The Replacements Page #4

Synopsis: It's late in the season; the playoffs are fast approaching; and the Washington Sentinels have just gone on strike. Scrambling for a solution, the Sentinels' owner Edward O'Neil hatches a plan to bring in legendary coach Jimmy McGinty to recruit a team of replacement players in exactly one week. For fans and owners alike, the strike is a disaster. But for Shane Falco and a mismatched crew of outsiders, it is the second chance they've waited their whole lives for.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
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Metacritic:
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PG-13
Year:
2000
118 min
$44,004,460
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McGinty looks downfield for a beat.

O'NEIL

Jimmy...

McGINTY

Shut up, I'm thinking...

(then)

Total control of my team? You let

me recruit who I want, with no

interference.

O'NEIL

My word is my bond.

McGINTY

I want it in writing.

(CONTINUED)

10.

12 CONTINUED:
(3)

O'Neil chuckles. Suddenly from behind them we see theenormous JUMBO-TRON DIAMOND VISION screen suddenlyflicker to life. At first it seems like a malfunction...

but then we see the face of a younger Jimmy McGinty comeinto focus.

12

O'NEIL

Hmm... gotta get that thingfixed...

O'Neil smiles and walks up the steps for his box.

McGINTY

You old bastard...

But he can't turn away. It's his life up there. A

montage of photographs of his past triumphs as coach...

a famous last-minute touchdown catch... players dousinghim in All-Sport... the team holding him up on theirshoulders... McGinty holding a trophy over his head incelebration...

CLOSE ON McGINTY

as the glow of the enormous screen reflects in his eyes,

sealing the deal as we hear...

McGINTY (V.O.)

Let's get to work!

13 INT. HEAD COACH'S OFFICE - DAY 13

McGinty is sitting behind his new desk. The logo for theWashington Sentinels hangs proudly on the wall.

McGINTY

Whataya got for me?

Standing before him are the offensive coordinator, LEOPILACHOWSKI, an asthmatic who regularly takes hits froman industrial-size inhaler, and CHRISTOPHER BANES, an ex-

player and defensive coordinator.

BANES:

Well, we thought we would skipspecial teams for the moment.

It's gonna be tough enough justputting an offense and a defensetogether in seven days.

(CONTINUED)

11.

13 CONTINUED:
13

PILACHOWSKI:

But we definitely need a kicker.

A placekicker over a punter.

BANES:

Thinking being that if we lose thetoss, we have to be able to at

least kick off.

Both coaches laugh nervously.

anything.

McGinty doesn't say

PILACHOWSKI:

Okay. Here's a list of everyplayer cut this past season.

we'd like to -What

McGINTY

(pointing at the list)

Those people? Those people werecut for a reason.

(hands the list back)

We're gonna go another way here...

McGinty takes out a list of his own.

McGINTY

This is a list of people I've keptan eye on over the years. They'veall played football somewhere, butonly a few in the pros. And

they've all got something...

unique to bring to the game.

We're gonna take these people andtry to put together a winning

team. And if nothing else, theyshould be fun to watch...

Pilachowski and Banes look at McGinty's list, then backto him, hoping that this is a joke. But McGinty onlysmiles.

MUSIC UP:
"ROCK AND ROLL (Part 2)." A Hip Hop versionof the Gary Glitter sports anthem plays on, as we...

CUT TO:

14 INT. METHAMPHETAMINE LAB - DAY 14

A bunch of BIKERS are cooking up a vat of speed. These

guys are big and bad ass-looking. One of the bikers

looks up.

(CONTINUED)

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Vince McKewin

Vince was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Journalism. He worked at a New York ad agency before coming to LA to act. He was also an award winning playwright and had a world premier of his play AD WARS at the Williamstown Theater Festival. more…

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