Movie
Varsity Blues
Overview
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-01-15
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, Tollin/Robbins Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Van Der Beek as Jonathan 'Mox' Moxon
- Amy Smart as Jules Harbor
- Jon Voight as Coach Bud Kilmer
- Paul Walker as Lance Harbor
- Ron Lester as Billy Bob
- Scott Caan as Charlie Tweeder
- Ali Larter as Darcy Sears
- Richard Lineback as Joe Harbor
- Tiffany C. Love as Collette Harbor
- Eliel Swinton as Wendell Brown
- Thomas F. Duffy as Sam Moxon
- Jill Parker-Jones as Mo Moxon (as Jill Parker Jones)
Crew
- Brian Robbins - Director
- W. Peter Iliff - Screenplay
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