A Shot at Glory (2000)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Michael Corrente

Writer (WGA):

Denis O'Neill (written by)

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Sometimes in life you only have one chance to win.

Plot:

Gordon McCloud is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner...

Plot Keywords:

Football Team | Football | Jaguar Car | Punch | Football Manager

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Road to Glory (USA) (working title)
The Cup (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Crail, Fife, Scotland, UK

Company:

Butcher's Run Films

Trivia:

Ally McCoist, who plays a former Celtic player is, in real life, a former Rangers player, McCoist is now in actual fact the Rangers No 2 coach. They actually super-impose Celtic colors on to his blue Rangers shirts. He wouldn't wear a real Celtic shirt for the film.

This is football

People who are living in America are usually calling this game soccer and other people from all around the world football.I don't like this soccer term so I'm going to use word football.So this is a football movie.Movie about this excellent game and probably about most popular sport on this planet.

This movie is about one little club from Scotland who is playing in second league.Their manager (coach) is Gordon McLeod (Duvall),a man who dedicated his life for football.In their club soon arrives big star.A player Jackie McQuillan (McCoist) who is at the end of his career,but who still knows how to play football.McQuillan is married to McLeod's daughter Kate and they have a young boy.McLeod never talked to much with his daughter because he never really liked McQuillan.Owner of the club is American Peter Cameron (Keaton) who wants to move the team to Ireland and he gives an ultimatum to McQuillan:he has to make some good results or else the club will be moved.Excellent chance for doing some progress is in Scottish cup.

This movie is about the people who are living their lives for football and on that level this movie is very well.But they could also do a little better when the camera is shooting the game.I cannot say that this isn't a good movie and it is certainly one of the best football movies but somehow I feel they could do even better.

Robert Duvall played his role very well and I'm really astonished how he spoked with Scottish accent.Michael Keaton and Brian Cox are good and I want to also mention Ally McCoist and Kirsty Mitchell because I think they did good job.There are lots of real players in this movie and I'm glad that actors like Duvall and Keaton like football although they are from America.