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Blue Chips

year 1994decade 90sdirector William Friedkin

108 minutes

Cast

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Nick Nolte Pete Bell
J.T. Walsh Happy
Alfre Woodard Lavada McRae
Louis Gossett Jr Father Dawkins
Larry Bird Himself
Bob Cousy Vic

Blue Chips | The Rewatchables

host Bill Simmonshost Chris Ryanhost Mark Titus format Sports Movie Hall of Fameformat Archive rerelease introduction
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Who Won the Movie?

Bob Cousy is explicitly said to win the movie; Rick Pitino and the Orlando Magic are also named among the movie's big winners.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Bob Cousy and the opposing coach cameo are named as big winners, with Ed O'Neill's role also discussed.
  • Bob Cousy is selected when the conversation explicitly asks who wins the movie.
  • Matt Nover is named the biggest loser, and the Orlando Magic are then named another big winner.
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Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

A contemporary Blue Chips is developed as a streaming series with modern recruiting and booster plots.

In the discussion (8)
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  • The reboot is proposed as a streaming series that could recruit current young basketball players, including an observed Emmanuel Moodye example, for roles.
  • One participant volunteers to play a token white player imagined as Ricky Roe's son.
  • Rick Fox's ability to combine basketball, acting, and later television work is treated as a model for current players seeking a second public career.
  • A younger coach and an AAU subplot are proposed, with Jamie Foxx as a Shaka Smart-type lead. The scenario is compared to Andy Enfield at U.S.C. and to Shaka Smart moving from VCU to Texas and confronting booster pressure as results worsen.
  • A Duke and Olympic-team coaching model is outlined, and Jack Nicholson is separately joked about as Jerry Colangelo.
  • A successful Olympic coach who uses those connections in recruiting, hires a previously sanctioned assistant, and has a persistent retirement drama is outlined as another model.
  • An uncertain observed Koster or Costa candidate is rejected as insufficiently morally compromised. Alec Baldwin and Michael Douglas follow, but Baldwin is rejected because anything he appears in is said to turn into a sketch rather than a credible performance.
  • Paul Giamatti receives a positive response followed by a joking demand to stop selling him. Tom Hanks is proposed as Pete Bell and judged capable of making it a different movie, with A League of Their Own identified as the comparable prior role.