| Necessary Roughness | |
|---|---|
 "This gang of loners, loonies and losers are about to become something they've never been before. A Team." | |
| Directed By | Stan Dragoti |
| Written By | Rick Natkin, David Fuller |
| Cast | Scott Bakula, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak, Sinbad |
| Produced By | Mace Neufeld, Robert Rehme |
| Cinematography By | Peter Stein |
| Film Editing By | Steve Mirkovich, John Wright |
| Music By | Bill Conti |
| Distributed By | Paramount Pictures |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | September 27, 1991 |
| Runtime | 108 Minutes |
| Rating | PG-13 |
| Gross | $26,300,000 |
Overview[]
Necessary Roughness is a 1991 American produced sports-comedy film starring Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, and Robert Loggia. It was the final film directed by Stan Dragoti and is completely unrelated to the 2011 Necessary Roughness TV series.
When a huge corruption scandal rocks Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos, the NCAA hands down massive sanctions, forcing the University to clean house and wipe the stain clean with a new staff and a whole team roster.
But Coach Gennero will need to use actual students from their student body and with no sports scholarships, Texas State has not only far fewer players than normal ... they have had to accept a more ... eccentric makeshift squad of irregulars.
From the extremely female placekicker to the maniacal martial arts enthusiast weren't enough, he's got a graduate student who moonlights as a physics teacher and a 34 year old aging ex-high school football star. It's be a long hard road to get this bunch of losers and loonies to come together as a team ... it's take some ol' fashioned teamwork and training to do it. A lot of necessary roughness!
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Scott Bakula as Paul Blake
- Hector Elizondo as Ed Gennero
- Robert Loggia as Wally Riggendorf
- Sinbad as Andre Krimm
- Jason Bateman as Jarvis Edison
- Andrew Bryniarski as Wyatt Beaudry
- Duane Davis as Featherstone
- Michael Dolan as Eric 'Samurai' Hansen
- Marcus Giamatti as Sargie 'Fumblina' Wilkinson
- Kathy Ireland as Lucy Draper
- Andrew Lauer as Charlie Banks
- Louis Mandylor as McKenzie
- Peter Tuiasosopo as Manumana "The Slender"
- Harley Jane Kozak as Dr. Suzanne Carter
- Larry Miller as Phillip Elias
- Fred Thompson as Carver Purcell
- Rob Schneider as Chuck Neiderman
Production[]
Additional/Alternate Movie Taglines[]
- They just might be the biggest bunch of losers that ever became winners.
- This gang of loners, loonies and losers are about to become something they've never been before. A Team.
Reception[]
Trivia[]
- The Prison Football Team actually consisted of a number of real and former NFL players such as Dick Butkus, Jim Kelly, Jerry Rice, Tony Dorsett, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Randy White, Hershel Walker, Earl Campbell, Ben Davidson, and Roger Craig. Boxing legend Evander Holyfield also made a cameo appearance as a member of the team.
- Although Kathy Ireland as Lucy Draper portrayed the first female college football player in the film for humorous intent; there have been a number of females who have predated her role by playing football at both high school and professional level in the real world. Luverne "Toad" Wise was the first female placekicker at Atmore High School, Alabama in 1939 and Patricia Palinkas was the first woman in a professional league as a placekick holder for her placekicker husband, Stephen Palinkas in 1970 for the Orlando Panthers. Since the film has been released however, there have been a growing number of females who have played on college football teams.