Leatherheads (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.1/10   

Réalisateur:

George Clooney

Writers (WGA):

Duncan Brantley (written by) &
Rick Reilly (written by)

Release Date:

4 avril 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Romance | Sport

Accroche:

In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren't any.

Plot:

A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée.

Plot Keywords:

Stadium | 1920s | War Hero | Coach | Soldier

Awards:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Really enjoyable, with genuine laughs

Ensemble

John Krasinski	...	Carter Rutherford
David de Vries	...	Princeton Reporter #1 (as David DeVries)
Rick Forrester	...	Princeton Reporter #2
Craig S. Harper	...	Princeton Reporter #3 (as Craig Harper)
George Clooney	...	Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
Malcolm Goodwin	...	Bakes
Matt Bushell	...	Curly
Tommy Hinkley	...	Hardleg
Tim Griffin	...	Ralph
Robert Baker	...	Stump
Nick Paonessa	...	Zoom
Lance Barber	...	Toledo Referee
Wayne Duvall	...	Coach Frank Ferguson
Nicholas Bourdages	...	Bug
Jason Drago	...	Toledo Player

Autre(s) titre(s):

Ein verlockendes Spiel (Germany)
Double jeu (Canada: French title) [fr]
Jeux de dupes (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

USA | Germany

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Ireland:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44052) | Germany:6 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Casey Silver Productions

Anecdotes:

The script was written back in 1993. The writers brought it to the attention of Steven Soderbergh who then took it to the then president of production at Universal Pictures, Casey Silver. It went into script limbo after Silver left the studio to become an independent producer. Soderbergh then came back and brought Clooney along to make the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: This movie takes place in 1925. The idea of an annual college draft in the NFL was not proposed until 1935 and wasn't put in effect until 1936.

Guillemet:

Lexie Littleton: What I want to know is why you chose to come in here from the lobby, where you obviously had business, to sit next to me and listen to my conversation. Tell me, or are you afraid to say?
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly: I'm not afraid to say it. I'm in love with Leonard. Go ahead and laugh, everyone does. We had something beautiful until you came along. You think you can just toss him away like a sack of flour?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)

Soundtrack:

Variety Stomp

Really enjoyable, with genuine laughs

Leatherheads is a highly enjoyable movie, full of period-era sets and language that throws you back into the days during World War II- though it doesn't completely set you back in that day, as George Clooney and John Krasinski still act in a way that tries to be throwback, but remains modern.

With that said, there are plenty of enjoyable laughs in this movie, with a decent mix of football action and an intriguing romantic triangle. Perhaps there could have been a little more football, but at its expense came plenty of laughs and really good scenes between Clooney-Krasinski, Clooney-Renee Zellwinger, and Krasinski-Zellwinger.

It's interesting to see how professional football, and professional sports in general, were treated back in the days when other professions paid more. The 40's-style music sets the audience back into that period, if to a fault.

All of the actors really bring a good game to this movie, which surprised me in that it wasn't as much about football as I expected, but about the falsities of supposed war heroes, heroes that a country needed to believe in at that time (and still does).

I recommended this movie, co-written by acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly for both fans of sports history, and for those looking for good laughs that throws you back into an earlier day.