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The Best of Times is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, written by Ron Shelton, and starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game.

The Best of Times
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Spottiswoode
Written by	Ron Shelton
Produced by	Gordon Carroll
Starring	Robin Williams Kurt Russell Pamela Reed Donald Moffat
Cinematography	Charles F. Wheeler
Edited by	Garth Craven
Music by	Arthur B. Rubinstein
Production company	Kings Road Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 31, 1986 (1986-01-31)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[1]
Box office	$7.8 million[2]

Plot

Jack Dundee (Williams) is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the 1972 high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield, which ended in a scoreless tie.

Since that game, Jack has found it impossible to forget this event. He works for his father-in-law, The Colonel, Bakersfield's biggest supporter, who reminds him of the event almost daily.

Thirteen years later, Jack coerces Reno Hightower (Russell), quarterback of the fateful game, and now a financially struggling van specialist in debt to Jack's bank, into helping him replay the game. Reno is the greatest quarterback in the history of South Kern County and the only QB to wear white shoes. With Reno and Jack together, they convince supporters in both towns to re-stage the game and in the process revitalizes Taft, as well as his and Reno's marriages.

Cast

Production

Filming

Much of the film was shot in and around the actual Taft Union High School. The football scenes took place at Pierce Junior College in the San Fernando Valley. The night game was filmed at Moorpark High School, in Moorpark, CA.

Reception

Critical response

Walter Goodman of the New York Times drew attention to the "constrained" plot and uneven script, but was complimentary of Williams' "amiable performance" and relished the rousing ending which "leaves you with the sort of sappy happy feeling that Frank Capra and Preston Sturges used to provide."[3] In the Los Angeles Times, Michael Wilmington gave special praise to the co-stars, Williams and Russell, whom he described as "maybe the best thing" about the movie and excused the "excesses and flaws" of the script. Calling the film "a lip-smacking tale of all-American wish-fulfillment and a witty satire of its dangers," he commended scenarist Ron Shelton as having "a wickedly tight grip on the absurdities and dynamics of small American cities."[4]

Overall, though, the film has received mixed reviews over the decades since its release, with a 31% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.[5] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F.[6]

Pauline Kael called the film "a small town comedy where the whole population is caught up in some glorious foolishness."[7] Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com wrote: "Forgotten by most yet seemingly adored by those who choose to remember it, The Best of Times stands in my book as one of the truly great sports comedies."[8]

References

External links

• The Best of Times at IMDb
• The Best of Times at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Best of Times at the TCM Movie Database

На других языках

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[de] Rocket Man (Film)

Rocket Man (Alternativtitel: Rocket Man – Der Beste aller Zeiten; Originaltitel: The Best of Times) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie von Roger Spottiswoode aus dem Jahr 1986.

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- [en] The Best of Times (1986 film)

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[ru] Лучшие времена

«Лучшие времена» (англ. The Best of Times) — кинофильм, спортивная комедия режиссёра Роджер Споттисвуд с Куртом Расселлом и Робином Уильямсом в главных ролях.

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