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About
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Theatrical
Feb 18, 1994
Box Office
$26.0M
Budget
$35.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 29, 2005
Director
William Friedkin
Producers
Michele Rappaport, Wolfgang Glattes, Ron Shelton
Music
Jeff Beck
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Themes
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Quotes
See all →The Cost of Winning at Any Price
Taglines
If You're Going To Win At Any Cost, Be Prepared To Pay The Price
The Cost of Victory
Taglines
Victory Doesn't Come Cheap
Coach Denies Rumor About Player's Car Deal
Ed Axley
Coach?
Pete Bell
Yeah.
Ed Axley
Uh, I gotta ask this question or I wouldn't be doing my job. Would you care to comment on the rumor that you arranged for an automobile to be purchased for Neon Bodeaux?
Pete Bell
Y'know, uh, y'know, Ed, you gotta get your mind outta the gutter. You know, you, you just gotta start thinking straight! I mean, it's right there in front of you! For crissake, it wasn't an automobile, I mean, it was a fully loaded Lexus! The damn car had everything. It had everything, didn't it Happy? It was fully loaded, wasn't it?
[pauses for a moment; nervous laughter from the press]
Happy
No, no, Coach, it was a nuclear surfboard, remember?
Pete Bell
Y'know, and the damn thing of it is, Ed, is that, you know Neon, he didn't want it. He didn't want the car, he didn't want it. He didn't ask for anything. But, y'know, he wasn't for sale. But we, we got it for him anyway. I mean, and I think, personally, that it would've been a helluva deal, a good price. I mean, uh, I mean, what did Neon do tonight, does anybody know? How many boards did Neon have tonight?
Journalist
Thirteen.
Pete Bell
Thirteen? Thirteen boards? Well, there you are. It would have been a helluva deal. Can you imagine? Can you imagine what Neon would've done if we'd have tried to give him a Ferrari? I mean, for crissake! He might have scored forty or fifty points! I mean, who knows? Who knows what he would have done for a Ferrari? Naw, y'know Neon, he, he didn't take anything. He didn't want anything. Some of the others did, didn't they Happy?
[more nervous laughing from the crowd]
Discussion on SAT Scores and Expectations
Slick
I'm not going to bullshit you Pete. He ain't no brain surgeon all right. He took the SAT recently and scored a 520 out of a possible 1600.
[about Neon]
Pete Bell
520? You get 400 for just spelling your name correctly.
Slick
That's it, he messed up on his name.
Cast
Full credits →N
Nick Nolte
Pete
S
Shaquille O'Neal
Neon
M
Mary McDonnell
Jenny
E
Ed O'Neill
Ed
J
J.T. Walsh
Happy
A
Alfre Woodard
Lavada McRae
P
Penny Hardaway
Butch
R
Robert Wuhl
Marty
B
Bob Cousy
Vic
C
Cylk Cozart
Slick
A
Anthony C. Hall
Tony
K
Kevin Benton
Jack
B
Bill Cross
Freddie
M
Marques Johnson
Mel
B
Bobby Knight
Himself
R
Rick Pitino
Himself
L
Larry Bird
Himself
N
Nigel Miguel
Dolphin
J
Jim Beaver
Ricky's Father
T
Tony Gonzalez
Dolphins Mascot
