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Sometimes in life you only have one chance to win. morePlot:
Gordon McLeod (Robert Duvall) is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner (Michael Keaton)... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Nowhere near as bad as I expected moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Andy Gray | ... | Commentator 1 | |
| Finlay MacDonald | ... | Eric the Bagpiper | |
| Sheila Latimer | ... | Widow Wilson | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Gordon McCloud | |
| Michael Keaton | ... | Peter Cameron | |
| Ally McCoist | ... | Jackie McQuillan | |
| Ida Schuster | ... | Wee Brenda | |
| Alex Howden | ... | Horace | |
| Bill Murdoch | ... | Desmond | |
| John McVeigh | ... | Ian McVeigh | |
| Scott G. Anderson | ... | Alan Barnes (as Scott Anderson) | |
| Cole Hauser | ... | Kelsey O'Brian | |
| John Martin | ... | Brian Burns | |
| Paul Agnew | ... | Kilnockie Football Team | |
| Ian Constable | ... | Kilnockie Football Team |
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Rated R for language and brief sexuality.Parents Guide:
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Ally McCoist, who plays a former Celtic player is, in real life, a former Rangers player (the Celtic-Rangers rivalry is emphasized in the film). In the stock footage in which they show McCoist in his glory days, they actually super-impose Celtic colors on to his blue Rangers shirts. Even though, in the movie, he is wearing green and white, the design of the kit is obviously that of Glasgow Rangers. moreFAQ
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A Shot at Glory is a frequently far-fetched but, to be fair, reasonably satisfying attempt at an underdog story in the wonderful world of Scottish football. Rangers and Scotland legend Ally McCoist plays Jackie McQuillan, an ageing ex-Celtic striker. He signs for a club in the 2nd division managed by his father-in-law (Robert Duvall) who hates him. However, Jackie wins over the fans and, ultimately, is father as his new team march on towards the Scottish Cup final.
What is perhaps most remarkable about this film (aside from Duvall's ludicrous Scottish accent) is McCoists above-average performance. He is convincing and actually quite involving in his role, although this could be due to him being more than familiar with a role of an ex-Old Firm striker signing for a club in the doldrums - hello, Kilmarnock.
If you're a fan of Scottish football, then I wholeheartedly recommend watching this film. It's probably easily the best film made about the game north of the border, and features lots of lower league favourites of the 90's such as Owen Coyle, Alan Lawrence, Derek McInnes and John Martin. Dundee United manager Ian McCall also gives an amusing performance as a centre-half who uses dirty tactics to get our hero McQuillan sent off.