Blue Chips (1994)

Name: Blue Chips
Director: William Friedkin
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-02-18
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, Ed O'Neill

Drama

Director: William Friedkin

Cast: Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, Ed O'Neill

Runtime108 min

RatingPG-13

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Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.

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Fans of gritty sports dramas and director William Friedkin's distinctive visual style will appreciate the compelling performances from Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal in this 1994 film about the high-stakes world of college basketball recruiting.

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Blue Chips is a 1994 American sports drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Ron Shelton and starring Nick Nolte as a college basketball coach trying to recruit a winning team. His players were portrayed by actors as well as real-life basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and cameos include noted basketball figures Bob Knight, Rick Pitino, George Raveling, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, Jerry Tarkanian, Matt Painter, Allan Houston, Dick Vitale, Jim Boeheim, Dan Dakich and Bobby Hurley, as well as actor Louis Gossett Jr. While the film was released to mixed reviews, general assessment of Blue Chips has become more favorable in the decades since and it has been listed as one of the best sports movies of all time by Rolling Stone, Yardbarker and The Athletic.