Reggie's Prayer (1996) - full transcript
White stars as Reggie Knox, a pro football player who retires, frustrated because he hasn't won a championship. Knox begins coaching a Portland, Ore., high school football program, where he befriends a troubled student.
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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GUNSHOT]
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I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
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I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
♪
THROUGH CHRIST WHO
STRENGTHENS ME ♪
- AMEN! AMEN!
AMEN. AMEN.
AMEN.
YEAH!
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[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
- AMEN!
EVERY LAST ONE OF US WILL
FACE A GOLIATH TODAY.
A GOLIATH OF
MAMMOTH PROPORTION.
JUST LIKE THE ARMY OF ISRAEL,
YOU STAND ON THE
BATTLEFIELD OF YOUR LIFE
HOPELESS AS GIANT
CIRCUMSTANCES TAUNT YOU
AND THREATEN TO KILL YOU.
YOU TREMBLE IN FEAR.
YOU TURN YOUR EYES HEAVENWARD
AND YOU CALL OUT TO GOD,
DELIVER ME FROM THIS GIANT!
DO YOU NEED A VICTORY?
I SAID, DO YOU
NEED A VICTORY?
- CONGREGATION: YES!
- THEN BE LIKE DAVID.
YOU GOT TO BE LIKE DAVID.
DAVID RECEIVED THE
SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION
THE MOMENT HE REALIZED
THAT GOD IS GREATER.
HE WAS ANOINTED MIGHTY
WARRIOR THE MOMENT
THAT HE CONFESSED
THAT GOD IS GREATER.
THAT GIANT GOLIATH TUMBLED TO
THE GROUND THE VERY SECOND
GOD DELIVERED A
STONE TO HIS HEAD.
GOD IS GREATER.
SAY IT AFTER ME.
SAY GOD IS GREATER.
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER.
- WHAT ABOUT THE LOST JOB?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT THE
MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT ILLNESS
TRYING TO ATTACK YOUR BODY?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT THE YOUNG BOY
AND GIRL THAT YOU THOUGHT
WOULD BE LOST FOREVER?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- YES, GOD IS GREATER!
SAY IT AGAIN,
GOD IS GREATER!
AMEN! AMEN.
HOW CAN YOU TEND TO YOUR
FATHER'S SHEEP WHEN YOU
CAN'T OVERCOME THE GIANT
IN YOUR OWN LIFE?
DO YOU WANT TO BE A
CHAMPION LIKE DAVID?
- CONGREGATION: YES.
- DO YOU WANT TO POSSESS
THE SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION?
- CONGREGATION: YES.
- THEN I WANT YOU
TO LISTEN TO ME.
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
STOP CRAWLING AROUND
ON YOUR BELLY.
GET UP ON YOUR FEET.
DUST YOURSELF OFF.
STICK YOUR CHEST OUT.
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
NOTHING CAN DEFEAT YOU.
I SAID NOTHING
CAN DEFEAT YOU.
NOTHING CAN BRING YOU DOWN.
NOTHING CAN TAKE FROM
YOU WHAT BELONGS TO GOD.
FOR GREATER IS HE
THAT IS IN YOU
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
SAY IT AFTER ME,
GREATER...
IS HE...
THAT IS IN ME...
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
EVERYBODY SAY AMEN!
- CONGREGATION: AMEN.
- AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
- HE TOLD THEM
THIS PARABLE SAYING,
WHAT MAN AMONG YOU, IF HE HAS
A HUNDRED SHEEP HAS LOST ONE
OF THEM, DOES NOT LEAVE THE
99 IN THE PASTURE AND
GO AFTER THE ONE WHICH IS
LOST UNTIL HE FINDS HIM.
AND WHEN HE WAS FOUND IT,
HE LAYS IT ON HIS
SHOULDERS REJOICING.
AND WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE
CALLS TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS SAYING UNTO
THEM, REJOICE WITH ME,
FOR I HAVE FOUND MY
SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST.
LET US PRAY.
DEAR GOD, HELP US TO
FIND THE LOST SHEEP,
THOSE WHO WALK AROUND
UNNOTICED EVERY DAY.
GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO
DEFEAT OUR OWN GIANTS.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.
- AS HE WOULD HAVE US PRAY,
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME,
LET THY WILL BE DONE
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DAILY BREAD,
AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
LEAD US NOT INTO
NO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.
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[SOFT MUSIC]
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[SOFT MUSIC]
- REMEMBER ME?
- BOBBY. BOBBY FESS.
MAN, LAST TIME I HEARD,
YOU WERE GOIN' A FIRST
RUN IN THE DRAFT.
BROKE EVERY RUSHING
RECORD AT OREGON.
THEN BAM! YOU WERE GONE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
- I HAD A BABY, GOT MARRIED,
YOU KNOW, HAD A FEW PROBLEMS.
YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
NOW I'M A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL COACH.
- HEAD COACH?
- NO. ASSISTANT.
- FAMILY?
- YEAH, THAT'S MY
LITTLE NEPHEW, TYRONE.
- BOBBY, I'M SORRY BROTHER.
- LISTEN, YOU REMEMBER
MY OLDER SISTER, TINA?
- YEAH. TOOK HER
OUT A FEW TIMES.
- I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER.
ANYWAY, SHE STAYED IN
TENNESSEE WHILE WE MOVED
BACK TO PORTLAND. SHE'S
ALL MESSED UP, MAN.
- WHAT ABOUT THE DADDY?
- WHO KNOWS.
I'M MOVING THE BOYS
BACK TO PORTLAND
TO STAY WITH
THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
- HOW IS YOUR MOTHER DOING?
- I JUST GOT TO GET
THEM OUT OF ALL THIS.
- SEEM LIKE GOOD KIDS.
- THEY ARE.
TAYLOR IS QUITE
A QUARTERBACK.
ALL CITY ALL
STATE AS A JUNIOR.
- WHAT ABOUT HIM?
- TYLER?
TYLER'S JUST LIKE HIS
MAMA, ALL MESSED UP.
TROUBLE FINDS THAT BOY
EVERYWHERE HE GOES.
- LOOK BOBBY, IF I CAN
EVER DO ANYTHING TO HELP,
YOU LET ME KNOW, OKAY?
- LET ME BORROW
SOME MONEY FROM THAT
BIG CONTRACT YOU JUST SIGNED.
- IF YOU CAN GET IT FROM
SARAH, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. LISTEN,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
A NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH,
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND
TEACHING HISTORY.
- NO, I DON'T THINK I'M
GONNA DO THAT, BOBBY.
- WHY DON'T YOU WIN
YOURSELF A SUPER BOWL
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
YOU CAN DO THAT FOR US.
- OKAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- DON'T FORGET ABOUT
IT. I'M SERIOUS.
- I WILL NOT.
- BOBBY.
- HEY.
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SWING LOW,
SWEET CHARIOT...
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COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
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SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
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I LOOKED OVER JORDAN,
AND WHAT DID I SEE...
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COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
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A BAND OF ANGELS
COMING FOR ME...
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COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
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SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
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COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
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SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
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COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
TYRONE, NO! NO!
- REGGIE, YOU OKAY BABY?
- YES. PORTLAND, OREGON.
YOU HAVE A LISTING FOR
A BOBBY FESS? F-E-S-S.
WHAT ABOUT A ROBERT?
PERFECT.
- COACHES, FELLOW PLAYERS,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MY FANS,
TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING MY
RETIREMENT AS A PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL
TO THE ORGANIZATION
AND TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE, TO PACKER FANS
AND REGGIE KNOX FANS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TRUST, YOUR FAITH,
AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE YOUR HERO.
- REPORTERS: REGGIE!
- ARE YOU GONNA
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS?
- ONE AT A TIME PLEASE.
- REGGIE, THIS IS QUITE
A SHOCK TO ALL OF US.
WHY NOW? IS IT AN INJURY?
IS IT YOUR CONTRACT?
- NO, ANGELA.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
I COULD PLAY FOR FIVE
MORE YEARS, GOD WILLING.
IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU'D
KNOW HOW BAD I WANT A
CHAMPIONSHIP, HOW
BAD I WANT TO WIN.
- REGGIE, IF A CHAMPIONSHIP
IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU,
WHY QUIT NOW?
- PHIL, TODAY I'M
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I'VE
JUST ACCEPTED A HEAD
FOOTBALL COACHING JOB.
- REPORTERS: REGGIE!
- HAVE YOU BEEN OFFERED
THE HEAD COACHING
JOB WITH PHILADELPHIA?
- NO. NO. NOTHING LIKE
THAT. I'M GOING WEST.
- OAKLAND?
- PORTLAND, OREGON.
- CANADIAN FRANCHISE?
- I'M GOING TO BE THE HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH AND HISTORY
TEACHER AT PORTLAND
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
- REGGIE, YOU COULD SIGN AN
$8 MILLION DOLLAR EXTENSION,
YOU COULD GO TO THE
BROADCAST BOOTH,
YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANT RIGHT NOW.
HIGH SCHOOL?
- ANGELA, ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
TEENAGERS ARE LOSING THEIR
FAMILIES, THEIR HOPE,
THEIR SENSE OF DIRECTION.
IT'S NOT JUST SOUTH
CENTRAL L.A. OR NEW YORK.
THERE'S PLACES LIKE
DAYTON, DENVER,
BIRMINGHAM AND BAKERSFIELD.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, OUR
CHILDREN SEEM TO BE LOST,
BEGGING FOR SOMETHING,
SOMEONE WHO WILL CARE ENOUGH
TO REACH OUT A HAND AND LEAD.
IF I CAN FIND JUST ONE, IF
I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIFE OF JUST ONE KID,
THEN CHAMPIONING WOULD
CATCH ON LIKE WILDFIRE.
AND FRIENDS, THERE'S NO
SUPER BOWL GREATER THAN THAT.
GUIDING THE CHILDREN, IT
OUGHT TO BE YOUR PRAYER.
I GUARANTEE YOU, IT'S
REGGIE'S PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
- WHAT A DAY.
- YEAH.
- REGRETS?
- NO. IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ANYWAY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE, I JUST--
I THINK I'M SCARED.
- SARAH, YOU GOTTA REALIZE--
- REGGIE, REGGIE, YOU
GOT A HEART OF GOLD,
AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU;
BUT YOU CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD.
- BUT IF I CAN
JUST CHANGE ONE,
DOESN'T THAT MEAN SOMETHING?
- SURE IT'S WORTH
SOMETHING, BUT--
- SARAH, WOULD YOU GO WITH ME?
WOULD YOU STAND BY ME?
- I'LL MARCH TO HELL AND
BACK FOR YOU, REGGIE KNOX.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
YOU'RE MY MAN.
HALL OF FAME OR BEGGAR'S ROW,
PROSPERITY TO OBSCURITY,
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME,
AND NOTHING CAN
SEPARATE US. NOTHING.
- I GUESS YOUR MISSION
THEN IS TO
BRING US SOME STATE TITLES.
- I COULD CARE LESS.
I'M HERE FOR THE KIDS.
I WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO TRANSFORM
EVERY SELF-DEFEATED KID
I FIND INTO A CHAMPION.
PERIOD.
- LOFTY AMBITIONS.
I LIKE THAT.
NOTHING MORE THAN IDEALISTIC
CASTLES IN THE AIR,
BUT YOU'RE NAIVE.
THEN AGAIN, SO WAS I ONCE.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME
PROTECTION, MR. KNOX.
- REALLY? AND JUST WHO
IS GONNA PROTECT ME?
- ME.
IMPATIENT, SELF-DOUBT,
UNFULFILLED DREAMS,
THEY CAN TEAR DOWN
CASTLES VERY QUICKLY.
- MR. OSAKI, WHO
ARE WE AFRAID OF?
- YOU.
COACHES PARKER AND FESS
STARTED FOOTBALL PRACTICE
LAST WEEK. YOU'LL MEET
ALL THE BOYS TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT
AND SELECT YOUR SQUAD
BY MONDAY NIGHT.
OH, YOUR HOME
ROOM IS EAST 210.
I WILL LOOK IN ON YOU A
LITTLE BIT LATER, OKAY?
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BY THE WAY, MR. OSAKI,
HOW DOES ONE PREVENT
THE TEARING DOWN OF
CASTLES IN THE AIR?
- WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST
BUILDING A SOLID
FOUNDATION FIRST.
STONE BY STONE.
- HEY! YOU NEW, AIN'T YOU?
- WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- YOU LOOKING FOR WORK?
- NO!
- THIS HERE IS MR.
PATOLLA'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A FEW GOOD MEN.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- I'M LATE.
- YEAH, I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
[BOOM BOX PLAYING MUSIC]
[BOOM BOX PLAYING MUSIC]
- COULD I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE.
COULD I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE!
EXCUSE ME.
[MUSIC STOPS]
- HAVE A SEAT!
AND STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR DESKS.
[STUDENTS COMPLAINING]
- SIT DOWN.
- NEW KID.
- NICE OF YOU TO
JOIN US, MR. LINCOLN.
WHO LIKES HISTORY?
[STUDENTS MOANING]
- NO ONE?
ANYONE WANT TO CUT THIS
CLASS, JUST BLOW IT OFF?
- RIGHT HERE!
- RUNNERS. EVERYONE WANTS
TO BOLT FOR THE DOOR.
I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE A GOOD
OFFENSE, A CHALLENGE.
I LIKE TO ATTACK A GOOD
OFFENSE FACE-TO-FACE,
MOVE FOR MOVE,
MUSCLE FOR MUSCLE.
FIRST I TAKE AWAY THE RUN,
THEN I TAKE AWAY THE PASS.
YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING RATHER
GENEROUS THIS SEMESTER.
OH, I'M GONNA
TAKE AWAY THE RUN,
BUT YOU GET TO KEEP THE PASS.
MISS ALBERTSON?
- WHAT!
- SIGN YOUR NAME
AND FILL IT IN.
- FILL WHAT IN?
- IT'S A GRADE
BOOK, IS IT NOT?
- SO?
- SO WRITE IN
YOUR FINAL GRADE.
- MY FINAL GRADE?
- THIS ISN'T BRAIN
SURGERY, IS IT?
- MAN, WHAT'S THE CATCH?
- THE END OF
THE PASS, GET IT?
[STUDENTS LAUGHING]
- I MEAN WHAT'S
IT ALL ABOUT?
- DON'T EVER MISS MY CLASS.
- WHATEVER.
- DO NOT RUN.
NOT FROM HISTORY, NOT
FROM SCHOOL, NOT FROM ME,
AND NOT FROM THIS CLASS.
SHOW UP AND YOU'LL GET
THE GRADE IF YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU DO YOUR PART, I
GUARANTEE I'LL DO MINE.
- WHAT IF I MISS A DAY?
- YOUR GRADE
DROPS ONE LETTER.
- EVEN IF I'M SICK?
- YEP. SO DON'T GET SICK.
- THAT'S IT?
NO TEST? NO PAPERS?
- NO, NO, THERE WILL BE
TESTS, THERE WILL BE PAPERS,
AND THERE WILL BE
READING ASSIGNMENTS.
IF YOU COME EVERY DAY,
YOU'LL GET YOUR GRADE.
MISS ALBERTSON,
THAT'S A PENCIL.
WOULDN'T YOU RATHER USE INK?
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU
PROBABLY DON'T FEEL
WORTHY OF AN "A".
SOME OF YOU MAYBE
NEVER HAD AN "A".
SOME OF YOU MAYBE NEVER
HAD ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY
THAT'S EVER HAD AN "A" BUT
TODAY AN "A" IS YOURS.
IT'S YOURS TO HAVE, AND
IT'S ALSO YOURS TO LOSE.
I'M YOUR TEACHER.
I AM 100 PERCENT RESPONSIBLE
FOR YOU MASTERING THIS CLASS.
IF YOU SHOW UP,
I'LL DO JUST THAT.
MASTER HISTORY AND YOU
MASTER YOUR FUTURE.
CHECK UNDER THE HOOD.
CHECK OUT THE PRISONS.
LOOK WHO'S ON PROBATION.
THEY ALL FLUNKED HISTORY.
THEY FLUNKED THIS CLASS.
BUT NOT TYLER LINCOLN.
HE KNEW HIS HISTORY.
HE GOT AN "A".
HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S BEEN.
NOW HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, TYLER.
[BELL RINGING]
- READ THE FIRST 25
PAGES BEFORE TOMORROW.
THERE WILL BE A
TEN QUESTION QUIZ.
SHOW UP AND YOU'LL
GET THE GRADE.
I GUARANTEE IT!
- MR. LARKIN, I TOLD YOU
ABOUT WEARING THOSE
DIRTY SHIRTS TO SCHOOL!
WELL, MR. KNOX.
- YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
REALLY GONNA LIKE THIS.
TYLER LINCOLN'S IN MY CLASS.
SEEMS LIKE A GOOD KID.
- THEY'RE ALL GOOD KIDS.
UNTIL THEY LET GO.
UNTIL THEY STOP TRYING.
COME ON, I'LL SHOW
YOU TO YOUR OFFICE.
SO IS THE FAMILY
SETTLED IN YET?
- MOVING VAN SHOWED
UP LAST NIGHT.
- I'LL TAKE A SECOND
JOB IF I HAVE TO.
WE'RE A FAMILY, MAMA.
WE CAN MAKE IT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT
LATER TONIGHT, OKAY?
YVETTE AND I WILL
STOP BY ON OUR WAY
HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
GOTTA GO.
TALK TO YOU LATER. BYE.
- COACH!
- BOBBY, WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS THIS?
- PLAY BOOK.
CONFERENCE CHAMPS 13 OUT
OF THE LAST 16 YEARS.
STATE CHAMPS 6
YEARS IN A ROW.
COACH CARNIE'S COACHED
HERE 17 YEARS, REG.
BIG SHOES TO FILL.
THAT'S HIS PLAY BOOK.
- WHY DID HE QUIT?
- OH, YEAH, WELL, HIM AND
THE COACH FROM WASHINGTON
HIGH GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT
DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
- WHAT?
- IT'S BEEN A
BITTER RIVALRY.
CARNIE HAD HIS BOYS THROW
A CHOP BLOCK ON THEIR
ALL STATE DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
TORE THE KID'S ACL.
I GUESS THE COACHES
DECIDED TO SETTLE
THE SCORE MID FIELD.
- YOU GUYS DON'T BUY ANY
OF THIS STUFF, DO YOU?
- WOULD YOU BE
HERE IF WE DID?
- I GOTTA GO. I GOTTA
TEACH A GIRL'S P.E. CLASS.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 3:30.
DON'T BE LATE...COACH.
- YOU'RE DRAGGING.
LET'S GET A MOVE ON IT!
- COULDN'T CUT IT
IN THE NFL ANYMORE?
- YOU GOT ELECTRICITY
IN GREENBAY?
- HEY, WE GOT MORE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
THAN YOU GOT SACKS.
- GO HOME, TENNESSEE BOY.
- LET'S MOVE IT!
- WE AIN'T GOT ALL DAY.
MOVE IT UP!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, COACH.
YOU'RE UP FOR IT?
- LISTEN UP!
LISTEN!
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[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
MEAN WHAT YOU SAY,
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
- STILL NUMBER
ONE, MR. KNOX.
DISCIPLINE.
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
- ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- STATE CHAMPIONS.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- YOU GUYS HAVE
WON THEM ALL.
FOR WHAT? FOR A RING?
HAS ANY ONE OF YOU
BECOME A CHAMPION YET?
COACH FESS, THE
PLAQUE ON MY WALL,
COULD YOU BRING
IT TO ME, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
- SIR.
- WHO BELIEVES THIS?
TOO BAD. YOU'VE BEEN MISLED.
SOMEBODY TOOK YOU
DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
SOMEBODY SOLD YOU A HIGH
WITH NO REGARD FOR THE
CONSEQUENCES OF
THINKING SO LOW.
SOMEBODY MADE YOU
BELIEVE, CHUCKY,
THAT THE RING WAS THE THING.
YOU WANT TO BE ON
MY FOOTBALL TEAM?
- TEAM: YEAH.
- THEN YOU GOTTA
FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PATH.
YOU GOTTA FOLLOW ME
TO THE HIGH GROUND.
NOW THE PATH IS NARROW
ON THE HIGH GROUND.
YOU CAN'T JUST BLOW
THROUGH LIFE FULL SPEED
ON THE HIGH GROUND.
YOU GOTTA BREATHE SLOWLY.
YOU GOTTA THINK THINGS OUT.
YOU GOTTA TAKE LIFE ONE STEP
AT A TIME ON THE HIGH GROUND.
SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA FORGET
ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT AND START
THINKING ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY
ELSE NEEDS IF YOU WANT TO
WALK ON THE HIGH GROUND.
ANYONE TAKING ART
CLASS THIS TIME?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME SON?
- REX. REX JACKSON,
BUT MY FRIENDS
CALL ME BIG DADDY.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT, BIG DADDY.
I NEED YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR.
I WANT YOU TO PUT ON THE
FRONT OF THIS SHIRT
"THE RING AIN'T THE THING."
AND PUT ON THE BACK, "WE
GOING TO THE HIGH GROUND."
CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
- YEAH, I GOT YOU.
- BY THE WAY, MR. JACKSON
IS GONNA BE POSTING
NAMES ON MY DOOR.
NAMES OF THE PLAYERS
WHO'S GONNA MAKE
THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
- WHO'S GONNA GET CUT?
- DEPENDS.
- DEPENDS?
- DEPENDS ON WHO BUYS A
TEN DOLLAR T-SHIRT FROM
MR. JACKSON BETWEEN
NOW AND MONDAY.
[MURMURING]
TOMORROW IS FRIDAY.
PRACTICE STARTS SAME TIME.
YOU CAN HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF.
NEXT FRIDAY IS OUR FIRST
GAME, LET'S BE READY.
DO YOU HAVE A
QUARTERBACK YET, COACH?
- FINLEY, MALLORY AND
LINCOLN.
- DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
[HUMMING]
♪
I CANNOT BEAR THESE
BURDENS ALONE...
♪
IN MY DESPAIR HE...
♪
SURELY WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS ALONE...
♪
I MUST TELL JESUS...
♪
I MUST TELL JESUS...
♪
I CANNOT BEAR THESE
BURDENS ALONE...
♪
IN MY DESPAIR HE...
♪
SURELY WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS ALONE...
- LET'S ME GUESS.
MUSIC LESSONS.
- HI, WAITING
FOR YOUR GRANDMA?
- YEAH, I MEAN YES, SIR.
- OH, YES, SIR, I LIKE THAT.
SOUTHERN ETIQUETTE.
YOU KNOW YOU COULD BE A VERY
STRONG INFLUENCE
AROUND HERE, TYLER.
- I HOPE SO, SIR.
- I WAS READING UP ON YOUR
FILES THIS AFTERNOON, THAT IS
AND YOU YOUR BROTHER TAYLOR.
I JUST WANT YOU KNOW THAT I
WAS VERY SADDENED TO
LEARN ABOUT YOUR LITTLE
BROTHER TYRONE.
I'M SURE HE MUST HAVE
LOOKED UP TO BOTH OF YOU.
- YES, SIR.
- WELL, YOU HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND, OKAY?
- THANKS, MR. OSAKI.
- THERE YOU GO, THAT'S
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GET OUT OF MY WAY.
- COME IN.
- LOOK, I WANT OUT.
THIS WHOLE THING WAS
JUST A BIG MISTAKE.
JUST TAKE THE STUFF
AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
I DON'T NEED THIS.
JUST LET ME OUT, OKAY?
PLEASE, COME ON,
JUST LET ME OUT.
- $200 A DAY,
THAT'S THE QUOTA.
THAT'S TEN PACKAGES A DAY.
I GOT 9 PACKAGES HERE.
I GUESS YOU OWE ME $20.
- I DROPPED IT.
I'LL PAY YOU BACK YOUR MONEY.
LOOK, JUST LET ME OUT, OKAY?
- OH, I'M SO SORRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT
ACCEPTING
RESIGNATIONS THIS YEAR.
- MAN!
- PERHAPS, MR. LINCOLN WOULD
BENEFIT FROM SOME
ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
- MAKE SURE HE HAS THE
NECESSARY SALES TOOLS
BEFORE HE LEAVES.
[LAUGHING]
- SO, TIME FOR TRAINING.
- STUDY HARD!
[LAUGHING]
[HITTING]
- A GOOD BUSINESSMAN ALWAYS
PROTECTS HIS TERRITORY.
GOOD LUCK, PUNK.
- TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOLOMON NORTH,
A FREE BLACK WAS CAPTURED
INTO SLAVERY AND
LATER ESCAPED.
HE WRITES IN 1841 THAT BLACKS
WERE INTENTIONALLY
DEPRIVED OF HOPE.
WE'LL SEE IF ANY OF THAT
HOLDS TRUE TODAY, AND IF SO,
WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
[BELL RINGS]
SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW.
OH, PAGES 25 THROUGH 75.
SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW.
HAVE FUN READING, I KNOW
Y'ALL LOVE HISTORY.
- YOU CAN READ IT TO US.
- HAVE YOU SEEN
TYLER LINCOLN?
- NO.
- YOU MISSED MY CLASS.
- TAKE A BEAT. IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- YOU ALWAYS RIDE TO
SCHOOL IN A VAN, SON?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
- ARE YOU IN THE GANG?
- NO.
- YOU'RE DOING DRUGS.
- NO.
- YOU'RE LYING TO ME.
LOOK, HERE'S THE DEAL.
YOU FIND REX JACKSON. YOU
GIVE THIS TO HIM.
- WHAT?
- HE'LL KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH IT.
- I DON'T GET IT, COACH.
- JUST DO IT.
- WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH THAT?
- LOOK, SON, YOU GOT 30
MINUTES TO GET
WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I
SUGGEST YOU GET GOING.
- BUT COACH.
- MOVE IT!
- WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
NEVER BEEN
CONSTIPATED BEFORE?
IT AIN'T FUN.
- NO WAY.
FESS, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS,
MAN, CHECK THAT OUT!
- I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE,
REGGIE, CHECK THIS OUT.
LOOK AT THE LAST
NAME ON THE LIST.
- LINCOLN.
- UH-HUH.
- TYLER LINCOLN.
- IT'S A MIRACLE.
THAT'S NOTHING
SHORT OF A MIRACLE.
- YEP, NOTHING
LESS THAN A MIRACLE.
- NO, NO, NO!
WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED, YOU
ATTACK THE LINE LIKE
A WILD MAN.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?
- WOOL, BRIAN WOOL.
- WOOL LIKE IN SHEEP WOOL?
- YES, SIR.
- I GUESS EVERY TEAM GOTTA
HAVE ITS WHITE SHEEP.
WOOL, SHEEP.
OH, NEVER MIND.
WHEN YOU COME OFF THE LINE,
YOU GOTTA EXPLODE
THROUGH THE MAN.
YOU GOTTA EXPLODE
THROUGH HIM.
FOLLOW THE LINE LIKE THIS,
EVERYBODY LINE UP, LINE UP!
