A Shot at Glory (2000)

Director:

Michael Corrente

Writer (WGA):

Denis O'Neill (written by)

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Sometimes in life you only have one chance to win.

Plot:

Gordon McLeod (Robert Duvall) is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner (Michael Keaton)...

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | Football Team | Jaguar Car | Glasgow | Scotland

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 10	11:30 AM	TMC
Fri. July 11	1:00 AM	TMC

Cast

Andy Gray	...	Commentator 1
Finlay MacDonald	...	Eric the Bagpiper
Sheila Latimer	...	Widow Wilson
Robert Duvall	...	Gordon McCloud
Michael Keaton	...	Peter Cameron
Ally McCoist	...	Jackie McQuillan
Ida Schuster	...	Wee Brenda
Alex Howden	...	Horace
Bill Murdoch	...	Desmond
John McVeigh	...	Ian McVeigh
Scott G. Anderson	...	Alan Barnes (as Scott Anderson)
Cole Hauser	...	Kelsey O'Brian
John Martin	...	Brian Burns
Paul Agnew	...	Kilnockie Football Team
Ian Constable	...	Kilnockie Football Team

Also Known As:

Road to Glory (USA) (working title)
The Cup (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Canada:115 min | USA:114 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Crail, Fife, Scotland, UK

Company:

Butcher's Run Films

Trivia:

Ally McCoist, who plays a former Celtic player is, in real life, a former Rangers player (the Celtic-Rangers rivalry is emphasized in the film). In the stock footage in which they show McCoist in his glory days, they actually super-impose Celtic colors on to his blue Rangers shirts. Even though, in the movie, he is wearing green and white, the design of the kit is obviously that of Glasgow Rangers.

Nice try...

If I was an American living in America with maybe a passing interest in Football or Soccer as they tend to call it, then this movie might pass as pretty good entertainment, but being Scottish and loving football since I could walk and talk I found this film to be absolute rubbish. Robert Duvall is a fantastic actor but he is hindered here by his awful attempt at a Scottish accent, couldn't he have just played it in his normal voice. Maybe they could have come out with some sort of explanation why an American would end up managing a Scottish team that would have been been easier to swallow than his Hey Jimmy! Och aye the Noo dialect. Also as a Celtic supporter you would expect me to be ready to crucify Ally McCoist's acting since he used to play for Rangers, but actually he is by far and away the best thing in the film! He's actually pretty good! Sadly the footage they used of his days with Celtic ( he's wearing his Rangers strip coloured green! ) is awful. Actually nearly everything in this film is awful, it was a very, very bad idea from the beginning. Also why is a great actor like Michael Keaton doing in this, he is wasted in a small role, was he just doing a favour for Duvall? I must say though the actual football matches were pretty well done, much better than the likes of Escape to Victory or any other football movie. ***3/10***