The best of times movie

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. Reno Hightower : She's gonna leave me as soon as I fix her car.

The Best of Times is a American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode , written by Ron Shelton and starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game. Jack Dundee is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield , that ended in a scoreless tie. Since that game, Jack has found it impossible to forget what happened. He works for his father-in-law, the Colonel, Bakersfield's biggest supporter, and who reminds him of it almost daily. Thirteen years later, Reno Hightower, quarterback of the fateful game, is a financially struggling van specialist in debted to Jack's bank. His wife, Gigi, leaves him yet again, citing their rut as the reason. She dreams of going to Los Angeles to get discovered.

The best of times movie

Here's the lives of 7 teenage friends in , singing, dancing and breaking the 4th wall. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Director Don Mischer. See production info at IMDbPro. Top credits Director Don Mischer. Photos Add photo. Top cast Edit. Crispin Glover Crispin. Jill Schoelen Jill.

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Sign In. Edit The Best of Times Jack Dundee Kurt Russell Reno Hightower Pamela Reed Gigi Hightower Holly Palance Elly Dundee Donald Moffat

The best of times movie

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. Reno Hightower : She's gonna leave me as soon as I fix her car. Jack Dundee : you gonna fix it? Reno Hightower : Hell no! I love her. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. The Best of Times PG 1h 44m.

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He works for his father-in-law, the Colonel, Bakersfield's biggest supporter, and who reminds him of it almost daily. In the process, it revitalizes Taft, as well as his and Reno's marriages. Recently viewed. His meanness returns, spurring the team to catch up, little by little. Kevin Cortes Kevin. Crispin Glover Crispin. Watch Trailer [EN]. Technical specs Edit. The Taft Rockets are losing, , by the end of the first half of the Taft-Bakersfield rematch game, so Jack enrages Reno by "accidentally" letting him know that it was him who incited the town dressed as the other team's mascot. Rocket Man - Der Beste aller Zeiten. Here's the lives of 7 teenage friends in , singing, dancing and breaking the 4th wall.

The Best of Times is a American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode , written by Ron Shelton and starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game. Jack Dundee is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield , that ended in a scoreless tie.

I love her. Release date. Toggle limited content width. Running time. Sign In Sign In. At the lodge, they incite and convince supporters to restage the game. Videos 1. By arrangement with Warner Special Products. Calling the film "a lip-smacking tale of all-American wish-fulfillment and a witty satire of its dangers", he commended scenarist, Ron Shelton, as having "a wickedly tight grip on the absurdities and dynamics of small American cities". See the list. Donovan Scott Eddie.