- HEY, COACH, GET
A LOAD OF THIS.
- YOU WEREN'T OUT HERE
LAST WEEK, WERE YOU SON?
- NO, SIR.
- WHAT ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE TODAY?
- I OWE RICK $20, BUT
WE MADE A SPECIAL DEAL.
- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- WILLIE BUT MY FRIENDS
CALL ME HAYSTACK.
- YOU EVER PLAY THE
OFFENSIVE LINE, HAYSTACK?
- TYLER, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- SON, YOU THINK
YOU CAN BLOCK ME?
- I'LL TRY.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
- SORRY COACH.
[LAUGHING]
- THE KID CAN HIT.
- REACH DOWN, REACH DOWN
INSIDE AND FIND THAT CHAMP
THAT'S BEEN SLEEPING WITHIN
YOU FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
WAKE HIM UP, WAKE HER UP.
STOP POINTING YOUR LITTLE
PATHETIC FINGERS AND START
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HISTORY.
TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE.
LET'S GO OUT TO
THE NEXT CENTURY.
USE YOUR GOD GIVEN ABILITY
AND YOUR GOD GIVEN TALENT TO
TAKE US ON INTO
THE NEXT CENTURY.
STAND WITH ME.
STAND WITH ME.
STAND WITH ME, BROTHERS.
STAND WITH ME, SISTER.
STAND WITH ME, STAND WITH ME!
- WAIT, Y'ALL HEAR THAT?
THEY'RE PROBABLY KILLING HIM.
- STAND WITH ME!
STAND WITH ME!
[APPLAUSE]
[BELL RINGS]
- I FIGURED IT OUT.
STONE NUMBER TWO IS HERITAGE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS HERITAGE.
- YEAH.
- YOU CAN'T KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HERITAGE, HERITAGE.
- YEAH.
- HEY, T? T?
- WHAT?
- GOOD PRACTICE, HUH?
- YEAH, I GUESS.
- LISTEN, I THINK IT'S
PRETTY COOL THAT YOU'RE ON
THE TEAM AND ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE
WHEN WE WERE
LITTLE, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.
EXCEPT FOR THE OLD MAN ISN'T
BEATING ME, TYRONE ISN'T
CRYING AND MOM'S
NOT ON DRUGS.
JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
ARE YOU DOING ALL RIGHT, T.?
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, MAN.
- I WAS JUST TRYING
TO BE A BROTHER.
- WELL, BACK OFF!
I'M SORRY, MAN.
- HEY, I WAS THINKING UNCLE
BOBBY WAS THE BOMB BACK
IN THE DAY, HUH?
- WHAT?
- UNCLE BOBBY.
236 YARDS RUSHING
AGAINST UCLA.
- GET OUT OF HERE.
- CHECK IT OUT.
FIVE TOUCH DOWNS AGAINST
CAL, AND HE STILL LOST.
- THAT'S CRAZY.
- OUR FIRST GAME'S
COMING UP, ARE YOU READY?
- I AIN'T GONNA GET TO PLAY.
- MAYBE NOT, BUT WE'LL BE
OUT THERE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, TOGETHER.
- COACH SAYS YOU MIGHT BE
THIRD STRING QUARTERBACK.
FINLEY'S GOT THE
FLU, SO WHO KNOWS?
- WHO KNOWS?
WAS UNCLE BOB REALLY
THAT GOOD IN COLLEGE?
- NOBODY RAN THE
QUARTERBACK OPTION BETTER.
IT STARTS WITH THE EYES,
THEN THE HEAD FAKE.
FIRST YOU TAKE THE
SNAP AND PULL OUT.
FIND THE LINEBACKER.
STARE AT HIM AS YOU'RE
RUNNING FROM EAST TO WEST.
LET HIM SEE THE BALL.
SNAP YOUR HEAD TOWARDS THE
EYE BACK AND FAKE THE PITCH.
HIDE THE BALL ON YOUR HIP,
BUT DON'T LOSE EYE CONTACT.
SEE, THE LINEBACKER SHIFTS
HIS WEIGHT TO THE OUTSIDE.
HE'S THINKING HE CAN
INTERCEPT THE PITCH.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
YOU SEE IT.
A HOLE AS BIG AS
THE GRAND CANYON.
BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A FRACTION
OF A SECOND, SO YOU RUN.
YOUR LUNGS ARE ON FIRE,
YOUR FEET ARE FLYING.
YOU RUN LIKE THE WIND.
YOU WANT TO RUN WITH
THE COACH TOMORROW?
- I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN,
HE SAID IT WAS OPTIONAL.
- OPTIONAL MEANS BE THERE.
- I GOT HOMEWORK,
OTHER THINGS TO DO.
- WHATEVER.
♪
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
- TYLER, NO!
WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME, GOD?
WHAT?
♪
A BAND OF ANGELS
COMING FOR ME...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
[SHEEP BLEETING]
[LION ROARING]
- NO, NO!
- HONEY, HONEY, IT'S OKAY,
YOU WERE JUST DREAMING.
[BANGS ON DOOR]
- COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT.
NO ONE WANTS TO COMMIT.
COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT!
- GENTLEMEN, YOU FOUND
YOUR STONE, COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT!
- FORM A LINE, LET'S GO.
STAY BEHIND ME,
STAY BEHIND ME!
[CHANTING]
[CHANTING]
- COACH, HEY, BABY, ALL THE
GUYS ARE READY TO
TAKE THE FIELD.
- BOBBY, SIT DOWN WITH ME.
- ALL RIGHT, I
KNOW YOU'RE NERVOUS.
- MORE LIKE AN
EXPECTANT FATHER.
KIND OF REMINDS ME
OF MY DAYS AT U. T.
- YEAH, EXCEPT YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GO OUT AND
FACE BEAR BRYANT.
GRANT HIGH IS TOUGH, AND BUT
THEY AIN'T THE TIDE, MAN.
- YEAH, ALL RIGHT, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING ME HERE, MAN. I
GOTTA ASK YOU SOMETHING.
- SHOOT.
- WHY DIDN'T
YOU TAKE THE JOB? WHY ME?
- I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M
JUST AFRAID OF FAILURE, MAN.
YOU KNOW ME.
EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE
KID, EVERYTHING I TRIED JUST
DIDN'T TURN OUT THE
WAY I PLANNED IT.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY HERO.
YEAH, THE OLDER KID
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST EVERYBODY
LOOKED UP TO YOU.
I THINK GOD PUT US TOGETHER
SO YOU COULD MAYBE SHOW ME
HOW TO BE A CHAMPION, TOO,
LIKE YOU DID THESE KIDS.
- BOBBY.
- I'M SERIOUS.
- A CHAMPION IS NEVER
AFRAID OF FAILURE.
COME ON, WE GOT A GAME.
- HEY, HEY, HEY.
YOU'RE THE NEW COACH.
TOLD YOU.
- TOLD YOU.
- FIRST GAME?
- 20 MINUTES TO KICK OFF.
- 20 MINUTES.
- YEP.
- BEEN HERE 17 YEARS.
BURT'S BEEN HERE THREE.
- WELL, OKAY, I GUESS I
GOTTA GET GOING,
WE GOT A GAME.
- TRY TO TALK WITH COACH
CARNIE EVERY YEAR, BUT NO,
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME.
- NOPE.
- MY SON AND I INVENTED A
FOOTBALL PLAY A
FEW YEARS AGO, HERE.
TAKE A LOOK.
- 1979?
- YEAH, COACH CARNIE
WAS A BUSY FELLOW.
- BUSY, BUSY, BUSY GUY.
- I CALL IT THE
LEFT COAST SPECIAL.
- LOOKS LIKE THE
CORNER BACK OPTION.
- YEAH, WELL, THAT'S
THE OTHER NAME.
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
TWO NAMES, YOU KNOW?
- WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.
TAKE CARE.
- ALL RIGHT, HEY,
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
- HEY, BURT, YOU GOT A
PRETTY GOOD ARM, DON'T YOU?
- I COULD HAVE PLAYED.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
HEY, FINISH THE SWEEPING.
I GOTTA GO CHANGE
THE URINAL MINTS.
- ALL RIGHT,
GUYS, LISTEN UP!
LISTEN UP!
THE TRUE MARK OF A CHAMPION
IS NOT WHAT HE KEEPS, IT'S
WHAT HE GIVES AWAY TO OTHERS.
TONIGHT, THE GAME BALL
GOES TO TAYLOR LINCOLN.
LAST YEAR HE WAS ALL CITY
IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
THIS YEAR, HE'S ALL CHAMPION
IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
[APPLAUSE]
- UH, THANKS.
I AIN'T MUCH FOR SPEECHES,
BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE
CHAMPION, I WANT TO GIVE THIS
GAME BALL TO SOMEONE WHO
MEANS MORE TO ME THAN...
WELL, HE'S ALL I GOT
LEFT IN THIS WORLD.
I HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN
A GREAT FRIEND TO HIM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TALK
TO HIM ANYMORE,
BUT I LOVE HIM.
COACH, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH
YOU, I'D LIKE TO GIVE TONIGHT
TO'S GAME BALL TO MY
LITTLE BROTHER, TYLER.
- WHAT'S UP, CHUCKIE.
[GUNSHOT]
- EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT?
- TYLER!
TYLER!
- IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT?
EVERYBODY...
OH, MY GOD!
[PHONE RINGS]
- CROSSROADS COFFEE
HOUSE, MAY I HELP YOU?
JUST A SECOND.
ESTHER!
YOU GOT A CALL.
- ESTHER, I'M DR.
RICHARDSON,
THIS IS DR. WALKER.
- MA'AM.
- WE'VE GOT A
VERY SERIOUS --
- IS HE GOING TO LIVE?
- I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.
HE'S A TOUGH KID.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN DO FOR HIM.
HE SUFFERED A VERY SEVERE
SPINAL CORD INJURY.
- COMA'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR
AN INJURY OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
SINCE HE CAN'T BREATHE ON HIS
OWN, WE'LL HAVE TO PERFORM
SURGERY TO REPAIR THE NERVES
THAT CONTROL THE LUNGS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET
THE BULLET OUT.
[CRYING]
- WILL HE WALK AGAIN?
- I DON'T KNOW.
[CRYING]
- HOW'S THE KID DOING?
- NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.
- ANYONE SEE WHO SHOT HIM?
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
THE GUN WENT OFF
ACCIDENTALLY.
- IT'S MORE THAN AN ACCIDENT
WHEN A GUN GOES OFF IN A HIGH
SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM, COACH!
IT'S A FELONY,
MAYBE EVEN MURDER.
DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT?
- TYLER, TYLER LINCOLN.
- HIS BROTHER?
- LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHY
TYLER HAD A GUN IN HIS
BOOK BAG, BUT HE DID.
- DID ANYONE TELL
THE GRANDMOTHER?
- NO.
- WHAT TIME IS IT?
- IT'S ALMOST 7.
TAYLOR JUST GOT
OUT OF SURGERY?
- AND?
- WELL, HE'S BREATHING ON
HIS OWN, BUT HE'S STILL
IN A COMA.
THEY'RE TAKING HIM TO
I. C. U. RIGHT NOW.
- YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED THIS
MUCH ATTENTION, I'D HAVE
SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE.
TAKE CARE OF THAT KID.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
HEY, BABY.
[MAKING TRAIN NOISES]
- I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT,
REG, IT'S TIME, MAN, IT'S TIME.
- BOBBY, WE'RE
GOING TO FIND HIM.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- LOOK, I GOT AN IDEA.
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT?
WHEN DO WE LEAVE?
- NO, BOBBY, YOU STAY
HERE WITH YOUR MAMA.
- WHAT?
- BOBBY, YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU.
TAYLOR NEEDS YOU.
BESIDES, MR. OSAKI PROMISED
HE WOULD PROTECT ME.
I JUST MIGHT TAKE THE
LITTLE GUY UP ON IT.
- WHERE IS HE?
- HE'S DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CAR
WAITING ON ME. I GOTTA GO.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
- JUST TRUST ME, MAN.
I'LL FIND HIM. I PROMISE.
- CALL THE POLICE,
I'M GOING AFTER TYLER.
- GOOD LUCK.
- WHAT'S THAT?
- RIGHT HERE.
PICK A POINT THREE, THURSDAY.
- RIGHT HERE.
PICK A POINT THREE, THURSDAY.
8 O'CLOCK.
MAKE SURE IT'S DARK.
COMPLETELY DARK.
- WHAT ABOUT THE KID?
- HMMM.
SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
[VAN DOORS SLAM CLOSED]
- LET'S GET UP.
[LOUD CLANKING SOUND]
[MUSIC]
[METAL CLANKING
ON THE GROUND]
[MUSIC]
- UNDER THE TARP.
[VAN DOOR SLAMS]
- OFF SIDES.
PENALTY IS DEATH.
[LAUGHING]
BROTHER, YOU'LL
DROP THE BUCKET.
TAKE CARE OF THE KID.
WELL THERE, MR. KNOX,
HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
HAVING A VERY GOOD DAY,
DOES IT?
[LAUGHING]
OOH!
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[VAN DOOR SLAMS OPEN]
- AH!
OH.
AH.
[VAN DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- LITTLE FRIEND?
COME ON, LITTLE FRIEND.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- PEEK A BOO!
[LAUGHING]
COACH KNOX.
THE HERO FROM GREEN BAY.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A HERO.
I THINK YOU GOT CUT.
SO NOW YOU'RE HERE
TO SAVE THE BOY.
TOO LATE FOR EVERYTHING.
I HAD A GOOD BUSINESS HERE.
THIS IS A GOOD TOWN.
IT WAS MAKING ME MONEY.
