The Replacements
Throw the ball. Catch the girl. Keep it simple.
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs.But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job.
- Director
- Howard Deutch
- Worldwide
- $50M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
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Box Office & Release
The Replacements returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $50M
- Release date
- Aug 11, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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