Sportsmanship

Plot: The Buckman family is a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.

Scene: Kevin gets some advice from his dad about having fun during the game.

Studio: Universal

Directed by: Ron Howard

Writing credits: Lowell Ganz (story) & Babaloo Mandel (story) & Ron Howard (story)
Lowell Ganz (screenplay) & Babaloo Mandel (screenplay)

Cast :
Steve Martin ... Gil Buckman
Jasen Fisher ... Kevin Buckman

Plot: The story of two British track athletes who compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Scene: A runner punishes himself for losing a race.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by: Hugh Hudson

Writing credits: Colin Welland

Cast :
Nicholas Farrell ... Aubrey Montague
Nigel Havers ... Lord Andrew Lindsay
Ian Charleson ... Eric Liddell
Cheryl Campbell ... Jennie Liddell

Plot: A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.

Scene: Rannulph Junuh decides to turn himself in for an extra stroke when he acidentally moves his ball.

Studio: Dreamworks

Directed by: Robert Redford

Writing credits: Steven Pressfield (novel) & Jeremy Leven (screenplay)

Cast:
Will Smith ... Bagger Vance
Matt Damon ... Rannulph Junuh
Bruce McGill ... Walter Hagen

Plot: A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Directed by: John Sayles

Writing credits: Eliot Asinof (book), John Sayles (screenplay)

Cast :
John Cusack ... George 'Buck' Weaver

Plot: The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football team (soccer in America).

Scene: Jess gets upset during the game when a player calls her a derogatory name.

Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Directed by: Gurinder Chadha

Writing credits: Gurinder Chadha (written by) & Guljit Bindra (written by) & Paul Mayeda Berges (written by)

Cast:
Parminder Nagra ... Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra
Keira Knightley ... Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Joe

Plot: Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.

Scene: Phil Weston finally apologizes to his son for his out of control and insensitive coaching.

Studio: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Jesse Dylan

Writing credits: Leo Benvenuti (written by) & Steve Rudnick (written by)

Cast :
Will Ferrell ... Phil Weston
Dylan McLaughlin ... Sam Weston

Plot: Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics.

Scene: Derice asks his coach why he cheated in the Olympics.

Studio: Disney

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Writing credits:
Lynn Siefert (story) & Michael Ritchie (story) & Lynn Siefert (screenplay) and Tommy Swerdlow (screenplay) & Michael Goldberg (screenplay)

Cast:
Leon ... Derice Bannock (as Leon Robinson
John Candy ... Irving 'Irv' Blitzer

Plot: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of the nation as well.

Scene: Red gets upset when another jockey cuts him off during a race.

Studio: Univeral Pictures

Directed by: Gary Ross

Writing credits: Laura Hillenbrand (book) & Gary Ross (screenplay)

Cast:
Jeff Bridges ... Charles Howard
Chris Cooper ... Tom Smith
Tobey Maguire ... Red Pollard

Plot: The true story of an newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Scenes: "Make Sure They Remember"- Coach Yoast confronts a referee after the ref. continues to call the game unfairly.

Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

Directed by: Boaz Yakin

Writing credits: Gregory Allen Howard (Screenplay)

Cast:
Denzel Washington .... Coach Herman Boone
Will Patton .... Coach Bill Yoast
Wood Harris .... Julius Campbell
Ryan Hurst .... Gerry Bertier
Donald Faison .... Petey Jones
Craig Kirkwood .... Jerry 'Rev' Harris
Ethan Suplee .... Louie Lastik
Kip Pardue .... Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass

Plot: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball.

Scene: Benny tries to convince the team that Smalls is just as good as they are.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: David M. Evans

Writing credits:
David M. Evans (written by) & Robert Gunter (written by)

Cast:
Tom Guiry ... Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar ... Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna ... Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi ... Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York ... Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams ... Kenny DeNunez (as Brandon Adams)
Grant Gelt ... Bertram Grover Weeks
Shane Obedzinski ... Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
Victor DiMattia ... Timmy Timmons

Plot: A kid from Harlem is recruited into a southern university marching band. Thinking that he is the anser to all the band's problems does not score him any points with the tough band professor. Everyone needs a lesson in what it means to work as a team, and what it means to be responsible for one another.

Scene: On the first day of marching band practice, Mr. Lee reminds his members of the importance of teamwork.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: Charles Stone, III

Writing credits: Tina Gordon Chism and Shawn Schepps

Cast:
Nick Cannon ... Devon Miles
Zoe Saldana ... Laila
Orlando Jones ... Dr. Lee

Plot: A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

Scene: A coach encourages his players to take pride in themselves.

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Writing credits: Mike Rich

Cast :
Dennis Quaid ... Jimmy Morris