John Arends at 2014-06-25 16:37:52:

Scott - Here are a few more if you need them: SLAP SHOT REGGIE DUNLOP - The Chiefs are history, guys. There ain't no Florida deal. I just made that shit up. We're deader than this stinkin' town is. I conned you guys. I just lied to ya. We were never anything but a rich broad's tax write-off. Doesn't make a fuck's bit of difference whether we won or lost. You know we ain't been hockey players, we been clowns! We've been goons! We've been freaks in a fuckin' side show. We're nothin' but a bunch of criminals. We oughta be in jail, that's all there is to it. I'm ashamed, really ashamed of myself. See, Ned was right. Violence is killing this sport. It's dragging it through the mud. Things keep up the way they are, hockey players'll be nothin' but actors, punks. Well I'm not playin' my last game that way. Yeah, it's my last game and I wanna play it straight. No more nail 'em, no more fuck with 'em, that's finished. I wanna win that championship tonight, but I wanna win it clean. Old time hockey. Like when I got started, ya know? Toblake, Dick Clapper, Eddie Shore, those guys were the greats. I don't know what to say. Christ, it's up to you. HANSON BROTHERS - Our line starts? REGGIE - Sure! "Slap Shot" (1977) Written by Nancy Dowd Trivia: Screenwriter Nancy Dowd originally intended the film to be a documentary. George Roy Hill convinced her that it would be better served as a feature length-comedy. She wrote the script because her brother, Ned Dowd, was a professional hockey player. He also has a part in the movie, as well as being stunt coordinator and technical advisor. The swearing in the film, by 1977 standards, was considered so foul, advertisements contained an additional warning underneath the R-rating: "Certain language may be too strong for children." In Québec (Canada), the movie has reached cult status because it was dubbed in a very "colorful" vernacular Québec French, including, not unlike the original English track, lots of swearing and profanities. Paul Newman stated on many occasions that he had more fun making this film than on any other film he has starred in, and that it remained his favorite of his own films. Dialogue on Dialogue: Made in 1977, "Slap Shot" most likely inspired the equally brilliant "Caddyshack," which was released in 1980. 'Nuf said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_BY67xkLuE HOOSIERS "There's a tradition in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there. Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again. And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to being the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game. In my book, we're gonna be winners. Okay? [Players start a slow clap that builds in speed..] Okay? All right! All right! Go, go, go!!!" "Hoosiers" (1986) Written by Angelo Pizzo Trivia: Ranked #4 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcbCxSJQcw ANY GIVEN SUNDAY "I don't know what to say, really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives. It all comes down to today. No either we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch. Play by play. Till we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back. Into the light. We can climb outta hell. One inch at a time. Now I can't do it for you. I'm too old. I look around, I see these young faces and I think, I mean, I made every wrong choice a middle aged man can make. I, uh, pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see. In the mirror. You know, when you get old in life, things get taken from you. I mean, that's, that's part of life. But, ya only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out life's this game of inches. So's football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small, I mean, one half-a-step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half-second too slow or too fast you don't' quite catch it. the inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fuckin' difference between winnin' and losin'! Between living and dying! I'll tell ya this. In any fight, it's the guy who's willing to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm gonna have any life any more, it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch. Because that's what livin' is. The six inches in front of your face. Now I can't make you do it. You gotta look at the guy next to ya, look into his eyes. Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows, when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him. That's a team, gentlemen. And, either we heal now, as a team, or we will die…as individuals. That's football, guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you gonna do?" "Any Given Sunday" (1999) Screenplay by John Logan, Oliver Stone. Trivia: This final rallying speech for the team before the playoff game is based on a rallying speech from real life NFL Coach, Marty Schottenheimer. Daily Dialogue: This is one of the most well-known sports speeches, and one of the best, for so many reasons. It's confessional, redemptive. It moves the story as it bares the soul of the protagonist. It's a potent mix of emotion, authenticity, masterful writing and an organic delivery by Pacino that makes it feel as if the words are originating in the moment. But when you look at the structure of the speech, its rhythms and cadence, you see it's poetic as hell. So you believe the lead writer, Chicago playwright John Logan, when he says his original pitch for what would become his first produced screenplay was this: "It's 'King Lear' set in an NFL franchise." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDhhZtRwFU WE ARE MARSHALL "For those of you who may not know, this is the final resting place for six members of the 1970 Thundering Herd. The plane crash that took their lives was so severe, so absolute, that their bodies were unable to be identified. So they were buried here. Together. Six players. Six teammates. Six sons of Marshall. This is our past, gentlemen. This is where we have been, this is how we got here, this is who we are. Today, I want to talk about our opponent this afternoon. They're bigger, faster, stronger, more experienced. And on paper, they're just better. And they know it, too. I wanna tell you something that they don't know. They don't know your heart. I do. I've seen it. You have shown it to me. You have shown this coaching staff, your teammates, you have shown yourselves just exactly who you are in here (thumps his chest). When you take that field today, you gotta lay that heart on the line. From the soles of your feet, with every ounce of blood you've got in your body, lay it on the line until the final whistle blows. And if you do that, if you do that, we cannot lose. We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game, but if you play like that, we cannot be defeated. We came here today to remember. Six young men, and sixty nine others who will not be on the field with you today. But they will be watching. You can bet your ass that they'll be gritting their teeth with every snap of that football. You understand me, how you play today from this moment on, is how you will be remembered. This is your opportunity to rise from these ashes and grab glory. We are.. (the players answer) MARSHALL. We are…MARSHALL. We are…MARSHALL. Funerals end today!" "We Are Marshall" (2006) Screenplay by Jamie Linden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEL8PYu4RR4