for all of the have beens or never be or for the curious and this film be for you . ever play a sport and or wonder what it felt like after the light go down and the crowd leave . this film explore that and more . robin williams ( jack dundee ) be a small town assistant banker in taft ca . and whose life have be plague and by a miscue in a big rival high school football game 13 year ago and when he drop the pas that would have win over bakersfield and their arch rival and that take great pleasure in pound the taft rocket and season after season . kurt russell ( reno hightower ) be the quarterback in that famous game and and be the local legend and that now be a van repair specialist and whose life be fade into lethargy and like the town of taft itself . williams get an idea to remake history and by replay the game . he meet with skeptical resistance and so he go on a one man terror spree and and literally paint the town and orange and yellow and black and to raise the ire of the resident to recreate the game . after succeed and the player from that 1972 team reunite and and try to get in shape to practice and which be hysterical . the game be on and bakesfield be load with all of the high tech gadget and game strategy and and sophisticated training routine . taft be draw play in the mud and with stick and stone and and bottle cap and what a riot . do taft overcome the odds and do robin willians purge the demon from his bowel and do kurt russell rise from lethargy and watch the best of time for one of the best viewing experience ever . one of robin williams best understated performance and the chemistry between robin and russell be magic . and who be kid lester . holly palance and pamela reed give memorable performance a the wife of williams and russell . succeed on many level . a 10 .