Semi-Pro Page #3

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
858 Views


- Keep the drinks flowin'.

- You got it.

# More, more, more #

# Gitchi, gitchi, ya ya da da da #

You're a sexy town, Flint.

Look at you, I love it.

I swear, if this Plexiglass

wasn't dividing us right now...

I'd make sweet, tender,

slow, hot love...

to each one of you,

that's a guarantee.

# Baby, who wants to love me sexy? #

# Love me sexy #

# Baby, are you ready to lick... #

- #... me sexy? #

- I'm tellin' ya, man...

that's the word on the street

and the sh*t is messed up.

It's a dang shame.

I can't go back to working

at that car wash. No.

I know there's some team out there

that can use the services of...

"Downtown Funky Stuff" Malone,

you hear me?

I dig you, brother, but I heard

the problem ain't just here in Flint.

It's the whole league that's goin' under.

Hey, guys, what's shakin'?

What's shakin'?

Whole league goin' down...

- that's what's shaking.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on.

I don't know who you're talkin' to

but business is boomin'.

Jackie, come on, man, it's us.

You ain't got to jive us, man.

I'm not jivin' you.

I've never jived you my whole life.

Jackie, come on, you're jivin' us now

by sayin' you don't be jivin' us.

OK, well, this time I'm tellin' the truth.

Right.

Now if I give you the lowdown on

somethin', can you keep a secret?

- Yeah.

- Course.

Tomorrow mornin', I'm drivin'

to Indianapolis for a league meeting...

possibly talking...

- merger.

- A merger?

Flint Tropics in the NBA.

- The NBA?

- Us mergin'?

I'm Jackie Moon,

I take care of you guys, right?

I mean, you can just think of me

as Bambi's mother.

I make sure nothing

bad'll happen to you.

Drink up, this is a big night.

- Hey, drinks on me.

- Big night.

Bambi's mother got shot, right?

Yeah, first scene.

I remember that the credits

were still rollin' and everything.

Who the f*** is Bambi?

Merger. Merger.

Merger.

Jackie Moon. Jackie Moon.

America.

Let's go.

Let's do this.

Don't worry, Mom,

I won't let you down.

I'll keep this team alive.

And our TV stations are complaining

about all the fighting.

Let's try to keep the fights in the tunnel

or out in the parking lot.

We have one more

piece of business to go over.

I'm sure you've all heard the rumors,

and they are true...

the ABA will be merging

with the NBA...

at the end of this season.

Yes. Yes.

I did it.

I'm a real owner.

- Please, Jackie, let go.

- I did it.

All right, let's...

not get too excited.

Yes!

Give me ten, Norton!

Everyone can eat sh*t!

A big bag of sh*t!

I'm the greatest man in the world!

The NBA has agreed

to our financial demands...

- but there is something else...

- You were right, Mom.

Destiny.

I'm so happy

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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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