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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 11/28/2000 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 58 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 33 Genres: Comedy Drama, Sports Comedy See Also: Replacements [MD], The Replacements

The 1987 National Football League players' strike inspired this sports-themed comedy. The Washington Sentinels are one of the strongest teams in pro football -- until contract negotiations break down and the Sentinels go on strike. Determined to play the team's schedule, owner Edward O'Neil (Jack Warden) recruits a ragtag band of scab players, to be headed up and whipped into shape by the retired veteran coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman). 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 confidence. Joining Falco on the team are Clifford Franklin (Orlando Jones), a receiver who can't catch the ball; Nigel Gruff (Rhys Ifans), a chain-smoking Welsh soccer player; Bateman (Jon Favreau), a former cop with anger management problems; Fumiko (Ace Yonamine), a sumo wrestler new to football; and Wilkinson (Michael Jace), a convict on parole to the Sentinels. Can McGinty mold his new squad of misfits and no-hopers (who truly love the game) into a winning team? Brooke Langton plays Annabelle, head of the Sentinels' cheerleading squad (who has to contend with replacements of her own), and football commentators John Madden and Pat Summerall appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Keanu Reeves - Shane Falco
Gene Hackman - Coach Jimmy McGinty
Orlando Jones - Clifford Franklin
Jon Favreau - Daniel Bateman
Brooke Langton - Annabelle Farrell

Howard Deutch's football comedy The Replacements comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a director's commentary track, a pair of featurettes (one of which originally aired on HBO), and a theatrical trailer. This is a solid DVD release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide