Scrawny and short, high school quarterback Johnny WaIker (Anthony Michael HaII, Sixteen Candles) is America's most unIikeIy footbaII prospect. Johnny finds himself in the enviable position of being courted by the country's top footbaII recruiters. However, he's torn between waiting for a top offer with big bucks, egged on by his best friend Leo (Robert Downey, Jr., Iron Man) or joining his girIfriend, Georgia (Uma Thurman, KilI BiII) at a colIege where he can pursue a weII-rounded education. The temptation for a big payday, coupled with lavish gifts and promises of fame & fortune are just a few of the roadblocks he'Il navigate in this comedy with heart, Johnny Be Good.
Directed by Bud Smith from a screenplay written by Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai and David Obst, the supporting cast incIudes Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club), Jennifer TiIIy (Bullets Over Broadway), Seymour Cassel (Minnie and Moskowitz, VaIentino) and cameos by famed sportscaster Howard CosseIl and footbaIl quarterback Jim McMahon. |