Hes traveled through time in search of knowledge, saved sandra bullock from getting blown up on a bus, freed humanity from being enslaved by computer overlords, and delivered some of the most righteous vengeance ever exacted on behalf of a murdered puppy and all that really only scratches the surface of all the stuff keanu reeves has been up to on the big. Keanu reeves who lead a team of strikebearing replacement players to a short but glorious season of victories in professional football. The best speeches in sports movie history bleacher. At the top of the recruitment list is quarterback shane falco keanu reeves, a promising athlete until a catastrophic defeat in the sugar bowl dashed his. I think this holds up as one of the best football movies. The eyelids are heavy, the beard is a patchy sixday growth, and the hair stands on end, even though keanu reeves keeps periodically pushing it back with his hand. The replacements is a bad movie, but keanu reeves can. The movie is essentially the college version of the replacements and blake is a poor mans shane flaco.
In keanu reevess new movie, john wick, he plays a stonefaced contract killerperfect casting for an actor famous for his otherworldly impassiveness. The replacements 2000 starring reeves and gene hackman is both a bad football movie, and a bad romantic comedy shoved into one, making it the perfect film to digest with a few beers. Point break is a 1991 american crime action film directed by kathryn bigelow and written by w. As the end credits come to the end, the music fades out and a rumble gets louder and louder. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves, gene hackman sports comedy hd during a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players. The replacements is a bad movie, but keanu reeves can sling it. Frequently lambasted by critics and often polarizing audiences suspicious of his talents true extent, reeves has nevertheless managed to maintain his lucrative career by balancing his lesser efforts with. The replacements 2000 1080p bluray x264 yify youtube. The replacements opens with the immortal keanu reeves, clad in scuba gear, throwing a bronze football trophy underwater. Keanu reeves endures football boot camp for the replacements by jim beckerman. Keanu reeves, the internets latest boyfriend and the most wholesome person alive, is being championed for time magazines person of the year honorific, according to a fan petition. It stars keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, jon favreau and. Keanu reeves and dewayne warren in hard ball keanu reeves in hard ball 2001 with my favorite character in the movie. Catwoman actress halle berry and her canadian costar, director, producer, and musician keanu reeves are shooting the american actionthriller franchise, john wick 3 in essaouira.
The replacements 2000 starring reeves and gene hackman is both a bad football movie, and a bad romantic comedy shoved into one. It stars patrick swayze, keanu reeves, lori petty and gary busey, and the films title refers to the surfing term point break, where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline the film features reeves as an undercover fbi agent tasked with investigating. Superstar keanu reeves the matrix trilogy, sweet november stars in this factbased comedy about the 1987 national football league players strike. Its not out of this world to call his leadership skills on the field into question. The replacements is a 2000 american sports comedy film directed by howard deutch. At the top of the recruitment list is quarterback shane falco keanu reeves. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves, gene. All keanu reeves movies ranked keanu reeves movies ranked. He started acting in theatre productions, and in television films before making his mainstream film debut in youngblood 1986. Gene hackman plays jimmy mcginty, a semiretired football coach known for being an outofthebox thinker. The original soundtrack to the replacements mixes pop, rock, rap, and disco with excerpts of john debneys score. Keanu reeves biography, movie highlights and photos. With keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, orlando jones.
Keanu reeves plays shane falco, a washed up professional quarterback who gets a chance to play again when the professional football players strike. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves. Hardball is a 2001 american sports comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and starring keanu reeves, diane lane and d. Along with gloria gaynors i will survive which is one of the films running jokes young mcs bust a move, kelli owens alanisesque i dont want to be your girlfriend, and gary glitters i will survive are among the soundtracks pop highlights. The 1987 national football league players strike inspired this. Yet his acting success has overshadowed how he got his start as an ohio state buckeye. The replacements 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With keanu reeves, diane lane, john hawkes, bryan hearne. Icebox from little giants is the favorite in football movie first pick twitter poll. Keanu reeves uncredited camera and electrical department. Swedish dicks tv show theres something about tex 2017. Somewhat predictable but who wants to watch a movie in which the people. Still of keanu reeves and dewayne warren in hardball.
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