AND YOU HAD TO SCREW
EVERYTHING UP.
COACH KNOX, YOU'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR THAT.
IN PAIN.
YOU WANT TO DANCE?
WE'RE GOING TO DANCE.
[UNCOCKS GUN]
[MUSIC]
[LAUGHING]
- BOO!
- UGH!
[LAUGHING]
- COME ON, COACH!
COME ON, HERO.
[GRUNTING AND GASPING]
READY FOR PAIN?
IS THE PAIN WORTH IT?
IT SHOULD BE, HERO.
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
AH.
- I'M SO TIRED OF YOU!
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[CAR STARTS]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[LOUDLY CRASHES THROUGH WALL]
[TIRES SQUEALING AWAY]
- DO YOU HAVE TYLER?
- HE WAS IN THE VAN.
MR. KNOX!
LET THE POLICE
HANDLE IT FROM HERE.
MR. KNOX!
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
- QQD242.
- IT'S HIM!
IT'S HIM!
- NO.
I'M THE GOOD GUY.
- WHERE ARE WE GOING?
- WE'RE GOING
TO THE MOUNTAINS.
- I'M JUST A
PARK RANGER, MAN!
- I NEED YOUR HELP.
HEY, GET ON THE BOAT!
GET ON THE BOAT.
LET'S GO!
[MUSIC]
[AXE CRACKS THROUGH WOOD]
[AXE CRACKS THROUGH WOOD]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CLAPS HANDS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- BY 8 O'CLOCK THURSDAY
NIGHT EVERYTHING MUST GO.
PRICES ARE GOING TO BE
SLASHED TO THE BONE.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY, REALLY LUCKY
YOU'RE FRIEND WILL SHOW
UP, TOO.
THEN I CAN HAVE
A 2 FOR 1 SALE.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- HELLO?
[CONTINUES KNOCKING]
HELLO?
[MUSIC]
- IT'S RABBIT.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY.
[MUSIC]
[LAUGHING]
EAT UP BECAUSE I GOT A
CHOPPER TO CATCH IN 3 HOURS.
[DOOR CREEKS OPEN]
[COYOTE HOWLS]
[SNORING]
[SNORING]
[FROGS CROAKING]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
[SLEEPING BAG UNZIPPING]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
- THERE'S A CABIN
OVER THE RIDGE.
WAIT FOR ME THERE.
[COFFEE POT RATTLES]
[TENT UNZIPS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[WOOD BREAKING]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AH!
- I LET YOU LIVE
THE FIRST TIME.
THIS TIME I'M
PLAYING FOR KEEPS.
- AAH!
[LAUGHING]
- HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
- THAT WAS A NICE ONE.
- AAH!
AAH!
OH!
[CRICKETS CHIRPING,
FROGS CROAKING]
- HEY, PATOLLA?
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?
IT'S 4TH AND 1.
FIVE SECONDS LEFT IN
THE 4TH QUARTER.
YOU SCORE, YOU WIN.
BUT THERE'S ONE PROBLEM.
I RUN TO MY SIDE.
[GRUNTING AND GROANING]
- GIVING DRUGS TO KIDS?
WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU?
YOU'RE A COWARD.
YOU'RE A COWARD.
YOU'RE A COWARD.
[GRUNTING AND GROANING]
[MUSIC]
- HELLO, EVERYBODY.
THE PORTLAND BOARD OF
EDUCATION TODAY ANNOUNCED THE
SUSPENSION OF REGGIE KNOX,
KNOX, THE ALMOST CERTAIN HALL
OF FAMER FROM THE GREEN BAY
PACKERS HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR SIX DAYS.
AUTHORITIES WON'T SAY WHETHER
OR NOT HE'S INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING OF CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT, TAYLOR LINCOLN.
- I GUESS WE NEED TO GO
BACK AND FACE EVERYTHING.
ALL RIGHT?
- EVERYTHING
WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
- NO. EVERYTHING ISN'T
GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
I ALMOST GOT BOTH OF
US KILLED OUT HERE.
I'M 16 YEARS OLD AND I'VE
ALREADY SCREWED UP MY WHOLE
ENTIRE LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME, COACH.
I KEEP HAVING THIS DREAM LIKE
I'M GOING TO --MAYBE I'M
BETTER OFF LIKE TYRONE.
- YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I BELIEVE.
- DAVID FACED
THE GIANT TWO TIMES.
HE STOPPED BY A
STREAM ONE DAY.
PICKED UP FIVE LITTLE STONES.
FIVE LITTLE STONES.
GAVE GOD SOMETHING
TO WORK WITH.
[STONES SPLASHING
IN THE WATER]
CONCENTRATE ON THE
FIVE LITTLE STONES.
GOD WILL DO THE REST.
[MUSIC]
- COACH?
- WHAT?
- YOU JUST THREW AWAY
MY FIVE LITTLE STONES.
- HERE YOU GO, CHAMP.
NOW LET'S GO GET YOU A GIANT.
- WELL, HE'S ALL YOURS NOW.
- ALL RIGHT.
I GOT HIM.
I'M A HERO!
I'M THE MAN.
I GOT MY MAN
AND I'M THE MAN!
I TOLD YOU I'M A RANGER.
DIDN'T I TELL
Y'ALL I'M A RANGER?
I'M A RANGER.
COME ON. LET'S GO!
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
GOT NOTHING TO SAY?
[LAUGHING]
YOU NEED A RANGER.
NOTHING LIKE A RANGER.
- DON'T YOU PUSH ME.
- THAT'S RIGHT. I'M A HERO NOW!
I'M THE MAN.
I'M THE MAN.
YES, YES, YES.
- LINCOLN HAS BEEN WHEELCHAIR
BOUND SINCE THE SEPTEMBER
SHOOTING BUT DOCTORS ARE
OPTIMISTIC THAT HE MAY WALK
AGAIN SOME DAY.
- NOT EVEN A GIANT, COACH.
NOT EVEN A GIANT COULD
KEEP A CHAMPION DOWN.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
MY BROTHER IS ALL RIGHT!
YEAH. YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- YEAH.
PORTLAND IS ONLY
300 MILES AWAY.
- A PERSON COULD DRIVE
A FEW MILES TONIGHT.
- YEAH, I EXPECT SO.
COULD FIND A HOTEL AND ALL
YOU CAN EAT STEAK BUFFET.
- I COULD GET
A NIGHT'S SLEEP.
I SUPPOSE A PERSON COULD
MAKE IT BACK TO PORTLAND
BY GAME TIME?
- OF COURSE THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.
- A KID TO BE READY TO PLAY
IN THAT GAME TO HONOR
HIS BROTHER.
- BUT THE COACH WOULD HAVE TO
SET UP SOME TYPE OF IMPROMPTU
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THOUGH.
LET'S GO!
- ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
- NO.
- DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT OFF?
- TAKE MY LEGS.
TAKE MY FOOTBALL DREAMS.
JUST GIVE ME MY BROTHER BACK.
[CROWD CHEERS]
[CROWD CHEERS]
- WELL, THERE'S TOO MUCH
TO EXPLAIN, MR. KNOX.
TOO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
- I TOLD YOU I CAME
HERE TO BUILD CHAMPIONS.
I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO
BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR.
BUT IT WAS YOU, YOU MR. OSAKI
WHO TOLD ME TO TAKE 5 LITTLE
STONES AND BUILD A
FOUNDATION FIRST.
DISCIPLINE.
HERITAGE.
COURAGE.
DEDICATION.
SO I ASK YOU, I BEG EACH ONE
OF YOU, SHOW US YOUR HONOR.
PLEASE.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT
TEAR THE CASTLE DOWN NOW.
[CROWD CHEERS IN
THE DISTANCE]
[UNFOLDING VOTES]
[UNFOLDING VOTES]
- WELL, 2 TO 2.
I GUESS IT'S UP TO ME.
ALL RIGHT.
HE CAN SUIT UP AND STAND ON
THE SIDELINES, BUT I PREFER HE
NOT PLAY.
AND AS FOR YOU, COACH KNOX,
YOU ARE NO LONGER COACH OF
THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
YOU ARE SUSPENDED, SIR.
I'M SORRY BUT I DON'T HAVE
ANY POWER TO CHANGE THAT.
- WE'RE GOING TO
KICK YOUR BUTT.
- I GUESS WE'LL
SEE THEN, WON'T WE?
- GOOD EVENING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR PRE GAME CEREMONY FOR THIS
EVENING IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MIRACLE.
THREE WEEKS AGO SOMETHING
TERRIBLE HAPPENED AT THIS
HIGH SCHOOL.
[GASPS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERS]
- ALL RIGHT!
LET'S PLAY SOME BALL!
[CROWD CHEERS]
- FIN! FINLEY, GIVE
ME A TIME OUT.
GIVE ME A TIME OUT.
REF! COME ON.
- TIME OUT! THIS
IS YOUR LAST TIME OUT, COACH.
[CROWD MURMURS]
[CROWD MURMURS]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
- HUDDLE UP.
- TRY THIS. TRY THIS.
THIS JUST MIGHT WORK.
- TYLER?
- YEAH, COACH?
- I NEED YOU TO RUN
THE OPTION TO THE LEFT.
PITCH TO FINLEY.
LET THE LINEBACKER
TAKE YOU DOWN.
- I DON'T THINK I CAN, COACH.
- JUST USE A
DELAYED SECOND HUT.
- GO.
- GO GET THEM, CHAMP.
- GO.
- GO!
[CROWD CHEERING]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- HE'LL BE HERE SOON.
- AT 9.
- HE TOLD ME 8.
- AT 9, GIRL.
GOTTA GO.
JEREMY, TIME TO LEAVE.
[PIANO MUSIC SOFTLY PLAYS]
- WELL?
- WHAT?
- DID YOU TELL HIM?
- TELL ME WHAT?
- I ALMOST FORGOT.
COACH FESS, ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION I'M VERY
VERY PROUD TO GIVE YOU THIS.
LISTEN, IT'S THE HEAD
COACH'S POSITION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MEET YOU OUTSIDE.
[LAUGHS]
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I'LL CATCH THE GIRLS.
[MUSIC]
- HEY, YOU TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO
WORK HARD ON THIS.
THE STRENGTH WILL COME BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, COACH.
- YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
HEY, HERE.
I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
- THE ROCKS.
THANKS, COACH.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
HEY, YOU'RE A REAL
CHAMPION, TYLER.
REAL CHAMPION.
[MUSIC]
- IT'S OFFICIAL.
BOBBY FESS THE R IS THE HEAD
COACH OF PORTLAND CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
- REGGIE, I DON'T FEEL
LIKE I DESERVE IT, MAN.
- NO ONE IN THE WORLD
DESERVES IT MORE.
GOOD THINGS ARE GOING
TO HAPPEN FOR YOU, BOBBY FESS.
I DO BELIEVE GOOD THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
- TAKE CARE.
- THANK YOU MR. --
- BRADLEY.
- MR. OSAKI, I'M SORRY.
- SORRY?
FOR WHAT?
- I FAILED YOU.
- WEREN'T YOUR PRAYERS ALL
ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
WEREN'T YOU THE ONE
LOOKING FOR LOST SHEEP?
- I WAS.
- WELL, I THINK YOUR
PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I THINK YOU FOUND YOUR SHEEP.
[CROWD CHANTS REGGIE!
REGGIE! REGGIE!]
[CROWD CHANTS REGGIE!
REGGIE! REGGIE!]
[TRAIN HORN BLARES]
- HEY, DAD, YOU'VE HAD A
PRETTY ROUGH SUMMER, HUH?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- WELL, FIRST
YOU QUIT FOOTBALL.
THEN YOU GOT THROWN
OUT OF SCHOOL.
- YEAH. I GUESS SO.
- SO WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?
- BACK TO GREEN BAY, SON.
GOT SOME UNFINISHED
BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.
GOTTA BEAT THE COWBOYS.
- STAND BY AND
-- - THANK GOD.
- SING ROW, ROW,
ROW, YOUR BOAT.
- NO, WE'RE NOT.
♪ ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- OK. CLOSE THE DOOR.
- AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES YOU KNOW.
- FURTHER BACK.
AND ACTION!
[LAUGHING]
- STAND BY AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES, YOU KNOW.
- AND STEP BACK.
ONE MORE TIME AND EVEN BIGGER.
AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES -- YOU KNOW.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
AND ACTION!
BIG SMILES.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC]
- TODAY --
- CUT!
- COACHES, FELLOW PLAYERS,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY MY TEAM --
- CUT!
- TAKE IT! READY?
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
G
ENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- WHERE DID YOU
COME FROM, BIG FELLA?
[LAUGHING]
[TEAM CHANTS DRILL]
[TEAM CHANTS DRILL]
- TAKE 4, MARK.
AND ACTION!
- BUSY BUSY BUSY GUY.
- AND AGAIN.
JUST DELIVER THE LINES
TO THE TOILET PAPER.
- OH, OK.
DON'T LOOK AT YOU.
- THAT'S FINE.
ACTION!
[LAUGHING]
GO FOR IT NOW.
ACTION.
- BUSY BUSY BUSY GUY.
- HIT IT!
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
G
ENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS]
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS]
- LET'S RAP.
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT ...
♪
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- HOW WAS THAT, PAUL?
[LAUGHING]
♪
AMAZING GRACE ...
♪
HOW SWEET THE SOUND ...
♪
THAT SAVED A WRETCH
LIKE ME ...
♪
I ONCE WAS LOST ...
♪
BUT NOW I'M FOUND ...
♪
WAS BLIND, BUT
NOW I SEE ...
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GUNSHOT]
♪
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
♪
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
I CAN DO ALL THINGS...
