Home Team (film)
Home Team is a 1998 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg.
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| Directed by | Allan A. Goldstein |
| Produced by | Ross Grayson Bell Morgan Freeman Gene Hackman Maurice Leblond |
| Screenplay by | Jeff Lewis Pierce O'Donnell |
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg Sophie Lorain Ryan Slater |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
Mr. Butler is a former pro soccer player whose reputation for partying and gambling has caught up with him. He is sentenced to a year of probation, which includes working as a handyman in a dilapidated boys' home. Karen runs the home for a group of eleven boys whose parents could not raise them for some reason. Karen wants the boys to do something meaningful so she persuades them to start a soccer team known simply as "Home Team". They are terrible, but Mr. Butler, who has concealed his skills so far, is persuaded to coach the team, which eventually improves. A fire damages the home to the point that it must be torn down, and the boys will be separated, but efforts are made to keep the boys together. In a rematch, Home Team ends up defeating the first team they played on the way to a possible championship. The boys' cook Cookie, who likes to bet on horse races, made a bet with a Las Vegas bookie that Home Team would win; his winnings will be enough to get them a new house.
Cast
- Steve Guttenberg as Henry Butler
- Sophie Lorain as Karen
- Ryan Slater as Julian
- Michel Perron as Cookie
- Carl Alacchi as Larkin
- Johnny Morina as Alex
- Tyler Hynes as Chip
- David Deveau as Pineapple
- Frank Schorpion as Vince
- Richard Jutras as Semary
- Ashton Lane Jersey as Meghan
- Kathleen Fee as Social Service Woman
- Willy Lavendel as Charlie
- Chad Connell as Eric
- Anthony Etesonne-Bedard as Four Eyes
- Eric Lightbourne as Goodbye
- Brian Paul Imperial as Gregory
Production
Home Team was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.