The Winning Season Page #2

Synopsis: Only connect. In a Hoosier town, boys' basketball is king. Bill is a former athlete and high-school coach who drinks too much, rarely sees his daughter from an old marriage, and busses tables at a local cafe. A friend who's now a principal offers him a job coaching girls; Bill takes it without much spirit. Six come to practice; one has a broken foot. They're awful in their first game, and Bill has to figure out, with help from Donna, the school's burly bus driver, if he actually can coach girls. They respond, and Bill suddenly has a family of sorts, just as his own relationship with his daughter worsens. With a winning season in reach, will Bill blow this chance?
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Jim Strouse
Production: Roadside Attractions
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2009
104 min
Website
145 Views


-You a starter?

-No.

-How's your ball handling coming along?

-lt's fine.

You know, you really limit yourself

when you only drive to the right.

We should go over to Woodlawn tomorrow,

see how you're coming along.

-l can give you some things to try.

-Yeah, l already have a coach.

Doesn't't mean we can't shoot around.

Mom really wants me

to study for algebra, so...

You know, just 'cause your mom hates me

doesn't mean you have to.

She doesn't hate you.

She feels sorry for you.

She feels sorry for me?

She says you're the loneliest man

she's ever met.

Yeah, well, l never felt more lonely

than when l was with her, so...

You know, you really shouldn't say things

like that. It makes me feel weird.

-Eat your sandwich.

-Okay.

How many minutes do you get on that?

Wow. So, like,

l could take your picture like that?

That's great. That's neat-o.

All right, everybody, put your balls away.

Hustle up.

Line up on the baseline.

You guys know what a baseline is?

-Hi.

-Hi.

-What's your... What do you do here?

-l don't know.

Why don't you go play in traffic?

Get out of here.

Jerk.

-Wow.

-l hear you think we're losers.

ls that true? Did you say that?

Yeah.

What's the point?

Why practice if our coach thinks we suck?

l don't know. Prove me wrong.

When l blow on this whistle,

l want you to sprint down court

towards the other baseline.

Every time you hear the whistle,

l want you to change direction.

You touch a baseline,

you can stop running.

Everybody get that?

-What an a**hole.

-l bet he has a small penis.

Why would you say that?

Because men with small penises

always treat women badly.

-Who told you that?

-My mom.

Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

Damon just walked in, you guys.

He looks so cute in his jacket.

-Just go talk to him.

-And say what?

-''Hello.''

-Are you kidding?

-l mean, that's just so obvious.

-This is pathetic.

-Wait, what are you doing?

-Oh, my God.

-She's not going over there.

-Yes, she is.

l can't even look.

Is she talking to him or his friend?

-Oh, my God, she's kissing him.

-No, shut up. Okay, l'm not listening to you.

Thank you.

ls she...

-He wants to talk to you.

-What? What did you say to him?

Don't be a freak. He's waiting.

-Go.

-Go. You have to go.

What did you say to him?

-l just asked if l could borrow his ketchup.

-Oh, no.

-Hey, Damon.

-Hey.

-How's it going?

-lt's all right.

You hungry?

-No, no, l'm okay, thanks.

-Do you want to go sit in my car?

-Sure.

-All right.

-Do you like music?

-Yeah, l love music.

This is cool.

-Yeah? You like it?

-Sure.

-l could make you a copy if you want.

-Really?

-Hey, what are you doing?

-l'm done.

-You're not done. Who says you're done?

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Jim Strouse

James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the film Lonesome Jim, directed by Steve Buscemi. He wrote and made his directorial debut with Grace Is Gone starring John Cusack. more…

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