♪
THROUGH CHRIST WHO
STRENGTHENS ME ♪
- AMEN! AMEN!
AMEN. AMEN.
AMEN.
YEAH!
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
- AMEN!
EVERY LAST ONE OF US WILL
FACE A GOLIATH TODAY.
A GOLIATH OF
MAMMOTH PROPORTION.
JUST LIKE THE ARMY OF ISRAEL,
YOU STAND ON THE
BATTLEFIELD OF YOUR LIFE
HOPELESS AS GIANT
CIRCUMSTANCES TAUNT YOU
AND THREATEN TO KILL YOU.
YOU TREMBLE IN FEAR.
YOU TURN YOUR EYES HEAVENWARD
AND YOU CALL OUT TO GOD,
DELIVER ME FROM THIS GIANT!
DO YOU NEED A VICTORY?
I SAID, DO YOU
NEED A VICTORY?
- CONGREGATION: YES!
- THEN BE LIKE DAVID.
YOU GOT TO BE LIKE DAVID.
DAVID RECEIVED THE
SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION
THE MOMENT HE REALIZED
THAT GOD IS GREATER.
HE WAS ANOINTED MIGHTY
WARRIOR THE MOMENT
THAT HE CONFESSED
THAT GOD IS GREATER.
THAT GIANT GOLIATH TUMBLED TO
THE GROUND THE VERY SECOND
GOD DELIVERED A
STONE TO HIS HEAD.
GOD IS GREATER.
SAY IT AFTER ME.
SAY GOD IS GREATER.
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER.
- WHAT ABOUT THE LOST JOB?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT THE
MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT ILLNESS
TRYING TO ATTACK YOUR BODY?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- WHAT ABOUT THE YOUNG BOY
AND GIRL THAT YOU THOUGHT
WOULD BE LOST FOREVER?
- CONGREGATION:
GOD IS GREATER!
- YES, GOD IS GREATER!
SAY IT AGAIN,
GOD IS GREATER!
AMEN! AMEN.
HOW CAN YOU TEND TO YOUR
FATHER'S SHEEP WHEN YOU
CAN'T OVERCOME THE GIANT
IN YOUR OWN LIFE?
DO YOU WANT TO BE A
CHAMPION LIKE DAVID?
- CONGREGATION: YES.
- DO YOU WANT TO POSSESS
THE SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION?
- CONGREGATION: YES.
- THEN I WANT YOU
TO LISTEN TO ME.
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
STOP CRAWLING AROUND
ON YOUR BELLY.
GET UP ON YOUR FEET.
DUST YOURSELF OFF.
STICK YOUR CHEST OUT.
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
NOTHING CAN DEFEAT YOU.
I SAID NOTHING
CAN DEFEAT YOU.
NOTHING CAN BRING YOU DOWN.
NOTHING CAN TAKE FROM
YOU WHAT BELONGS TO GOD.
FOR GREATER IS HE
THAT IS IN YOU
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
SAY IT AFTER ME,
GREATER...
IS HE...
THAT IS IN ME...
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
EVERYBODY SAY AMEN!
- CONGREGATION: AMEN.
- AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
- HE TOLD THEM
THIS PARABLE SAYING,
WHAT MAN AMONG YOU, IF HE HAS
A HUNDRED SHEEP HAS LOST ONE
OF THEM, DOES NOT LEAVE THE
99 IN THE PASTURE AND
GO AFTER THE ONE WHICH IS
LOST UNTIL HE FINDS HIM.
AND WHEN HE WAS FOUND IT,
HE LAYS IT ON HIS
SHOULDERS REJOICING.
AND WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE
CALLS TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS SAYING UNTO
THEM, REJOICE WITH ME,
FOR I HAVE FOUND MY
SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST.
LET US PRAY.
DEAR GOD, HELP US TO
FIND THE LOST SHEEP,
THOSE WHO WALK AROUND
UNNOTICED EVERY DAY.
GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO
DEFEAT OUR OWN GIANTS.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.
- AS HE WOULD HAVE US PRAY,
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME,
LET THY WILL BE DONE
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DAILY BREAD,
AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
LEAD US NOT INTO
NO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.
♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
- REMEMBER ME?
- BOBBY. BOBBY FESS.
MAN, LAST TIME I HEARD,
YOU WERE GOIN' A FIRST
RUN IN THE DRAFT.
BROKE EVERY RUSHING
RECORD AT OREGON.
THEN BAM! YOU WERE GONE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
- I HAD A BABY, GOT MARRIED,
YOU KNOW, HAD A FEW PROBLEMS.
YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
NOW I'M A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL COACH.
- HEAD COACH?
- NO. ASSISTANT.
- FAMILY?
- YEAH, THAT'S MY
LITTLE NEPHEW, TYRONE.
- BOBBY, I'M SORRY BROTHER.
- LISTEN, YOU REMEMBER
MY OLDER SISTER, TINA?
- YEAH. TOOK HER
OUT A FEW TIMES.
- I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER.
ANYWAY, SHE STAYED IN
TENNESSEE WHILE WE MOVED
BACK TO PORTLAND. SHE'S
ALL MESSED UP, MAN.
- WHAT ABOUT THE DADDY?
- WHO KNOWS.
I'M MOVING THE BOYS
BACK TO PORTLAND
TO STAY WITH
THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
- HOW IS YOUR MOTHER DOING?
- I JUST GOT TO GET
THEM OUT OF ALL THIS.
- SEEM LIKE GOOD KIDS.
- THEY ARE.
TAYLOR IS QUITE
A QUARTERBACK.
ALL CITY ALL
STATE AS A JUNIOR.
- WHAT ABOUT HIM?
- TYLER?
TYLER'S JUST LIKE HIS
MAMA, ALL MESSED UP.
TROUBLE FINDS THAT BOY
EVERYWHERE HE GOES.
- LOOK BOBBY, IF I CAN
EVER DO ANYTHING TO HELP,
YOU LET ME KNOW, OKAY?
- LET ME BORROW
SOME MONEY FROM THAT
BIG CONTRACT YOU JUST SIGNED.
- IF YOU CAN GET IT FROM
SARAH, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. LISTEN,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
A NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH,
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND
TEACHING HISTORY.
- NO, I DON'T THINK I'M
GONNA DO THAT, BOBBY.
- WHY DON'T YOU WIN
YOURSELF A SUPER BOWL
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
YOU CAN DO THAT FOR US.
- OKAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- DON'T FORGET ABOUT
IT. I'M SERIOUS.
- I WILL NOT.
- BOBBY.
- HEY.
♪
SWING LOW,
SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
I LOOKED OVER JORDAN,
AND WHAT DID I SEE...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
A BAND OF ANGELS
COMING FOR ME...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
TYRONE, NO! NO!
- REGGIE, YOU OKAY BABY?
- YES. PORTLAND, OREGON.
YOU HAVE A LISTING FOR
A BOBBY FESS? F-E-S-S.
WHAT ABOUT A ROBERT?
PERFECT.
- COACHES, FELLOW PLAYERS,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MY FANS,
TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING MY
RETIREMENT AS A PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL
TO THE ORGANIZATION
AND TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE, TO PACKER FANS
AND REGGIE KNOX FANS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TRUST, YOUR FAITH,
AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE YOUR HERO.
- REPORTERS: REGGIE!
- ARE YOU GONNA
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS?
- ONE AT A TIME PLEASE.
- REGGIE, THIS IS QUITE
A SHOCK TO ALL OF US.
WHY NOW? IS IT AN INJURY?
IS IT YOUR CONTRACT?
- NO, ANGELA.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
I COULD PLAY FOR FIVE
MORE YEARS, GOD WILLING.
IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU'D
KNOW HOW BAD I WANT A
CHAMPIONSHIP, HOW
BAD I WANT TO WIN.
- REGGIE, IF A CHAMPIONSHIP
IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU,
WHY QUIT NOW?
- PHIL, TODAY I'M
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I'VE
JUST ACCEPTED A HEAD
FOOTBALL COACHING JOB.
- REPORTERS: REGGIE!
- HAVE YOU BEEN OFFERED
THE HEAD COACHING
JOB WITH PHILADELPHIA?
- NO. NO. NOTHING LIKE
THAT. I'M GOING WEST.
- OAKLAND?
- PORTLAND, OREGON.
- CANADIAN FRANCHISE?
- I'M GOING TO BE THE HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH AND HISTORY
TEACHER AT PORTLAND
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
- REGGIE, YOU COULD SIGN AN
$8 MILLION DOLLAR EXTENSION,
YOU COULD GO TO THE
BROADCAST BOOTH,
YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANT RIGHT NOW.
HIGH SCHOOL?
- ANGELA, ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
TEENAGERS ARE LOSING THEIR
FAMILIES, THEIR HOPE,
THEIR SENSE OF DIRECTION.
IT'S NOT JUST SOUTH
CENTRAL L.A. OR NEW YORK.
THERE'S PLACES LIKE
DAYTON, DENVER,
BIRMINGHAM AND BAKERSFIELD.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, OUR
CHILDREN SEEM TO BE LOST,
BEGGING FOR SOMETHING,
SOMEONE WHO WILL CARE ENOUGH
TO REACH OUT A HAND AND LEAD.
IF I CAN FIND JUST ONE, IF
I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIFE OF JUST ONE KID,
THEN CHAMPIONING WOULD
CATCH ON LIKE WILDFIRE.
AND FRIENDS, THERE'S NO
SUPER BOWL GREATER THAN THAT.
GUIDING THE CHILDREN, IT
OUGHT TO BE YOUR PRAYER.
I GUARANTEE YOU, IT'S
REGGIE'S PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
- WHAT A DAY.
- YEAH.
- REGRETS?
- NO. IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ANYWAY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE, I JUST--
I THINK I'M SCARED.
- SARAH, YOU GOTTA REALIZE--
- REGGIE, REGGIE, YOU
GOT A HEART OF GOLD,
AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU;
BUT YOU CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD.
- BUT IF I CAN
JUST CHANGE ONE,
DOESN'T THAT MEAN SOMETHING?
- SURE IT'S WORTH
SOMETHING, BUT--
- SARAH, WOULD YOU GO WITH ME?
WOULD YOU STAND BY ME?
- I'LL MARCH TO HELL AND
BACK FOR YOU, REGGIE KNOX.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
YOU'RE MY MAN.
HALL OF FAME OR BEGGAR'S ROW,
PROSPERITY TO OBSCURITY,
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME,
AND NOTHING CAN
SEPARATE US. NOTHING.
- I GUESS YOUR MISSION
THEN IS TO
BRING US SOME STATE TITLES.
- I COULD CARE LESS.
I'M HERE FOR THE KIDS.
I WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO TRANSFORM
EVERY SELF-DEFEATED KID
I FIND INTO A CHAMPION.
PERIOD.
- LOFTY AMBITIONS.
I LIKE THAT.
NOTHING MORE THAN IDEALISTIC
CASTLES IN THE AIR,
BUT YOU'RE NAIVE.
THEN AGAIN, SO WAS I ONCE.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME
PROTECTION, MR. KNOX.
- REALLY? AND JUST WHO
IS GONNA PROTECT ME?
- ME.
IMPATIENT, SELF-DOUBT,
UNFULFILLED DREAMS,
THEY CAN TEAR DOWN
CASTLES VERY QUICKLY.
- MR. OSAKI, WHO
ARE WE AFRAID OF?
- YOU.
COACHES PARKER AND FESS
STARTED FOOTBALL PRACTICE
LAST WEEK. YOU'LL MEET
ALL THE BOYS TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT
AND SELECT YOUR SQUAD
BY MONDAY NIGHT.
OH, YOUR HOME
ROOM IS EAST 210.
I WILL LOOK IN ON YOU A
LITTLE BIT LATER, OKAY?
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BY THE WAY, MR. OSAKI,
HOW DOES ONE PREVENT
THE TEARING DOWN OF
CASTLES IN THE AIR?
- WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST
BUILDING A SOLID
FOUNDATION FIRST.
STONE BY STONE.
- HEY! YOU NEW, AIN'T YOU?
- WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- YOU LOOKING FOR WORK?
- NO!
- THIS HERE IS MR.
PATOLLA'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A FEW GOOD MEN.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- I'M LATE.
- YEAH, I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
[BOOM BOX PLAYING MUSIC]
[BOOM BOX PLAYING MUSIC]
- COULD I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE.
COULD I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE!
EXCUSE ME.
[MUSIC STOPS]
- HAVE A SEAT!
AND STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR DESKS.
[STUDENTS COMPLAINING]
- SIT DOWN.
- NEW KID.
- NICE OF YOU TO
JOIN US, MR. LINCOLN.
WHO LIKES HISTORY?
[STUDENTS MOANING]
- NO ONE?
ANYONE WANT TO CUT THIS
CLASS, JUST BLOW IT OFF?
- RIGHT HERE!
- RUNNERS. EVERYONE WANTS
TO BOLT FOR THE DOOR.
I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE A GOOD
OFFENSE, A CHALLENGE.
I LIKE TO ATTACK A GOOD
OFFENSE FACE-TO-FACE,
MOVE FOR MOVE,
MUSCLE FOR MUSCLE.
FIRST I TAKE AWAY THE RUN,
THEN I TAKE AWAY THE PASS.
YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING RATHER
GENEROUS THIS SEMESTER.
OH, I'M GONNA
TAKE AWAY THE RUN,
BUT YOU GET TO KEEP THE PASS.
MISS ALBERTSON?
- WHAT!
- SIGN YOUR NAME
AND FILL IT IN.
- FILL WHAT IN?
- IT'S A GRADE
BOOK, IS IT NOT?
- SO?
