Semi-Pro Page #2

Synopsis: Three men, three dreams. It's 1976 in Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon's American Basketball Association team languishes in last place, with few fans in the seats. Jackie dreams of a merger with the NBA. A tough-minded point guard named Monix is at the end of his career; he's played on the champion Celtics but accepts a trade to Flint to be close to Lynn, the love of his life. Clarence "Coffee" Brown dreams of stardom: he's the Tropics' best player, but he's a hotdog who doesn't value teamwork. When the trio learns that a merger is in the works that won't include the Tropics, they pull the team together to try to achieve the impossible. Can dreams come true in Flint?
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Kent Alterman
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
R
Year:
2008
91 min
$33,370,443
Website
799 Views


Downtown!

If you want it!

If you... Only if you want it!

You don't want it, I can feel it.

You don't want it, OK.

That's right, Nets.

You're not gonna stop it.

Believe me, we don't stop it in practice.

- Let's do it!

- Come on, come on, come on!

- Go!

- You got it.

He tosses a three...

And, yes!

- Wow! That was quite a shot.

- Pounce!

Yeah!

At halftime, it's the Nets 62...

Flint Tropics 43.

All right, everybody,

let's hear it for Tropical time...

and let's hear it for Busch Bavarian.

If you're gonna drink a beer, you

might as well make it Busch Bavarian.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I want you to welcome this man...

who's gonna attempt the impossible...

the $10,000 free throw...

from the other side of the court.

The Moon shot.

- Right on.

- All right. Tell everybody...

- what's your name?

- Dukes.

- All right, Dukes.

- Dukes!

- Dukes, where ya from?

- Flint, Michigan...

and I never missed a game!

Go!

Dukes is homegrown.

I think you're on a little somethin'

that's homegrown maybe, huh?

We're havin' fun.

Dukes, what do you do for a livin'?

Nothin' right now.

OK.

Layin' low.

Dukes is excited!

So am I.

Come on, let's go, people.

Let's get it goin'.

Cheer this guy on

as he prepares for the impossible.

Well, we've got

an especially dirty hippie here...

down on the court tryin' to sink

an impossible shot.

This is human drama at its best.

He's just focusing, taking a moment

to concentrate. That's OK.

Concentrate all you want.

- Come on, Dukes!

- All right.

- No!

- Yes!

Holy sh*t, I'm a miracle!

Yeah!

Father Pat, he stepped on the line.

He stepped on it.

- No, no, it was legal.

- No, no...

he stepped on the line,

You were lookin' at it. Come on.

Jackie, he made the shot.

Who the hell has $10,000?

Relax, the beer company'll pay him.

They're not really a sponsor,

it just sounded professional.

Look at this guy. He's so hopped up

on goofballs and grass...

he's got no idea what's going on.

Holy crap.

Tropical!

Hey, congratulations to Dukes!

He just won a giant check

that says $10,000.

Cool!

Look at the size of that thing!

Go have yourself a ball!

Second half, comin' up next!

Damn it!

- # Hi #

- # Hello #

# Get the funk outta my face #

# Get the funk

outta my face #

# Get the funk outta my face #

# Get the funk outta my face #

# You don't like my music

You don't have to use it #

# Funking is a thing

that all of us release #

# You don't have to get it #

# All you do is let it #

# Then you'll know

exactly how to groove #

#... More, more, more #

# Now he's back home doing 9 to 5 #

# Living his gray flannel life #

- Hey, Jackie.

- Hey, guys, everything good?

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Scot Armstrong

Scot Armstrong is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is credited with writing or co-writing numerous comedy films, including Old School, The Hangover: Part II, Semi-Pro, Road Trip, and many others. He is also the writer and director of the 2015 film, Search Party. The film will be released in the US in May 2016. Also in 2016, his TV series, Dice, premiered on Showtime. more…

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