The Replacements (2000) on Netflix
The Washington Sentinels have four games left when a players' strike hits. Owner Edward O'Neil hires former coach Jimmy McGinty, who recruits quarterback Shane Falco to lead a team of misfits.
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Plot summary
A pro football strike leaves four games on the Washington Sentinels' schedule. Owner Edward O'Neil asks former coach Jimmy McGinty to run the team, promising a playoff spot if McGinty wins three of those games. He picks Shane Falco, an Ohio State All-American whose career collapsed after a Sugar Bowl loss; Falco lives on a houseboat and cleans boat hulls. The replacements include stockboy Clifford Franklin, bodyguard brothers Andre and Jamal Jackson, Welsh pub owner Nigel "The Leg" Gruff, SWAT officer Daniel Bateman, sumo wrestler Jumbo Fumiko, minister Walter Cochran, deaf tight end Brian Murphy, and a convict playing under an alias. Striking players pelt them with eggs and call them scabs, overturning Falco's truck. Head cheerleader Annabelle Farrell recruits new cheerleaders and drives Falco home, where she surprises him with her football knowledge.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Replacements (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The movie was loosely based on the 1987 NFL strike, specifically the Washington Redskins, who won all three replacement games without any of their regular players and went on to win Super Bowl XXII.
- Though the film is a story of the replacement players, the Falco-Martel quarterback controversy is quite similar to the one in the post-strike Washington controversy between Doug Williams and Jay Schroeder.
- Hackman narrated the episode of NFL Network's America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions devoted to the 1987 Washington Redskins, the replacement team that won all three strike games and went on to win Super Bowl XXII.
