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Director: |
George Clooney |
Writer: |
Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly |
Starring: |
George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Root |
Released: |
May 29, 2008 |
Rating: |
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Runtime: |
114 minutes
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Story: |
Oscar winners George Clooney and Renee Zellweger match wits in Leatherheads, a quick-witted
romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925.
Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide
his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and
the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join
his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally
capture the country's attention.
Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), America's favorite son. A
golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI,
Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost
too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) aims to prove that's the case.
A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects
there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become
serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections.
As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved,
Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding
that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuvre
he will save just for the fourth quarter...
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Cast: |
George Clooney
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Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly |
Renee Zellweger
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Lexie Littleton |
John Krasinski
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Carter Rutherford |
Jonathan Pryce
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C.C. Frazier |
Stephen Root
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Suds |
Wayne Duvall
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Coach Frank Ferguson |
Keith Loneker
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Big Gus Schiller |
Malcolm Goodwin
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Bakes |
Matt Bushell
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Curly |
Tommy Hinkley
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Hardleg |
Tim Griffin
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Ralph |
Robert Baker
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Stump |
Nick Paonessa
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Zoom |
Nicholas Bourdages
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Bug |
Jack Thompson
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Harvey |
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