Second String (2002)

Name: Second String
Director: Rob Lieberman
Genre: TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002-12-18
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: Jon Voight, Gil Bellows, Teri Polo, Richard T. Jones

TV Movie Comedy Drama

Director: Rob Lieberman

Cast: Jon Voight, Gil Bellows, Teri Polo, Richard T. Jones

Runtime100 min

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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...

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Second String is a delightful blend of comedy and drama, directed with flair by Rob Lieberman in 2002. Starring acclaimed actor Jon Voight, the film follows an insurance salesman-turned-football coach who must lead a ragtag team of misfits against the odds. Packed with humor, heart, and some thrilling on-field action, this unique sports movie is sure to appeal to fans of character-driven stories and feel-good underdog tales.

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Second String is a direct-to-TV film directed by Robert Lieberman which originally aired in 2002 on TNT. The plot is about the Buffalo Bills football team who find its first string out for a month after a food poisoning incident, leading the team's head coach, "Chuck Dichter", to hire an insurance salesman and former college quarterback named Dan Heller as the team's backup quarterback. Teri Polo also appeared as Heller's wife; Flutie, Mike Ditka, Chris Berman, Van Miller, Bills cornerback Donovan Greer and Ken "Pinto Ron" Johnson appear as themselves. The film received praise for having been shot in genuine stadiums. Reviewer Chuck Finder drew parallels between the character of Dan Heller and former Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Tommy Maddox.