Leatherheads (2008)

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 | Athlete | Profanity | Press Conference | American Football

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A slapstick comedy that is cute and enjoyable to watch

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Ensemble

George Clooney	...	Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
Renée Zellweger	...	Lexie Littleton
John Krasinski	...	Carter Rutherford
Jonathan Pryce	...	C.C. Frazier
Stephen Root	...	Suds
Wayne Duvall	...	Coach Frank Ferguson
Keith Loneker	...	Big Gus Schiller
Malcolm Goodwin	...	Bakes
Matt Bushell	...	Curly
Tommy Hinkley	...	Hardleg
Tim Griffin	...	Ralph
Robert Baker	...	Stump
Nick Paonessa	...	Zoom
Nicholas Bourdages	...	Bug
Jack Thompson	...	Harvey

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Double jeu (Canada: French title) [fr]
Jeux de dupes (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Durée:

USA:114 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

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

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Casey Silver Productions

Anecdotes:

Carter Rutherford is loosely based on the real life football star Red Grange. His agent in the movie, C.C. Frazier, is based on his real life agent C.C. Pyle.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end of the movie, the series of newspaper headlines state some related information, but all of the articles contain generic paragraphs, none of which have anything to do with the headline or the plot.

Guillemet:

Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly: You're only as young as the woman you feel.

Connexions De Film:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-05)" (2008)

A slapstick comedy that is cute and enjoyable to watch

(Synopsis) Jimmy "Dodge" Connelly (George Clooney) is the team captain of the Bulldogs in the struggling pro football league in 1925. The entire pro football league is in danger of collapsing, one team at a time, and his team is next. Dodge gets an idea of saving the team by recruiting a college football star who fills the college stadium with over 45,000 cheering fans. With the lure of big money, Dodge is able to convince Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) to drop out of college and join the team. Carter is not only a star football player who can outrun his completion, but he is also a national war hero of WWI who single-handedly captured a platoon of German soldiers. Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) is a newspaper journalist assigned to get Carter's real inside story about the capture of the German soldiers. To get the story, Lexie must travel with the team, and in time, both Carter and Dodge fall for her. Only one will win her love as the fourth quarter comes to an end.

(My Comment) George Clooney not only starred in this slapstick comedy, he also directed it. The movie may not win any awards, but it is enjoyable to watch. Since the movie took place in 1925, the writers took us back to that time, and slapstick was the rule. If you let yourself go and get into the movie, you will actually get the feel of that era. George is very talented, but I don't think he has a flair for comedy. Renee Zellweger and George share a chemistry together that works well for this movie. You may think this is a chick flick, but you would be somewhat wrong. The love angle doesn't really get going until the end. You will love the way they play pro football with very few rules, especially, the last game that is played in the mud. This is a cute movie, and I know they had a lot of fun making it, because it shows. (Universal Pictures, Run Time 1:54, Rated PG-13)(7/10)