The best of times movie

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. Reno Hightower : She's gonna leave me as soon as I fix her car. Jack Dundee : you gonna fix it?

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The best of times movie

The Best of Times is a American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode , written by Ron Shelton and starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game. Jack Dundee is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield , that ended in a scoreless tie. Since that game, Jack has found it impossible to forget what happened. He works for his father-in-law, the Colonel, Bakersfield's biggest supporter, and who reminds him of it almost daily. Thirteen years later, Reno Hightower, quarterback of the fateful game, is a financially struggling van specialist in debted to Jack's bank. His wife, Gigi, leaves him yet again, citing their rut as the reason. She dreams of going to Los Angeles to get discovered. Using an odd-sounding engine as an excuse to visit Reno's garage so that he can give it a temporary fix, Jack borrows an old car to visit a "massage expert" on the edge of town. Darla listens while he laments that game, which he is convinced hangs over him like a dark cloud. She suggests that he replay the game. Jack approaches the Colonel to propose the rematch, and he accepts on Bakersfield's behalf. At home, his wife, Elly, tries to use emotional blackmail by depriving him of sex to persuade him to give up his plan to redo the game.

Jackie Mason also appears.

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Emmet Walsh Donovan Scott R. Bumstead Robert Dickman Tracey Gold. James Dyer Harry V. Charles F. Dick Warlock Rick Avery. Kings Road Entertainment Universal Pictures.

The best of times movie

Sign In. Edit The Best of Times Jack Dundee Kurt Russell Reno Hightower Pamela Reed Gigi Hightower Holly Palance Elly Dundee Donald Moffat The Colonel Margaret Whitton Darla M.

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Thirteen years later, Reno Hightower, quarterback of the fateful game, is a financially struggling van specialist in debted to Jack's bank. Donovan Scott Eddie. I'm not a big fan of his, but I'm sure fans of his would really like this as well. January 31, The New York Times. Sign In Sign In. The big game defines the modern male in pre-pc America. Carl Ballantine Arturo. This is probably not for you if you are neither a Crispin Glover fan nor a Nicolas Cage fan nor a Jackie Mason fan, unless you just like really, really bad TV. It does not work, so he moves into a motel. More like this. Robin Williams Jack Dundee. At home, his wife, Elly, tries to use emotional blackmail by depriving him of sex to persuade him to give up his plan to redo the game. Storyline Edit. See the full list.

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. Reno Hightower : She's gonna leave me as soon as I fix her car.

Not the classic struggle of good versus evil but the classic struggle simply for the sake of strugle. It does not work, so he moves into a motel. Never have I laughed so hard at anything that was intended for a television audience. Runtime 1 hour. Pauline Kael of The New Yorker called the film "a small town comedy where the whole population is caught up in some glorious foolishness". Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. More to explore. Did you know Edit. Tiana Pierce Saleslady. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Template film date with 1 release date.