A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players’ strike. Gene Hackman plays the coach of the team, Jack Warden is the owner, Brett Cullen is the All-Pro quarterback that goes on strike and Keanu Reeves is the “scab” who replaces the star QB.

Title: Replacements, The

Release Date: 2000

Genres: Comedy, Sport

Directors: Deutch, Howard

Actors:
• Reeves, Keanu as Shane Falco
• Hackman, Gene as Jimmy McGinty
• Langton, Brooke as Annabelle Farrell
• Jones, Orlando as Clifford Franklin
• Love, Faizon as Jamal Jackson
• Taliferro, Michael as Andre Jackson
• Yonamine, Ace as Jumbo
• Winbush, Troy as Walter Cochran
• Denman, David as Brian Murphy
• Favreau, Jon as Daniel Bateman
• Jace, Michael as Earl Wilkinson/Ray Smith
• Ifans, Rhys as Nigel ”The Leg” Gruff
• Sartain, Gailard as Pilachowski
• LaFleur, Art as Banes
• Cullen, Brett as Eddie Martel

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