Blue Chips
| Blue Chips | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Produced by | Ron Shelton |
| Written by | Ron Shelton |
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| Music by |
Jeff Beck Nile Rodgers |
| Cinematography | Tom Priestly Jr. |
| Edited by | Robert K. Lambert |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date
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February 18, 1994 |
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Running time
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108 minutes |
| Country | United states |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $23 million |
Blue Chips is a 1994 basketball drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Ron Shelton and starring Nick Nolte as a college coach and real-life basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway as talented finds. It features cameos from noted basketball figures Bob Knight, Rick Pitino, Nolan Richardson, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, Jerry Tarkanian, Matt Painter, Allan Houston, Dick Vitale and Jim Boeheim, Dan Dakich as well as actor Louis Gossett, Jr.
Pete Bell (Nolte), a college basketball coach for the fictional Western University Dolphins in Los Angeles, is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning as often as it once did and his successful program needs to attract new star players and fast. But the brightest stars of the future — the so-called "blue-chip" prospects — are secretly being paid by other schools.
This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate after a losing season. A school booster, greedy "friend of the program" Happy (J.T. Walsh), will stop at nothing to land these star high school players for Western's next season and gets the OK from the coach to do so. This includes giving a Lexus to the gigantic Neon Boudeaux (O'Neal), a house and job to the mother of Butch McRae (Hardaway) and a tractor to the father of farmboy Ricky Roe (Matt Nover), as well as a bag filled with cash.
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