The Big Green (1995)

Director:

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Writer (WGA):

Holly Goldberg Sloan (written by)

Release Date:

29 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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...

Plot Keywords:

Sports Team | Soccer | Color In Title | Twins | Chocolate Milk

Cast

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
Ariel Welch	...	Sue Gates
Jimmy Higa	...	Tak Yamato
Gil Glasgow	...	Cookie Musgrove
Libby Villari	...	Brenda Neilson
Louanne Stephens	...	Bomma Cole
John Bourg	...	Jay Huffer, Jr.
Tyler Bishop	...	Knight #2
Milt Oberman	...	Referee
Nik Hagler	...	Chief Bishop
Stephen Parr	...	Stadium Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lauren King	...	Fan in Stands (uncredited)

Directed by
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Writing credits (WGA)
Holly Goldberg Sloan		(written by)

Produced by
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Dennis Bishop	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Ralf D. Bode		(as Ralf Bode)

Film Editing by
John F. Link

Casting by
Rick Montgomery
Dan Parada

Production Design by
Evelyn Sakash

Art Direction by
Harry Darrow

Set Decoration by
Helen Britten

Costume Design by
Rondi Hillstrom Davis

Makeup Department
Martha Marek Beresford	....	hair stylist: second unit (as Martha Beresford)
Bridget Cook	....	key hair stylist
Candi Duke	....	assistant makeup artist
Tammy Lema	....	hair stylist: second unit
Kelly Nelson	....	assistant hair stylist
Carla Palmer	....	key makeup artist
Regina Rutherford	....	makeup artist: second unit
Kate Shorter	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Joe Dishner	....	unit production manager
Sara E. White	....	production supervisor: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Boyum	....	second unit director
Franklyn Gottbetter	....	second second assistant director
Richleigh Heagh	....	second assistant director
Jessica W. Leung	....	dga trainee
Bill Scott	....	first assistant director: second unit
Chris Stoia	....	first assistant director
Daniel Ramos	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Suzy Abbott	....	head scenic
Deana Albers	....	assistant props
Kevin Berve	....	assistant props
Tom Christoper	....	set dresser
Patricia Dillon	....	set dresser
Tom Dreesen	....	construction coordinator
Marc Dudash	....	scenic artist
Maureen Farley	....	property master
Donald Gross	....	carpenter
Kim F. Hawkins	....	carpenter
Christopher Haynes	....	set dresser
Tony Henrickson	....	carpenter
Bryant Jackson	....	set dresser
Diane J. Laurienzo	....	scenic foreman
Gary Ledyard	....	lead man
Thomas Lemman	....	construction foreman
Karen Luzius	....	assistant set decorator
Joaquin A. Morin	....	assistant props
William H. Neff	....	sign painter
Darren Patnode	....	set dresser
Kenneth R. Rector	....	set dresser
Coco Rost	....	set dresser
E. Colleen Saro	....	set dresser
Mike Swift	....	storyboard artist
Wallace R. Symns	....	greensman
Shelagh Talbot	....	scenic artist
Chris Telschow	....	carpenter
Jack Thorpe	....	carpenter
Gabriella Villarreal	....	buyer
Tracey Holman Weaver	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Denise Bell	....	sound recordist
Bruce Buehlman	....	adr mixer
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
David Gertz	....	foley mixer
John Glaeser	....	cable person
Darrell Hanzalik	....	supervising adr editor
Fred Judkins	....	adr editor
David Mann	....	assistant sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator
Robert L. Sephton	....	sound designer
Robert L. Sephton	....	supervising sound editor
Charles Ewing Smith	....	dialogue editor
Chris Sparkes	....	loader
F. Scott Taylor	....	assistant sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	assistant sound editor (as Mark Tracy)
Robert Wald	....	sound mixer
Bryan O. Watkins	....	foley editor
Scott Weber	....	sound effects editor
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr editor (as C.T. Welch)
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Margaret Johnson	....	special effects supervisor
Randy E. Moore	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Buena Vista Imaging	....	titles and opticals

Stunts
Joni Avery	....	stunts
Tammy Byrd	....	stunts
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts (as Doc Charboneau)
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunt coordinator (as Jeff Dashnaw)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jim Halty)
Cody Haynes	....	stunts
Russell Towery	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Andrus	....	grip
James W. Apted	....	camera production assistant
Paul Bode	....	second assistant camera
Dwight Cary	....	best boy
Michael Ferris	....	director of photography: second unit
Jay Fortune	....	gaffer
Tom R. Gibbs	....	rigging gaffer
Peter Gulla	....	camera operator
Curtis Herbert	....	grip
Robert Hicks	....	grip
Blake Hill	....	electrician
Blake Hill	....	set lighting
Curtis Huber	....	grip: second unit
Jay M. Huntoon	....	video assist operator
Gary Jay	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Key Kolb	....	best boy grip
John Lacy	....	electrician
Robert Lewallen	....	dolly grip: second unit
Robert Lewallen	....	key grip: second unit
Victoria J. Lowe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
James 'Buz' Maloy	....	dolly grip
Raul Mello	....	electrician
Denise Nelson	....	grip
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator
Van Redin	....	still photographer
Donis Rhoden	....	grip
Steve Rogers	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Peter D. Roome	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Philip Sloan	....	key grip
Alex Touyarot	....	first assistant camera
Joseph Vasquez	....	grip
Christopher Redmond	....	video assist operator: second unit (uncredited)
Vicki Siamas	....	second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Michael Curtis	....	animator: title animation

