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'Blue Chips' - more than basketball
By Cliff LeBlanc
The Battalion
"Blue Chips"
Starring Nick Nolte, Mary
McDonnell, J.T. Walsh,
Shaquille O'Neal and
Anfernee Hardaway
Directed by William Friedkin
Rated PG-13
Playing at Hollywood USA
Nick Nolte stars in this sea
son's first big sports film. And
being a big college basketball fan,
I had heard all about the film last
summer and I couldn't wait to
Shaquille O'Neal stars as a highly sought-after
college basketball recruit in "Blue Chips."
see it.
But this is not a film about the
tactical skill of coaching or the
courage of the star athletes. It
touches on a tender subject in all
college sports, the paying of play
ers for their play.
Nolte plays Pete Bell, a nation
ally known basketball coach who
has fallen on bad times. He has
just had his first losing season
and he wants to win again, but
he must first get talent.
Nolte tries to find the players
that will lead him to victory. He
finds three "blue chip" prospects
played by Shaquille O'Neal, An
fernee "Penny" Hardaway and
Matt Nover. He realizes that he
can get all three of these players
for his team, but only if he can
give them something in return.
Nolte resorts to using an alum
nus (J.T. Walsh) to pay the play
ers for him and then does not
want to accept that he is cheating
in the game that he loves so
much.
Instead of using actors for the
basketball footage, the producers
used real basketball players
which gives the effect of a docu
mentary. Some of the best play
ers in the world are in these
scenes; so, what could go wrong?
Unfortunately, it seems they
forgot about actors. Nolte domi
nates the film so much that you
leave with the feeling that he was
in every scene. And O'Neal
should stick to basketball and
those sneaker commercials. He's
no Harrison Ford, or even Tom
Cruise. He's more like Big Bird.
However, the basketball is
amazing and the sound is won
derful because it sounds like you
are right there for the games.
Over 50 former college players
have spot parts as players on op
posing teams or back-ups to
Nolte's team. You can really feel
the emotion when Shaq or Hard
away dunks the ball.
"Blue Chips" is not a film
about basketball. Instead, it is
about the testing of the human
soul set against a basketball back
ground. It also makes a point to
raise issues like the importance of
a college education and glitches
in the college recruiting process.
In the end, it's a good film for
all ages and well worth the mon
ey if you realize it is not a basket
ball film.
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