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Films | Varsity Blues (1999)

Ali as: Darcy Sears
Directed By: Brian Robbins
Screenwriter: W. Peter Iliff
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Cast: James Van Der Beek, Amy Smart, Paul Walker, Scott Caan
Genre: Comedy / Teen
MPAA Rating: 'R' for strong language throughout, sexuality and nudity, and some substance abuse.
Runtime: 106 minutes

Theatrical Release: 15th January, 1999
DVD Release: 31st May, 1999

Budget: $16,000,000 (estimate)
Box Office: $54,294,169
Foreign: $1,400,000
Filming Dates: Unknown

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his West Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title.

When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.

Varsity Blues explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them.

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Ali Quotes

• "We shot that scene on the very first day. It was a silly mess. I was running back and forth from the set to makeup as they were trying to put the shaving cream bikini one me. It got all over the place."

Memorable Quotes

• Darcy: "Baby I got so excited thinking about next year and Florida state and the future, I think I need to be your wide receiver."
Rachel Lance: "Here baby."
Darcy: "Well not "here" here, but somewhere here."

Facts

• In the scene where Darcy sports her whipped-cream-bikini, shaving cream was used. Whipped cream wouldn't stick right.

• The whipped-cream-bikini was Ali's first day and first scene on set. It was also her first ever movie.

• When Darcy Sears kisses Mox with her whipped-cream-bikini, some whipped cream gets on his shirt but is not present when he pulls away.

• Mostly filmed in Texas, USA.

Critic Reviews

"Depicts just how difficult it is to stay true to yourself and your dreams when the call of celebrity comes knocking at your door." - (Read Full Review: Spirituality & Practice)	"Van Der Beek's understated performance and Caan's hotdogging are refreshing enough to raise Varsity Blues above its clichés." - (Read Full Review: E! Online)
"An unappetizing mix of raucously vulgar comedy and teen-angst melodrama." - (Read Full Review: Variety)	"In addition to the fulfillment of endless high school male fantasies, it also recycles every football and sports movie cliché known to man." - (Read Full Review: Q Film Desk)