- SO WRITE IN
YOUR FINAL GRADE.
- MY FINAL GRADE?
- THIS ISN'T BRAIN
SURGERY, IS IT?
- MAN, WHAT'S THE CATCH?
- THE END OF
THE PASS, GET IT?
[STUDENTS LAUGHING]
- I MEAN WHAT'S
IT ALL ABOUT?
- DON'T EVER MISS MY CLASS.
- WHATEVER.
- DO NOT RUN.
NOT FROM HISTORY, NOT
FROM SCHOOL, NOT FROM ME,
AND NOT FROM THIS CLASS.
SHOW UP AND YOU'LL GET
THE GRADE IF YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU DO YOUR PART, I
GUARANTEE I'LL DO MINE.
- WHAT IF I MISS A DAY?
- YOUR GRADE
DROPS ONE LETTER.
- EVEN IF I'M SICK?
- YEP. SO DON'T GET SICK.
- THAT'S IT?
NO TEST? NO PAPERS?
- NO, NO, THERE WILL BE
TESTS, THERE WILL BE PAPERS,
AND THERE WILL BE
READING ASSIGNMENTS.
IF YOU COME EVERY DAY,
YOU'LL GET YOUR GRADE.
MISS ALBERTSON,
THAT'S A PENCIL.
WOULDN'T YOU RATHER USE INK?
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU
PROBABLY DON'T FEEL
WORTHY OF AN "A".
SOME OF YOU MAYBE
NEVER HAD AN "A".
SOME OF YOU MAYBE NEVER
HAD ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY
THAT'S EVER HAD AN "A" BUT
TODAY AN "A" IS YOURS.
IT'S YOURS TO HAVE, AND
IT'S ALSO YOURS TO LOSE.
I'M YOUR TEACHER.
I AM 100 PERCENT RESPONSIBLE
FOR YOU MASTERING THIS CLASS.
IF YOU SHOW UP,
I'LL DO JUST THAT.
MASTER HISTORY AND YOU
MASTER YOUR FUTURE.
CHECK UNDER THE HOOD.
CHECK OUT THE PRISONS.
LOOK WHO'S ON PROBATION.
THEY ALL FLUNKED HISTORY.
THEY FLUNKED THIS CLASS.
BUT NOT TYLER LINCOLN.
HE KNEW HIS HISTORY.
HE GOT AN "A".
HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S BEEN.
NOW HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, TYLER.
[BELL RINGING]
- READ THE FIRST 25
PAGES BEFORE TOMORROW.
THERE WILL BE A
TEN QUESTION QUIZ.
SHOW UP AND YOU'LL
GET THE GRADE.
I GUARANTEE IT!
- MR. LARKIN, I TOLD YOU
ABOUT WEARING THOSE
DIRTY SHIRTS TO SCHOOL!
WELL, MR. KNOX.
- YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
REALLY GONNA LIKE THIS.
TYLER LINCOLN'S IN MY CLASS.
SEEMS LIKE A GOOD KID.
- THEY'RE ALL GOOD KIDS.
UNTIL THEY LET GO.
UNTIL THEY STOP TRYING.
COME ON, I'LL SHOW
YOU TO YOUR OFFICE.
SO IS THE FAMILY
SETTLED IN YET?
- MOVING VAN SHOWED
UP LAST NIGHT.
- I'LL TAKE A SECOND
JOB IF I HAVE TO.
WE'RE A FAMILY, MAMA.
WE CAN MAKE IT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT
LATER TONIGHT, OKAY?
YVETTE AND I WILL
STOP BY ON OUR WAY
HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
GOTTA GO.
TALK TO YOU LATER. BYE.
- COACH!
- BOBBY, WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS THIS?
- PLAY BOOK.
CONFERENCE CHAMPS 13 OUT
OF THE LAST 16 YEARS.
STATE CHAMPS 6
YEARS IN A ROW.
COACH CARNIE'S COACHED
HERE 17 YEARS, REG.
BIG SHOES TO FILL.
THAT'S HIS PLAY BOOK.
- WHY DID HE QUIT?
- OH, YEAH, WELL, HIM AND
THE COACH FROM WASHINGTON
HIGH GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT
DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
- WHAT?
- IT'S BEEN A
BITTER RIVALRY.
CARNIE HAD HIS BOYS THROW
A CHOP BLOCK ON THEIR
ALL STATE DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
TORE THE KID'S ACL.
I GUESS THE COACHES
DECIDED TO SETTLE
THE SCORE MID FIELD.
- YOU GUYS DON'T BUY ANY
OF THIS STUFF, DO YOU?
- WOULD YOU BE
HERE IF WE DID?
- I GOTTA GO. I GOTTA
TEACH A GIRL'S P.E. CLASS.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 3:30.
DON'T BE LATE...COACH.
- YOU'RE DRAGGING.
LET'S GET A MOVE ON IT!
- COULDN'T CUT IT
IN THE NFL ANYMORE?
- YOU GOT ELECTRICITY
IN GREENBAY?
- HEY, WE GOT MORE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
THAN YOU GOT SACKS.
- GO HOME, TENNESSEE BOY.
- LET'S MOVE IT!
- WE AIN'T GOT ALL DAY.
MOVE IT UP!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, COACH.
YOU'RE UP FOR IT?
- LISTEN UP!
LISTEN!
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
MEAN WHAT YOU SAY,
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
- STILL NUMBER
ONE, MR. KNOX.
DISCIPLINE.
♪
[MUSIC]
♪
[MUSIC]
- ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- STATE CHAMPIONS.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- YOU GUYS HAVE
WON THEM ALL.
FOR WHAT? FOR A RING?
HAS ANY ONE OF YOU
BECOME A CHAMPION YET?
COACH FESS, THE
PLAQUE ON MY WALL,
COULD YOU BRING
IT TO ME, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
- SIR.
- WHO BELIEVES THIS?
TOO BAD. YOU'VE BEEN MISLED.
SOMEBODY TOOK YOU
DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
SOMEBODY SOLD YOU A HIGH
WITH NO REGARD FOR THE
CONSEQUENCES OF
THINKING SO LOW.
SOMEBODY MADE YOU
BELIEVE, CHUCKY,
THAT THE RING WAS THE THING.
YOU WANT TO BE ON
MY FOOTBALL TEAM?
- TEAM: YEAH.
- THEN YOU GOTTA
FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PATH.
YOU GOTTA FOLLOW ME
TO THE HIGH GROUND.
NOW THE PATH IS NARROW
ON THE HIGH GROUND.
YOU CAN'T JUST BLOW
THROUGH LIFE FULL SPEED
ON THE HIGH GROUND.
YOU GOTTA BREATHE SLOWLY.
YOU GOTTA THINK THINGS OUT.
YOU GOTTA TAKE LIFE ONE STEP
AT A TIME ON THE HIGH GROUND.
SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA FORGET
ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT AND START
THINKING ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY
ELSE NEEDS IF YOU WANT TO
WALK ON THE HIGH GROUND.
ANYONE TAKING ART
CLASS THIS TIME?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME SON?
- REX. REX JACKSON,
BUT MY FRIENDS
CALL ME BIG DADDY.
- TEAM: YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT, BIG DADDY.
I NEED YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR.
I WANT YOU TO PUT ON THE
FRONT OF THIS SHIRT
"THE RING AIN'T THE THING."
AND PUT ON THE BACK, "WE
GOING TO THE HIGH GROUND."
CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
- YEAH, I GOT YOU.
- BY THE WAY, MR. JACKSON
IS GONNA BE POSTING
NAMES ON MY DOOR.
NAMES OF THE PLAYERS
WHO'S GONNA MAKE
THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
- WHO'S GONNA GET CUT?
- DEPENDS.
- DEPENDS?
- DEPENDS ON WHO BUYS A
TEN DOLLAR T-SHIRT FROM
MR. JACKSON BETWEEN
NOW AND MONDAY.
[MURMURING]
TOMORROW IS FRIDAY.
PRACTICE STARTS SAME TIME.
YOU CAN HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF.
NEXT FRIDAY IS OUR FIRST
GAME, LET'S BE READY.
DO YOU HAVE A
QUARTERBACK YET, COACH?
- FINLEY, MALLORY AND
LINCOLN.
- DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
[HUMMING]
♪
I CANNOT BEAR THESE
BURDENS ALONE...
♪
IN MY DESPAIR HE...
♪
SURELY WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS ALONE...
♪
I MUST TELL JESUS...
♪
I MUST TELL JESUS...
♪
I CANNOT BEAR THESE
BURDENS ALONE...
♪
IN MY DESPAIR HE...
♪
SURELY WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS WILL HELP ME...
♪
JESUS ALONE...
- LET'S ME GUESS.
MUSIC LESSONS.
- HI, WAITING
FOR YOUR GRANDMA?
- YEAH, I MEAN YES, SIR.
- OH, YES, SIR, I LIKE THAT.
SOUTHERN ETIQUETTE.
YOU KNOW YOU COULD BE A VERY
STRONG INFLUENCE
AROUND HERE, TYLER.
- I HOPE SO, SIR.
- I WAS READING UP ON YOUR
FILES THIS AFTERNOON, THAT IS
AND YOU YOUR BROTHER TAYLOR.
I JUST WANT YOU KNOW THAT I
WAS VERY SADDENED TO
LEARN ABOUT YOUR LITTLE
BROTHER TYRONE.
I'M SURE HE MUST HAVE
LOOKED UP TO BOTH OF YOU.
- YES, SIR.
- WELL, YOU HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND, OKAY?
- THANKS, MR. OSAKI.
- THERE YOU GO, THAT'S
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GET OUT OF MY WAY.
- COME IN.
- LOOK, I WANT OUT.
THIS WHOLE THING WAS
JUST A BIG MISTAKE.
JUST TAKE THE STUFF
AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
I DON'T NEED THIS.
JUST LET ME OUT, OKAY?
PLEASE, COME ON,
JUST LET ME OUT.
- $200 A DAY,
THAT'S THE QUOTA.
THAT'S TEN PACKAGES A DAY.
I GOT 9 PACKAGES HERE.
I GUESS YOU OWE ME $20.
- I DROPPED IT.
I'LL PAY YOU BACK YOUR MONEY.
LOOK, JUST LET ME OUT, OKAY?
- OH, I'M SO SORRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT
ACCEPTING
RESIGNATIONS THIS YEAR.
- MAN!
- PERHAPS, MR. LINCOLN WOULD
BENEFIT FROM SOME
ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
- MAKE SURE HE HAS THE
NECESSARY SALES TOOLS
BEFORE HE LEAVES.
[LAUGHING]
- SO, TIME FOR TRAINING.
- STUDY HARD!
[LAUGHING]
[HITTING]
- A GOOD BUSINESSMAN ALWAYS
PROTECTS HIS TERRITORY.
GOOD LUCK, PUNK.
- TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOLOMON NORTH,
A FREE BLACK WAS CAPTURED
INTO SLAVERY AND
LATER ESCAPED.
HE WRITES IN 1841 THAT BLACKS
WERE INTENTIONALLY
DEPRIVED OF HOPE.
WE'LL SEE IF ANY OF THAT
HOLDS TRUE TODAY, AND IF SO,
WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
[BELL RINGS]
SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW.
OH, PAGES 25 THROUGH 75.
SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW.
HAVE FUN READING, I KNOW
Y'ALL LOVE HISTORY.
- YOU CAN READ IT TO US.
- HAVE YOU SEEN
TYLER LINCOLN?
- NO.
- YOU MISSED MY CLASS.
- TAKE A BEAT. IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- YOU ALWAYS RIDE TO
SCHOOL IN A VAN, SON?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
- ARE YOU IN THE GANG?
- NO.
- YOU'RE DOING DRUGS.
- NO.
- YOU'RE LYING TO ME.
LOOK, HERE'S THE DEAL.
YOU FIND REX JACKSON. YOU
GIVE THIS TO HIM.
- WHAT?
- HE'LL KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH IT.
- I DON'T GET IT, COACH.
- JUST DO IT.
- WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH THAT?
- LOOK, SON, YOU GOT 30
MINUTES TO GET
WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I
SUGGEST YOU GET GOING.
- BUT COACH.
- MOVE IT!
- WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
NEVER BEEN
CONSTIPATED BEFORE?
IT AIN'T FUN.
- NO WAY.
FESS, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS,
MAN, CHECK THAT OUT!
- I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE,
REGGIE, CHECK THIS OUT.
LOOK AT THE LAST
NAME ON THE LIST.
- LINCOLN.
- UH-HUH.
- TYLER LINCOLN.
- IT'S A MIRACLE.
THAT'S NOTHING
SHORT OF A MIRACLE.
- YEP, NOTHING
LESS THAN A MIRACLE.
- NO, NO, NO!
WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED, YOU
ATTACK THE LINE LIKE
A WILD MAN.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?
- WOOL, BRIAN WOOL.
- WOOL LIKE IN SHEEP WOOL?
- YES, SIR.
- I GUESS EVERY TEAM GOTTA
HAVE ITS WHITE SHEEP.
WOOL, SHEEP.
OH, NEVER MIND.
WHEN YOU COME OFF THE LINE,
YOU GOTTA EXPLODE
THROUGH THE MAN.
YOU GOTTA EXPLODE
THROUGH HIM.
FOLLOW THE LINE LIKE THIS,
EVERYBODY LINE UP, LINE UP!
- HEY, COACH, GET
A LOAD OF THIS.
- YOU WEREN'T OUT HERE
LAST WEEK, WERE YOU SON?
- NO, SIR.
- WHAT ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE TODAY?
- I OWE RICK $20, BUT
WE MADE A SPECIAL DEAL.
- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- WILLIE BUT MY FRIENDS
CALL ME HAYSTACK.
- YOU EVER PLAY THE
OFFENSIVE LINE, HAYSTACK?
- TYLER, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- SON, YOU THINK
YOU CAN BLOCK ME?
- I'LL TRY.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
- SORRY COACH.
[LAUGHING]
- THE KID CAN HIT.
- REACH DOWN, REACH DOWN
INSIDE AND FIND THAT CHAMP
THAT'S BEEN SLEEPING WITHIN
YOU FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
WAKE HIM UP, WAKE HER UP.
STOP POINTING YOUR LITTLE
PATHETIC FINGERS AND START
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HISTORY.
TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE.
LET'S GO OUT TO
THE NEXT CENTURY.
USE YOUR GOD GIVEN ABILITY
AND YOUR GOD GIVEN TALENT TO
TAKE US ON INTO
THE NEXT CENTURY.
STAND WITH ME.
STAND WITH ME.
STAND WITH ME, BROTHERS.
STAND WITH ME, SISTER.
STAND WITH ME, STAND WITH ME!
- WAIT, Y'ALL HEAR THAT?
THEY'RE PROBABLY KILLING HIM.
- STAND WITH ME!
STAND WITH ME!
[APPLAUSE]
[BELL RINGS]
- I FIGURED IT OUT.
STONE NUMBER TWO IS HERITAGE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS HERITAGE.
- YEAH.
- YOU CAN'T KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HERITAGE, HERITAGE.
- YEAH.
- HEY, T? T?
- WHAT?
- GOOD PRACTICE, HUH?
- YEAH, I GUESS.
- LISTEN, I THINK IT'S
PRETTY COOL THAT YOU'RE ON
THE TEAM AND ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE
WHEN WE WERE
LITTLE, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.
EXCEPT FOR THE OLD MAN ISN'T
BEATING ME, TYRONE ISN'T
CRYING AND MOM'S
NOT ON DRUGS.
JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
ARE YOU DOING ALL RIGHT, T.?
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, MAN.
- I WAS JUST TRYING
TO BE A BROTHER.
- WELL, BACK OFF!
I'M SORRY, MAN.
- HEY, I WAS THINKING UNCLE
BOBBY WAS THE BOMB BACK
IN THE DAY, HUH?
- WHAT?
- UNCLE BOBBY.
236 YARDS RUSHING
AGAINST UCLA.
- GET OUT OF HERE.
- CHECK IT OUT.
FIVE TOUCH DOWNS AGAINST
CAL, AND HE STILL LOST.
- THAT'S CRAZY.
- OUR FIRST GAME'S
COMING UP, ARE YOU READY?
- I AIN'T GONNA GET TO PLAY.
- MAYBE NOT, BUT WE'LL BE
OUT THERE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, TOGETHER.
- COACH SAYS YOU MIGHT BE
THIRD STRING QUARTERBACK.
FINLEY'S GOT THE
FLU, SO WHO KNOWS?
- WHO KNOWS?
WAS UNCLE BOB REALLY
THAT GOOD IN COLLEGE?
- NOBODY RAN THE
QUARTERBACK OPTION BETTER.
IT STARTS WITH THE EYES,
THEN THE HEAD FAKE.
FIRST YOU TAKE THE
SNAP AND PULL OUT.
FIND THE LINEBACKER.
STARE AT HIM AS YOU'RE
RUNNING FROM EAST TO WEST.
LET HIM SEE THE BALL.
SNAP YOUR HEAD TOWARDS THE
EYE BACK AND FAKE THE PITCH.
HIDE THE BALL ON YOUR HIP,
BUT DON'T LOSE EYE CONTACT.
SEE, THE LINEBACKER SHIFTS
HIS WEIGHT TO THE OUTSIDE.
HE'S THINKING HE CAN
INTERCEPT THE PITCH.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
YOU SEE IT.
A HOLE AS BIG AS
THE GRAND CANYON.
BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A FRACTION
OF A SECOND, SO YOU RUN.
YOUR LUNGS ARE ON FIRE,
YOUR FEET ARE FLYING.
YOU RUN LIKE THE WIND.
YOU WANT TO RUN WITH
THE COACH TOMORROW?
- I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN,
HE SAID IT WAS OPTIONAL.
- OPTIONAL MEANS BE THERE.
- I GOT HOMEWORK,
OTHER THINGS TO DO.
- WHATEVER.
♪
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
- TYLER, NO!
WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME, GOD?
WHAT?
♪
A BAND OF ANGELS
COMING FOR ME...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
♪
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT...
♪
COMING FOR TO
CARRY ME HOME...
[SHEEP BLEETING]
[LION ROARING]
- NO, NO!
- HONEY, HONEY, IT'S OKAY,
YOU WERE JUST DREAMING.
[BANGS ON DOOR]
- COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT.
NO ONE WANTS TO COMMIT.
COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT!
- GENTLEMEN, YOU FOUND
YOUR STONE, COMMITMENT.
- COMMITMENT!
- FORM A LINE, LET'S GO.
STAY BEHIND ME,
STAY BEHIND ME!
[CHANTING]
[CHANTING]
- COACH, HEY, BABY, ALL THE
GUYS ARE READY TO
TAKE THE FIELD.
- BOBBY, SIT DOWN WITH ME.
- ALL RIGHT, I
KNOW YOU'RE NERVOUS.
- MORE LIKE AN
EXPECTANT FATHER.
KIND OF REMINDS ME
OF MY DAYS AT U. T.
- YEAH, EXCEPT YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GO OUT AND
FACE BEAR BRYANT.
GRANT HIGH IS TOUGH, AND BUT
THEY AIN'T THE TIDE, MAN.
- YEAH, ALL RIGHT, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING ME HERE, MAN. I
GOTTA ASK YOU SOMETHING.
- SHOOT.
- WHY DIDN'T
YOU TAKE THE JOB? WHY ME?
- I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M
JUST AFRAID OF FAILURE, MAN.
YOU KNOW ME.
EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE
KID, EVERYTHING I TRIED JUST
DIDN'T TURN OUT THE
WAY I PLANNED IT.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY HERO.
YEAH, THE OLDER KID
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST EVERYBODY
LOOKED UP TO YOU.
I THINK GOD PUT US TOGETHER
SO YOU COULD MAYBE SHOW ME
HOW TO BE A CHAMPION, TOO,
LIKE YOU DID THESE KIDS.
- BOBBY.
- I'M SERIOUS.
- A CHAMPION IS NEVER
AFRAID OF FAILURE.
COME ON, WE GOT A GAME.
- HEY, HEY, HEY.
YOU'RE THE NEW COACH.
TOLD YOU.
- TOLD YOU.
- FIRST GAME?
- 20 MINUTES TO KICK OFF.
- 20 MINUTES.
- YEP.
- BEEN HERE 17 YEARS.
BURT'S BEEN HERE THREE.
- WELL, OKAY, I GUESS I
GOTTA GET GOING,
WE GOT A GAME.
- TRY TO TALK WITH COACH
CARNIE EVERY YEAR, BUT NO,
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME.
- NOPE.
- MY SON AND I INVENTED A
FOOTBALL PLAY A
FEW YEARS AGO, HERE.
TAKE A LOOK.
- 1979?
- YEAH, COACH CARNIE
WAS A BUSY FELLOW.
- BUSY, BUSY, BUSY GUY.
- I CALL IT THE
LEFT COAST SPECIAL.
- LOOKS LIKE THE
CORNER BACK OPTION.
- YEAH, WELL, THAT'S
THE OTHER NAME.
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
TWO NAMES, YOU KNOW?
- WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.
TAKE CARE.
- ALL RIGHT, HEY,
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
- HEY, BURT, YOU GOT A
PRETTY GOOD ARM, DON'T YOU?
- I COULD HAVE PLAYED.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
HEY, FINISH THE SWEEPING.
I GOTTA GO CHANGE
THE URINAL MINTS.
- ALL RIGHT,
GUYS, LISTEN UP!
LISTEN UP!
THE TRUE MARK OF A CHAMPION
IS NOT WHAT HE KEEPS, IT'S
WHAT HE GIVES AWAY TO OTHERS.
TONIGHT, THE GAME BALL
GOES TO TAYLOR LINCOLN.
LAST YEAR HE WAS ALL CITY
IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
THIS YEAR, HE'S ALL CHAMPION
IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
[APPLAUSE]
- UH, THANKS.
I AIN'T MUCH FOR SPEECHES,
BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE
CHAMPION, I WANT TO GIVE THIS
GAME BALL TO SOMEONE WHO
MEANS MORE TO ME THAN...
WELL, HE'S ALL I GOT
LEFT IN THIS WORLD.
I HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN
A GREAT FRIEND TO HIM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TALK
TO HIM ANYMORE,
BUT I LOVE HIM.
COACH, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH
YOU, I'D LIKE TO GIVE TONIGHT
TO'S GAME BALL TO MY
LITTLE BROTHER, TYLER.
- WHAT'S UP, CHUCKIE.
[GUNSHOT]
- EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT?
- TYLER!
TYLER!
- IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT?
EVERYBODY...
OH, MY GOD!
[PHONE RINGS]
- CROSSROADS COFFEE
HOUSE, MAY I HELP YOU?
JUST A SECOND.
ESTHER!
YOU GOT A CALL.
- ESTHER, I'M DR.
RICHARDSON,
THIS IS DR. WALKER.
- MA'AM.
- WE'VE GOT A
VERY SERIOUS --
- IS HE GOING TO LIVE?
- I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.
HE'S A TOUGH KID.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN DO FOR HIM.
HE SUFFERED A VERY SEVERE
SPINAL CORD INJURY.
- COMA'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR
AN INJURY OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
SINCE HE CAN'T BREATHE ON HIS
OWN, WE'LL HAVE TO PERFORM
SURGERY TO REPAIR THE NERVES
THAT CONTROL THE LUNGS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET
THE BULLET OUT.
[CRYING]
- WILL HE WALK AGAIN?
- I DON'T KNOW.
[CRYING]
- HOW'S THE KID DOING?
- NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.
- ANYONE SEE WHO SHOT HIM?
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
THE GUN WENT OFF
ACCIDENTALLY.
- IT'S MORE THAN AN ACCIDENT
WHEN A GUN GOES OFF IN A HIGH
SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM, COACH!
IT'S A FELONY,
MAYBE EVEN MURDER.
DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT?
- TYLER, TYLER LINCOLN.
- HIS BROTHER?
- LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHY
TYLER HAD A GUN IN HIS
BOOK BAG, BUT HE DID.
- DID ANYONE TELL
THE GRANDMOTHER?
- NO.
- WHAT TIME IS IT?
- IT'S ALMOST 7.
TAYLOR JUST GOT
OUT OF SURGERY?
- AND?
- WELL, HE'S BREATHING ON
HIS OWN, BUT HE'S STILL
IN A COMA.
THEY'RE TAKING HIM TO
I. C. U. RIGHT NOW.
- YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED THIS
MUCH ATTENTION, I'D HAVE
SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE.
TAKE CARE OF THAT KID.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
HEY, BABY.
[MAKING TRAIN NOISES]
- I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT,
REG, IT'S TIME, MAN, IT'S TIME.
- BOBBY, WE'RE
GOING TO FIND HIM.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- LOOK, I GOT AN IDEA.
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT?
WHEN DO WE LEAVE?
- NO, BOBBY, YOU STAY
HERE WITH YOUR MAMA.
- WHAT?
- BOBBY, YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU.
TAYLOR NEEDS YOU.
BESIDES, MR. OSAKI PROMISED
HE WOULD PROTECT ME.
I JUST MIGHT TAKE THE
LITTLE GUY UP ON IT.
- WHERE IS HE?
- HE'S DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CAR
WAITING ON ME. I GOTTA GO.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
- JUST TRUST ME, MAN.
I'LL FIND HIM. I PROMISE.
- CALL THE POLICE,
I'M GOING AFTER TYLER.
- GOOD LUCK.
- WHAT'S THAT?
- RIGHT HERE.
PICK A POINT THREE, THURSDAY.
- RIGHT HERE.
PICK A POINT THREE, THURSDAY.
8 O'CLOCK.
MAKE SURE IT'S DARK.
COMPLETELY DARK.
- WHAT ABOUT THE KID?
- HMMM.
SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
[VAN DOORS SLAM CLOSED]
- LET'S GET UP.
[LOUD CLANKING SOUND]
[MUSIC]
[METAL CLANKING
ON THE GROUND]
[MUSIC]
- UNDER THE TARP.
[VAN DOOR SLAMS]
- OFF SIDES.
PENALTY IS DEATH.
[LAUGHING]
BROTHER, YOU'LL
DROP THE BUCKET.
TAKE CARE OF THE KID.
WELL THERE, MR. KNOX,
HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
HAVING A VERY GOOD DAY,
DOES IT?
[LAUGHING]
OOH!
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[VAN DOOR SLAMS OPEN]
- AH!
OH.
AH.
[VAN DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- LITTLE FRIEND?
COME ON, LITTLE FRIEND.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- PEEK A BOO!
[LAUGHING]
COACH KNOX.
THE HERO FROM GREEN BAY.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A HERO.
I THINK YOU GOT CUT.
SO NOW YOU'RE HERE
TO SAVE THE BOY.
TOO LATE FOR EVERYTHING.
I HAD A GOOD BUSINESS HERE.
THIS IS A GOOD TOWN.
IT WAS MAKING ME MONEY.
AND YOU HAD TO SCREW
EVERYTHING UP.
COACH KNOX, YOU'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR THAT.
IN PAIN.
YOU WANT TO DANCE?
