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Overview
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In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren't any. morePlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(45 articles)
Zellweger, Whitaker take road trip in ‘Song’ (From screeninglog. 4 September 2008, 6:15 PM, PDT)
Clooney's Future is 'Up in the Air' with Jason Reitman (From Get The Big Picture. 28 August 2008, 9:38 AM, PDT)
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Well done. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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114 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-11 | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44052) | Germany:6 | Netherlands:6 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Australia:PG | South Korea:12MOVIEmeter: 
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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. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: When we first meet Lexie Littleton, she lights up a filtered cigarette in her boss's office. Filtered cigarettes were not widely available until the mid 1950s. moreFAQ
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Reading some of the other reviews, maybe people thought this was supposed to be a heavy movie? If so, lighten up. This was (and was supposed to be) a light-hearted movie. And it was pulled off very well. Acting by Clooney, Zellweger, and others captured the spirit of the era, including humor, dress, and scenery.
The plot was not deep but flowed well. Clooney's character, Dodge Connelly, heads up a team in Duluth, and picks up a star college player. Eventually, they end up in Chicago, with Connelly on one side of the ball and the college star on the other. The birth of the modern professional football is woven into the plot. Clooney's age, 46, a bit old for a football player, was not covered up with make-up, but integrated into his character. I think that, in the movie, he was 40 to 45 years old. Zellgeger, as Lexie Littleton, a newspaper reporter who has to find the truth behind the college star's heroic war record, played her part very well too.
Very good directing by Clooney. You definitely felt like you were back in the 20's. Not overdone or underdone. One of those movies you walk out at the end glad that you went.