Blue Chips (1994)

Director: William Friedkin

Writer: Ron Shelton

Composers: Jeff Beck, Jed Leiber, Nile Rodgers

Starring: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Shaquille O'Neal, Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway, Matt Nover, Cylk Cozart, Anthony C. Hall, Kevin Benton, Robert Wuhl, Bobby Knight, Larry Bird, Jim Beaver, Dick Vitale, Jim Caviezel, Louis Gossett Jr.

More info: IMDb

Tagline: Victory Doesn't Come Cheap

Plot: A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.

My rating: 7/10

Will I watch it again?  No.

Goddamn Nick Nolte's good in this.  It's a relatively simple story but it's well told, well paced and well acted.   I don't watch basketball so the game at the end of the movie is just another game so any dramatic tension was lost on me.  Nolte sells the shit out of his role so when he's in front of the press, et al at the end of the film, there's weight to his words and actions.  Good movie.  Who would've thought William Friedkin would do something like this?