Casting Department
Lauris Freeman	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles (as Lauris Trent Freeman)
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Liz Keigley	....	casting: Texas
Sari E. Keigley	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Abbey	....	key costumer
Kathy Kiatta	....	wardrobe supervisor
Krista Schluderman	....	wardrobe assistant
Lorraine Venberg	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Gloria Kaiser	....	color timer
William J. Meshover	....	associate film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Paul M. Wagner	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	consultant: musical score
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Randy Edelman	....	orchestrator
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestrator
John La Salandra	....	music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Cecil D. Evans	....	transportation captain
Jerry McKnight	....	transportation coordinator (as Gerald R. McKnight Jr.)

Other crew
Sheila Allen	....	assistant accountant
August Bach	....	adr voice
Charles Bartlett	....	adr voice
Charles Bazaldua	....	adr voice
Melody Bishop	....	pa/children's coordinator
Nita Boyum	....	script supervisor: second unit
Julian Bratolyubov	....	supervising copyist
Caroline Brock	....	car wrangler
Doug Burch	....	adr voice
Paul Carrozza	....	running advisor
Cathy Cavadini	....	adr voice
Thadd Day	....	production assistant
Bryan Doughty	....	adr voice
Judi M. Durand	....	adr voice
David Estes	....	la soccer advisor
Mary K. Fanto	....	assistant production coordinator
Nathan R. Fitzgerald	....	production secretary
Linda Giffin-Citron	....	script supervisor
Gary Gillingham	....	production accountant
Alfonso Gutiérrez	....	soccer advisor
Heather Hanson	....	craft service assistant
Doris Hess	....	adr voice
Robert Hyams	....	title designer
Daamen J. Krall	....	adr voice
David Allen Kramer	....	adr voice (as David Kramer)
Marsha Kramer	....	adr voice
Mitch Kreindel	....	unit publicist
Ladd Lanford	....	production assistant
Ken Lewin	....	assistant location manager
David McCharen	....	adr voice (as David Mc Charen)
Rob McGrath	....	location manager: second unit
Mimi N. McGreal	....	office production assistant
Rob Meisenholder	....	payroll accountant
Lucas Moore	....	supervising studio teacher
Aaron Morris	....	craft service assistant
Peter K. Munson	....	production assistant
Bob Neill	....	adr voice
Robert Parr	....	head technical soccer advisor
Stephen Parr	....	soccer advisor
Karen Prince	....	dog handler
James C. Rail	....	production assistant
Daniel Ramos	....	key production assistant
David Randolph	....	adr voice
Noreen Reardon	....	adr voice
Michelle Rogers	....	soccer advisor
Nick Sanders	....	craft service
Beth Sepko	....	promotions coordinator
Janice F. Sperling	....	production coordinator
Stanley H. Steen Jr.	....	production assistant
Scott Streetman	....	production assistant
Greg Webb	....	adr voice
Eric A. Williams	....	location manager
Ruth Zalduondo	....	adr voice
Sara Ballon	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Anne Carr	....	medic: second unit (uncredited)
John P. Crowley	....	craft service: second unit (uncredited)
Ned Dowd	....	head of production: Caravan Pictures (uncredited)
Christopher Redmond	....	bird wrangler (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Caravan Pictures
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abril Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Gativideo (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #33879) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Trivia:

Most of the kid actors have stopped doing movies. The only ones still acting are: Patrick Renna, Jordan Brower, Jessica Robertson and Bug Hall.

Goofs:

Factual errors: On a penalty kick, the shooter does not signal to the referee when he is ready to kick.

Quotes:

Miss Anna Mongomery: What do you have to do to believe in yourselves?
Tak Yamato: What?
Miss Anna Mongomery: We believe in them, don't we, Sheriff Tom?
Sheriff Tom Palmer: Hm?
Miss Anna Mongomery: Tell the kids we believe in them.
Sheriff Tom Palmer: Oh, yeah, yeah. Course we do.
Kate Douglas: Even if we do decide to go to Austin, how we gonna get there? Walk?

Soundtrack:

RAMBLIN

Disney would have fired everyone.

Walt was particularly fond of quality. So how come the producers at Disney would release such a terribly edited, roughly acted (even for family fare!) mess of a movie? THE BIG GREEN had a good concept. And, since it is Disney, you know how the movie is going to turn out obviously. But THE BIG GREEN is horrible. The jokes are lame. And Steve Guttenburg, still alive, pulls in another terrible performance on his resume.

Kids with too much time on their hands in small town Elma are offered an opportunity by their new teacher to play soccer. The kids don't know a thing though. And, gracious for us, we get to see Steve Guttenburg try to hit on the teacher from beginning to end.

The speed up camera work does not work. THE BIG GREEN is full of speeding the pace of characters to move the movie along. Kids are not idiots. They will catch on if you give them enough of a hint without showing all that garbage. Guttenburg, for once in his life, should have turned down an offer to join this movie. Also the pretty Olivia d'Abo should have called this one off too. THE BIG GREEN can be known as 'The Big Bomb.'