Yet his acting success has overshadowed how he got his start as an ohio state buckeye. His command of body language, facial expressions and vocals are flawless. Keanu reeves biography, movie highlights and photos. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. Keanu reeves who lead a team of strikebearing replacement players to a short but glorious season of victories in professional football. The best speeches in sports movie history bleacher. The movie is essentially the college version of the replacements and blake is a poor mans shane flaco. The replacements 2000 1080p bluray x264 yify youtube. Catwoman actress halle berry and her canadian costar, director, producer, and musician keanu reeves are shooting the american actionthriller franchise, john wick 3 in essaouira. The fan favorite action franchise is hitting the summer movie season for the first. Swedish dicks tv show theres something about tex 2017.
Reeves was speaking to colbert to promote his latest action vehicle, john wick. An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling, and drinking, agrees to coach a little league team from the cabrini green housing project in chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend. Frequently lambasted by critics and often polarizing audiences suspicious of his talents true extent, reeves has nevertheless managed to maintain his lucrative career by balancing his lesser efforts with. With keanu reeves, diane lane, john hawkes, bryan hearne. The replacements is a bad movie, but keanu reeves can. From lamebrained teenage time traveler to metaphysical scifi superman, keanu reeves has portrayed just about every character type imaginable in his sometimes wildly fluctuating career. Keanu reeves and dewayne warren in hard ball keanu reeves in hard ball 2001 with my favorite character in the movie.
One of my fav movie quotes football movies, movies. In keanu reevess new movie, john wick, he plays a stonefaced contract killerperfect casting for an actor famous for his otherworldly impassiveness. Hes traveled through time in search of knowledge, saved sandra bullock from getting blown up on a bus, freed humanity from being enslaved by computer overlords, and delivered some of the most righteous vengeance ever exacted on behalf of a murdered puppy and all that really only scratches the surface of all the stuff keanu reeves has been up to on the big. Hardball is a 2001 american sports comedydrama film directed by brian robbins and starring keanu reeves, diane lane and d. The replacements 2000 starring reeves and gene hackman is both a bad football movie, and a bad romantic comedy shoved into one, making it the perfect film to digest with a few beers. Gene hackman plays the coach of the team, jack warden is the owner, brett cullen is the allpro quarterback that goes on strike and keanu reeves is the scab who replaces the star qb. He started acting in theatre productions, and in television films before making his mainstream film debut in youngblood 1986. The ball goes about 10 feet before sinking, causing keanu. With keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, orlando jones. Keanu reeves is one of the greatest actors of this or any generation. Reeves grew up with a deep appreciation for buckeye football. This is the start of a shockwave resulting from the massive explosion at the end of the film. At the top of the recruitment list is quarterback shane falco keanu reeves.
The eyelids are heavy, the beard is a patchy sixday growth, and the hair stands on end, even though keanu reeves keeps periodically pushing it back with his hand. He is the toast of the town in hollywood, and his success is richly deserved. Keanu reeves stars in this factbased comedy about the 1987 national. Keanu reeves plays shane falco, a washed up professional quarterback who gets a chance to play again when the professional football players strike. The viewpoint is of keanu reeves who by now is in a helicopter and comes straight on screen after the last of the credits has gone up. Gene hackman plays jimmy mcginty, a semiretired football coach known for being an. It stars patrick swayze, keanu reeves, lori petty and gary busey, and the films title refers to the surfing term point break, where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline the film features reeves as an undercover fbi agent tasked with investigating. All keanu reeves movies ranked keanu reeves movies ranked. The replacements 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The replacements opens with the immortal keanu reeves, clad in scuba gear, throwing a bronze football trophy underwater. The replacements film news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2008 the replacements is a 2000 american sports comedy film directed by howard deutch. As it turns out, of course, there was much more to the story and a lot to unpack in his crazy life. It stars keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, jon favreau and jack warden in what would be his last film appearance.
Its not out of this world to call his leadership skills on the field into question. During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves, gene. When the replacements movie began, we saw a middleaged keanu reeves scraping gunk off boats and throwing a trophy football underwater. The replacements 2000 imdb football movies, sports movie. He started acting in theatre productions, and in television films before making his. Superstar keanu reeves the matrix trilogy, sweet november stars in this factbased comedy about the 1987 national football league players strike. A fictional pro football league finds themselves hit with a players strike with. Somewhat predictable but who wants to watch a movie in which the people. At the top of the recruitment list is quarterback shane falco keanu reeves, a promising athlete until a catastrophic defeat in the sugar bowl dashed his. Born in beirut, reeves grew up in toronto, ontario. The replacements is a bad movie, but keanu reeves can sling it. The original music score is composed by mark isham. He is the son of patricia taylor, a showgirl and costume designer, and samuel nowlin reeves, a geologist.
It stars keanu reeves, gene hackman, brooke langton, jon favreau and. The replacements 2000 starring reeves and gene hackman is both a bad football movie, and a bad romantic comedy shoved into one. Along with gloria gaynors i will survive which is one of the films running jokes young mcs bust a move, kelli owens alanisesque i dont want to be your girlfriend, and gary glitters i will survive are among the soundtracks pop highlights. The replacements is a 2000 american sports comedy film directed by howard deutch. After a football players strike, a veteran head coach is rehired to assemble substitute players and finish out the season. No trick play in football movie history tops the titans when the replacements movie began, we saw a middleaged keanu reeves scraping gunk off boats and throwing a trophy football underwater. Point break is a 1991 american crime action film directed by kathryn bigelow and written by w. Icebox from little giants is the favorite in football movie first pick twitter poll.
As the end credits come to the end, the music fades out and a rumble gets louder and louder. Keanu reeves uncredited camera and electrical department. Superstar keanu reeves the matrix trilogy, sweet november stars in this fact based comedy about the 1987 national football league players strike. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves. The screenplay by john gatins is based on the book hardball. A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players strike.
Icebox from little giants is the favorite in football. The original soundtrack to the replacements mixes pop, rock, rap, and disco with excerpts of john debneys score. The replacements stars keanu reeves as shane falco, a former allstar college quarterback who dropped off the radar after a disastrous game. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves, gene hackman sports comedy hd during a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players. An undercover cop in a nottoodistant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. Halle berry, keanu reeves enjoy shooting movie in morocco. If you enjoy a good laugh, this a movie you would likely enjoy. The replacements 2000 official trailer keanu reeves, gene hackman sports comedy. Keanu reeves prettyboy keanu reeves couldnt even stop a bombrigged bus from going under 50 mph. Gene hackman plays jimmy mcginty, a semiretired football coach known for being an outofthebox thinker. The replacements 2000 a sports comedy starring keanu reeves, gene hackman and a hilarious jon favreau.
Still of keanu reeves and dewayne warren in hardball. Keanu reeves, the internets latest boyfriend and the most wholesome person alive, is being championed for time magazines person of the year honorific, according to a fan petition. The replacements original theatrical trailer youtube. I think this holds up as one of the best football movies. The film was released on september 14, 2001, topping the box office the weekend after the september 11 attacks. Keanu reeves endures football boot camp for the replacements by jim beckerman. Keanu charles reeves, whose first name means cool breeze over the mountains in hawaiian, was born september 2, 1964 in beirut, lebanon.
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