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Second String

Second String

Second String

Second String

She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl.

2002•1h 40m•

★7.0(4 ratings)

TV MovieComedyDrama

Overview

American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...

Director

Writers

Tom Flynn, Jere Cunningham

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Main Cast

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Coach Chuck Dichter

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Dan Heller

Teri Polo

Teri Polo

Connie Heller

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones

Gerry Fullerton

Garcelle Beauvais

Garcelle Beauvais

Larissa Fullerton

George Eads

George Eads

Tommy Baker

Charles Malik Whitfield

Charles Malik Whitfield

Lenny Voyles

Lamont Johnson

Lamont Johnson

Ernie Weathers

Ingo Neuhaus

Ingo Neuhaus

Randy Johnson

Shawn Woods

Shawn Woods

Curtis Hooks

Evan Parke

Evan Parke

Jackie Mumms

Nick von Esmarch

Nick von Esmarch

Tim Hobbs

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Rob Lieberman
Script Supervisor: Dawn Sorokolit

Writing

Story: Tom Flynn
Teleplay: Tom Flynn
Story: Jere Cunningham

Production

Casting: Lisa Freiberger
Producer: Bob Roe
Executive Producer: Michael London
Co-Producer: Jere Cunningham
Location Manager: Jonathan Matthews

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh

Cinematography

Director of Photography: David Hennings
Steadicam Operator: Gilles Corbeil
Still Photographer: Brooke Palmer

Editing

Editor: Alan L. Shefland

Art Direction

Production Design: Dan Yarhi
Set Decoration: Marlene Puritt
Art Direction: Elis Y. Lam

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Jenifur Jarvis

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Supervisor: Sam Nicholson

Keywords

sports

Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl."

#2

The runtime is 100 minutes (1h 40m).

#3

The film was directed by Rob Lieberman.

#4

The score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.

#5

Cinematography was handled by David Hennings.

#6

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0194342.

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Rating

7.0/10

Good

4 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Second String

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Michael London Productions

Turner Network Television

Turner Network Television