Wildcats (film)

Wildcats

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Produced by Anthea Sylbert
Written by Ezra Sacks
Starring
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography Donald E. Thorin
Edited by Richard A. Harris
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
  • February 14, 1986 (1986-02-14)
Running time
106 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $26,285,544 (United States)[1]

Wildcats is a 1986 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie starring Goldie Hawn, James Keach and Swoosie Kurtz, and is also the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.

Plot

Molly McGrath is the daughter of a famed football coach who is dying to head her own team. When her wish is finally granted, Molly leaves her job coaching girls' track at an affluent high school (Prescott High School) to take over a football team at an inner-city Chicago high school (Central High School)--the kind of place where guard dogs are needed to patrol the campus. At first the new coach’s idealism and optimism are suffocated with racial and gender prejudice, but eventually her overriding spirit begins to whip her unruly team into shape. At the same time, she must also struggle to win a battle for the custody of her two young daughters. The real test for Molly comes when her Central High team faces Prescott in the city championship.

Cast

Filming

The film used Lane Technical College Prep High School football stadium for some of their shots.

Reception

The film was met with a mostly negative response from critics.[2][3]

Box office

The film debuted at No.4.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Wildcats (1986)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. "Wildcats". Variety. 1985-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  3. "Wildcats". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  4. "New Movies Make Inroads At Box Office". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
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