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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 02/02/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Lions Gate Total Copies: 17 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Reunion Films, Sports Drama, Sports Comedy

Small-town banker Robin Williams has never been able to live down the fact that he dropped an important pass during a crucial high-school football game. Likewise tainted for life is the team's star quarterback Kurt Russell, now a garage owner. Fed up with living his life under a cloud, Williams hits upon a brilliant idea: he will stage a rematch-13 years after the fact--with the members of the rival team. Trouble beckons when Williams' father-in-law announces that he's rooting for the opposition. Williams is determined to win, and in pursuit of that goal he pushes his former teammates to hitherto untapped brilliance. Directed by Roger Spottiswood, The Best of Times was written by Ron Shelton, future writer/director of such delightful sports films as Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump and Tin Cup; it was Shelton, in fact, who directed most of Best of Times' climactic football game. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Robin Williams - Jack Dundee
Kurt Russell - Reno Hightower
Pamela Reed - Gigi Hightower
Holly Palance - Elly Dundee
Donald Moffat - The Colonel

Roger Spottiswoode directs Kurt Russell and Robin Williams in the high-school football comedy The Best of Times, which comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the trailer, and information on the cast and crew. This is a fine release from Trimark. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide