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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   2,164 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Holly Goldberg Sloan (written by)
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Release Date:
29 September 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The biggest kick of the year!
Plot:
Another Disney underdog sports team of misfit kids (soccer this time) learns to play a new sport and become champions... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Big Green Help Award
 (From PopStar. 25 March 2009, 10:20 AM, PDT)

Video: Nickelodeon Stars Go Green
 (From TVGuide - Breaking News. 10 December 2008, 11:27 AM, PST)

User Reviews:
This film is a big winner in the fun-with-lessons category more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve Guttenberg ... Sheriff Tom Palmer

Olivia d'Abo ... Miss Anna Mongomery

Jay O. Sanders ... Coach Jay Huffer

John Terry ... Edwin V. Douglas
Chauncey Leopardi ... Evan Schiff
Patrick Renna ... Larry Musgrove
Billy L. Sullivan ... Jeffrey Luttrell

Yareli Arizmendi ... Marbelly Morales

Bug Hall ... Newt Shaw
Jessica Robertson ... Kate Douglas (as Jessie Robertson)
Anthony Esquivel ... Juan Morales
Jordan Brower ... Nick Anderssen
Hayley Kolb ... Sophia Convertino
Haley Miller ... Polly Neilson
Ashley Welch ... Lou Gates
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language.
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100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Most of the child actors did not know how to play soccer. In fact, Anthony Esquivel was the only one who knew how to play at the time of filming. more
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Continuity: Before the shootout, The Big Green choose the following order: Juan, Kate, Nick, Sophia, Newt. However when the actual shootout is happening the order is as follows: Juan, Kate, Sophia, Nick, Newt. more
Quotes:
Larry Musgrove: I got a question.
Sheriff Tom Palmer: That's great! Great, participation! Fire away, big guy!
Larry Musgrove: While you're here, who's giving out speeding tickets and scooping dead animals off the highway?
Sheriff Tom Palmer: All right, no more questions.
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
This film is a big winner in the fun-with-lessons category, 30 October 2006
7/10
Author: Amy Adler from Toledo, Ohio

The students in a small Texan town have a new teacher from England (Olivia D'Abo). She is trying hard to motivate and communicate with her pupils, with only limited success. Limited, that is, until she gets her students excited about soccer. She assembles a ragtime team, with no uniforms, and teaches them about the fundamentals of soccer. The team, with a mixture of girls and boys, begins playing matches. They lose. The teacher enlists the help of the local sheriff (Steve Guttenberg) and, together, they help the team improve. But, will they succeed in winning soccer games? This is another stroll down Mighty Ducks lane but it is still a good film for children. It's themes of hard work and teamwork are undeniable and very worthwhile. The actors, the script, and the Texas setting form a touching and funny film. If you want to find a good family film for a night at home, try this one. Big grins will pop up over The Big Green.

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