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Blue Chips

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Blue Chips
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1hr 48min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1994
Director:
William Friedkin
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh  ...more
Synopsis: Blue Chips examines greed, cheating, and "winning at all costs" in the world of college basketball. Nick Nolte plays the stressed-out coach on the verge of his first losing season, who hits the road in search of new players not already signed by a bigger school. He finds three prospects: a precision Chicago shooter (Anfernee Hardaway), a giant farmboy (Matt Nover), and a talented troublemaker (Shaquille O'Neal). All three, wise to the ways of college basketball recruitment, make excessive financial ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
Spittle flying and veins popping, Nick Nolte's Pete Bell is the prototype of the Bobby Knight-like basketball coach whose play diagramming is exceeded only by his irascible personality. Blue Chips opens with his total verbal castration of a locker room of chastened athletes, then ups the wicked satirical level by having Bell, in full pouting diva mode, punt a ball into the stands during the game. This ... Full Review
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