WE'RE GOING TO DANCE.
[UNCOCKS GUN]
[MUSIC]
[LAUGHING]
- BOO!
- UGH!
[LAUGHING]
- COME ON, COACH!
COME ON, HERO.
[GRUNTING AND GASPING]
READY FOR PAIN?
IS THE PAIN WORTH IT?
IT SHOULD BE, HERO.
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
AH.
- I'M SO TIRED OF YOU!
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[CAR STARTS]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[LOUDLY CRASHES THROUGH WALL]
[TIRES SQUEALING AWAY]
- DO YOU HAVE TYLER?
- HE WAS IN THE VAN.
MR. KNOX!
LET THE POLICE
HANDLE IT FROM HERE.
MR. KNOX!
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
- QQD242.
- IT'S HIM!
IT'S HIM!
- NO.
I'M THE GOOD GUY.
- WHERE ARE WE GOING?
- WE'RE GOING
TO THE MOUNTAINS.
- I'M JUST A
PARK RANGER, MAN!
- I NEED YOUR HELP.
HEY, GET ON THE BOAT!
GET ON THE BOAT.
LET'S GO!
[MUSIC]
[AXE CRACKS THROUGH WOOD]
[AXE CRACKS THROUGH WOOD]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CLAPS HANDS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- BY 8 O'CLOCK THURSDAY
NIGHT EVERYTHING MUST GO.
PRICES ARE GOING TO BE
SLASHED TO THE BONE.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY, REALLY LUCKY
YOU'RE FRIEND WILL SHOW
UP, TOO.
THEN I CAN HAVE
A 2 FOR 1 SALE.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- HELLO?
[CONTINUES KNOCKING]
HELLO?
[MUSIC]
- IT'S RABBIT.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY.
[MUSIC]
[LAUGHING]
EAT UP BECAUSE I GOT A
CHOPPER TO CATCH IN 3 HOURS.
[DOOR CREEKS OPEN]
[COYOTE HOWLS]
[SNORING]
[SNORING]
[FROGS CROAKING]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
[SLEEPING BAG UNZIPPING]
[SNORING CONTINUES]
- THERE'S A CABIN
OVER THE RIDGE.
WAIT FOR ME THERE.
[COFFEE POT RATTLES]
[TENT UNZIPS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AAH!
[MUSIC]
[WOOD BREAKING]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- AH!
- I LET YOU LIVE
THE FIRST TIME.
THIS TIME I'M
PLAYING FOR KEEPS.
- AAH!
[LAUGHING]
- HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
- THAT WAS A NICE ONE.
- AAH!
AAH!
OH!
[CRICKETS CHIRPING,
FROGS CROAKING]
- HEY, PATOLLA?
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?
IT'S 4TH AND 1.
FIVE SECONDS LEFT IN
THE 4TH QUARTER.
YOU SCORE, YOU WIN.
BUT THERE'S ONE PROBLEM.
I RUN TO MY SIDE.
[GRUNTING AND GROANING]
- GIVING DRUGS TO KIDS?
WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU?
YOU'RE A COWARD.
YOU'RE A COWARD.
YOU'RE A COWARD.
[GRUNTING AND GROANING]
[MUSIC]
- HELLO, EVERYBODY.
THE PORTLAND BOARD OF
EDUCATION TODAY ANNOUNCED THE
SUSPENSION OF REGGIE KNOX,
KNOX, THE ALMOST CERTAIN HALL
OF FAMER FROM THE GREEN BAY
PACKERS HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR SIX DAYS.
AUTHORITIES WON'T SAY WHETHER
OR NOT HE'S INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING OF CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT, TAYLOR LINCOLN.
- I GUESS WE NEED TO GO
BACK AND FACE EVERYTHING.
ALL RIGHT?
- EVERYTHING
WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
- NO. EVERYTHING ISN'T
GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
I ALMOST GOT BOTH OF
US KILLED OUT HERE.
I'M 16 YEARS OLD AND I'VE
ALREADY SCREWED UP MY WHOLE
ENTIRE LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME, COACH.
I KEEP HAVING THIS DREAM LIKE
I'M GOING TO --MAYBE I'M
BETTER OFF LIKE TYRONE.
- YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I BELIEVE.
- DAVID FACED
THE GIANT TWO TIMES.
HE STOPPED BY A
STREAM ONE DAY.
PICKED UP FIVE LITTLE STONES.
FIVE LITTLE STONES.
GAVE GOD SOMETHING
TO WORK WITH.
[STONES SPLASHING
IN THE WATER]
CONCENTRATE ON THE
FIVE LITTLE STONES.
GOD WILL DO THE REST.
[MUSIC]
- COACH?
- WHAT?
- YOU JUST THREW AWAY
MY FIVE LITTLE STONES.
- HERE YOU GO, CHAMP.
NOW LET'S GO GET YOU A GIANT.
- WELL, HE'S ALL YOURS NOW.
- ALL RIGHT.
I GOT HIM.
I'M A HERO!
I'M THE MAN.
I GOT MY MAN
AND I'M THE MAN!
I TOLD YOU I'M A RANGER.
DIDN'T I TELL
Y'ALL I'M A RANGER?
I'M A RANGER.
COME ON. LET'S GO!
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
GOT NOTHING TO SAY?
[LAUGHING]
YOU NEED A RANGER.
NOTHING LIKE A RANGER.
- DON'T YOU PUSH ME.
- THAT'S RIGHT. I'M A HERO NOW!
I'M THE MAN.
I'M THE MAN.
YES, YES, YES.
- LINCOLN HAS BEEN WHEELCHAIR
BOUND SINCE THE SEPTEMBER
SHOOTING BUT DOCTORS ARE
OPTIMISTIC THAT HE MAY WALK
AGAIN SOME DAY.
- NOT EVEN A GIANT, COACH.
NOT EVEN A GIANT COULD
KEEP A CHAMPION DOWN.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
MY BROTHER IS ALL RIGHT!
YEAH. YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- YEAH.
PORTLAND IS ONLY
300 MILES AWAY.
- A PERSON COULD DRIVE
A FEW MILES TONIGHT.
- YEAH, I EXPECT SO.
COULD FIND A HOTEL AND ALL
YOU CAN EAT STEAK BUFFET.
- I COULD GET
A NIGHT'S SLEEP.
I SUPPOSE A PERSON COULD
MAKE IT BACK TO PORTLAND
BY GAME TIME?
- OF COURSE THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.
- A KID TO BE READY TO PLAY
IN THAT GAME TO HONOR
HIS BROTHER.
- BUT THE COACH WOULD HAVE TO
SET UP SOME TYPE OF IMPROMPTU
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THOUGH.
LET'S GO!
- ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
- NO.
- DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT OFF?
- TAKE MY LEGS.
TAKE MY FOOTBALL DREAMS.
JUST GIVE ME MY BROTHER BACK.
[CROWD CHEERS]
[CROWD CHEERS]
- WELL, THERE'S TOO MUCH
TO EXPLAIN, MR. KNOX.
TOO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
- I TOLD YOU I CAME
HERE TO BUILD CHAMPIONS.
I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO
BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR.
BUT IT WAS YOU, YOU MR. OSAKI
WHO TOLD ME TO TAKE 5 LITTLE
STONES AND BUILD A
FOUNDATION FIRST.
DISCIPLINE.
HERITAGE.
COURAGE.
DEDICATION.
SO I ASK YOU, I BEG EACH ONE
OF YOU, SHOW US YOUR HONOR.
PLEASE.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT
TEAR THE CASTLE DOWN NOW.
[CROWD CHEERS IN
THE DISTANCE]
[UNFOLDING VOTES]
[UNFOLDING VOTES]
- WELL, 2 TO 2.
I GUESS IT'S UP TO ME.
ALL RIGHT.
HE CAN SUIT UP AND STAND ON
THE SIDELINES, BUT I PREFER HE
NOT PLAY.
AND AS FOR YOU, COACH KNOX,
YOU ARE NO LONGER COACH OF
THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
YOU ARE SUSPENDED, SIR.
I'M SORRY BUT I DON'T HAVE
ANY POWER TO CHANGE THAT.
- WE'RE GOING TO
KICK YOUR BUTT.
- I GUESS WE'LL
SEE THEN, WON'T WE?
- GOOD EVENING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR PRE GAME CEREMONY FOR THIS
EVENING IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MIRACLE.
THREE WEEKS AGO SOMETHING
TERRIBLE HAPPENED AT THIS
HIGH SCHOOL.
[GASPS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERS]
- ALL RIGHT!
LET'S PLAY SOME BALL!
[CROWD CHEERS]
- FIN! FINLEY, GIVE
ME A TIME OUT.
GIVE ME A TIME OUT.
REF! COME ON.
- TIME OUT! THIS
IS YOUR LAST TIME OUT, COACH.
[CROWD MURMURS]
[CROWD MURMURS]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
- HUDDLE UP.
- TRY THIS. TRY THIS.
THIS JUST MIGHT WORK.
- TYLER?
- YEAH, COACH?
- I NEED YOU TO RUN
THE OPTION TO THE LEFT.
PITCH TO FINLEY.
LET THE LINEBACKER
TAKE YOU DOWN.
- I DON'T THINK I CAN, COACH.
- JUST USE A
DELAYED SECOND HUT.
- GO.
- GO GET THEM, CHAMP.
- GO.
- GO!
[CROWD CHEERING]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
[CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
- HE'LL BE HERE SOON.
- AT 9.
- HE TOLD ME 8.
- AT 9, GIRL.
GOTTA GO.
JEREMY, TIME TO LEAVE.
[PIANO MUSIC SOFTLY PLAYS]
- WELL?
- WHAT?
- DID YOU TELL HIM?
- TELL ME WHAT?
- I ALMOST FORGOT.
COACH FESS, ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION I'M VERY
VERY PROUD TO GIVE YOU THIS.
LISTEN, IT'S THE HEAD
COACH'S POSITION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MEET YOU OUTSIDE.
[LAUGHS]
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I'LL CATCH THE GIRLS.
[MUSIC]
- HEY, YOU TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO
WORK HARD ON THIS.
THE STRENGTH WILL COME BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, COACH.
- YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
HEY, HERE.
I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
- THE ROCKS.
THANKS, COACH.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
HEY, YOU'RE A REAL
CHAMPION, TYLER.
REAL CHAMPION.
[MUSIC]
- IT'S OFFICIAL.
BOBBY FESS THE R IS THE HEAD
COACH OF PORTLAND CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
- REGGIE, I DON'T FEEL
LIKE I DESERVE IT, MAN.
- NO ONE IN THE WORLD
DESERVES IT MORE.
GOOD THINGS ARE GOING
TO HAPPEN FOR YOU, BOBBY FESS.
I DO BELIEVE GOOD THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
- TAKE CARE.
- THANK YOU MR. --
- BRADLEY.
- MR. OSAKI, I'M SORRY.
- SORRY?
FOR WHAT?
- I FAILED YOU.
- WEREN'T YOUR PRAYERS ALL
ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
WEREN'T YOU THE ONE
LOOKING FOR LOST SHEEP?
- I WAS.
- WELL, I THINK YOUR
PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I THINK YOU FOUND YOUR SHEEP.
[CROWD CHANTS REGGIE!
REGGIE! REGGIE!]
[CROWD CHANTS REGGIE!
REGGIE! REGGIE!]
[TRAIN HORN BLARES]
- HEY, DAD, YOU'VE HAD A
PRETTY ROUGH SUMMER, HUH?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- WELL, FIRST
YOU QUIT FOOTBALL.
THEN YOU GOT THROWN
OUT OF SCHOOL.
- YEAH. I GUESS SO.
- SO WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?
- BACK TO GREEN BAY, SON.
GOT SOME UNFINISHED
BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.
GOTTA BEAT THE COWBOYS.
- STAND BY AND
-- - THANK GOD.
- SING ROW, ROW,
ROW, YOUR BOAT.
- NO, WE'RE NOT.
♪ ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- OK. CLOSE THE DOOR.
- AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES YOU KNOW.
- FURTHER BACK.
AND ACTION!
[LAUGHING]
- STAND BY AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES, YOU KNOW.
- AND STEP BACK.
ONE MORE TIME AND EVEN BIGGER.
AND ACTION!
- A PLAY CAN HAVE
2 NAMES -- YOU KNOW.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC]
AND ACTION!
BIG SMILES.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC]
- TODAY --
- CUT!
- COACHES, FELLOW PLAYERS,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY MY TEAM --
- CUT!
- TAKE IT! READY?
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
G
ENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- WHERE DID YOU
COME FROM, BIG FELLA?
[LAUGHING]
[TEAM CHANTS DRILL]
[TEAM CHANTS DRILL]
- TAKE 4, MARK.
AND ACTION!
- BUSY BUSY BUSY GUY.
- AND AGAIN.
JUST DELIVER THE LINES
TO THE TOILET PAPER.
- OH, OK.
DON'T LOOK AT YOU.
- THAT'S FINE.
ACTION!
[LAUGHING]
GO FOR IT NOW.
ACTION.
- BUSY BUSY BUSY GUY.
- HIT IT!
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
G
ENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS]
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS]
- LET'S RAP.
♪
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT ...
♪
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ...
♪
MERRILY MERRILY
MERRILY MERRILY ...
♪
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM ...
- HOW WAS THAT, PAUL?
[LAUGHING]
♪
AMAZING GRACE ...
♪
HOW SWEET THE SOUND ...
♪
THAT SAVED A WRETCH
LIKE ME ...
♪
I ONCE WAS LOST ...
♪
BUT NOW I'M FOUND ...
♪
WAS BLIND, BUT
NOW I SEE ...
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]