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Wildcats (1986) 5.9
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When the football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite ... See full summary » Director:Michael RitchieWriter:Ezra Sacks |
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Verna McGrath
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Marian Needham
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Frank Needham
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Dan Darwell
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Ben Edwards
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Levander 'Bird' Williams
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Phillip Finch
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Cerulo
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Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When the football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite expecting sniggers from fellow staff members and her former husband. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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football | coach | pubic hair | male pubic hair | hands covering breasts |Taglines:
Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 February 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
First and Goal See more »Box Office
Gross:
$26,285,544 (USA)Company Credits
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Performed by Táta Vega (as Tata Vega)
Written by Hawk Wolinski, James Newton Howard and David Pack
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Stadium scenes were filmed at Lane Technical High School's athletic field in Chicago, Illinois. See more »Goofs
When coach McGrath is taking the Jackson High School mascot, a goat, back to Jackson High School, although she is alone in the van, you clearly see a hand holding onto the goat's leg so he doesn't move around. See more »Soundtracks
Love Lives AlonePerformed by Táta Vega (as Tata Vega)
Written by Hawk Wolinski, James Newton Howard and David Pack
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While this is close to THE BLINDSIDE (2009), Goldie Hawn is given a decent script that allows her to portray a gritty female football coach in a rough high school using her comic talents as well as allowing for some nice dramatic scenes, extending her performance from the usual stereotypical, two-dimensional character. WILDCATS includes the predictable storyline, but also adds an extra dimension which happens when the star happens to be female. There is the additional screen time that includes the personal family conflict as a mother and there is additional screen time for actual football plays as well as a more developed focus on the number of games presented in this movie. While some of the usual football players are not given the screen time nor development sometimes seen in most sport movies of this genre, they may have been sacrificed for the director's personal decision to balance the movie with Goldie Hawn's character's own personal turmoils often given little attention in most movies like this. The ending of this movie is perhaps too typical, predictable, and over-simplified, but it does resonate in a more humanistic and rounded ending that usual.