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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 06/29/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 51 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age, Sports Drama See Also: Varsity Blues [Deluxe Edition], Varsity Blues [Deluxe Edition] [Blu-ray]

In his first feature following the success of television's Dawson's Creek, James Van Der Beek stars as Jonathan Moxon, the back-up quarterback on his high-school football team, the West Canaan Coyotes. In West Canaan, the only thing that matters is football, and the man who matters is the one with 22 divisional championships, coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight). Mox, as the young "A" student is called, is wrapping up his senior year on his way to Brown University in the shadow of his childhood friend, star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker). With only five games until the end of the season, Kilmer pushes his players too hard, and Lance suffers a career-ending injury, forcing Mox to play and win the game. Now the starter, Mox must deal with his newfound celebrity; the attentions of Lance's girlfriend, head-cheerleader Darcy (Ali Larter); prevent his friends and fellow players Billy Bob (Ron Lester) and Tweeder (Scott Caan) from self-destructing; prevent Coach Kilmer from crushing everybody; and hold on to his own girlfriend, Lance's sister Jules (Amy Smart). Oh, and Mox must also win the championship and prove himself the hero. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide

James Van Der Beek - Jonathan "Mox" Moxon
Jon Voight - Coach Bud Kilmer
Paul Walker - Lance Harbor
Ron Lester - Billy Bob
Scott Caan - Tweeter

Brian Robbins' high school football film Varsity Blues comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the 5.1 soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials are limited to a theatrical trailer. This Paramount Pictures release does an excellent job of presenting the film, but there is little else here to make this disc worth seeing. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide