Second String
2002 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 555 VOTES · DIR. Rob Lieberman
Overview
American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...
Dialogue Timeline — 2,138 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 [CROWD CHEERING]
00:04:45 "Give 'em hell" Heller.
00:08:18 Why, on a Wednesday night before a playoff game
00:11:37 He does?
00:15:30 Where was the pressure? I wanna get to the quarterback.
00:18:58 love... love...
00:22:11 just signed yesterday
00:25:58 ♪ Of the brave ♪
00:29:46 This is very unfortunate.
00:33:54 he turned out the lights
00:37:32 but, man, I was there.
00:41:33 [SNIFFLES]
00:45:40 [SNICKERING]
00:50:10 Hey!
00:53:53 You weren't good in Philly, and you aren't good now.
00:57:25 Why don't we run the ball right up the gut?
01:01:24 We're going to the Superbowl.
01:05:57 Had a hell of a lot of fun telling you off at halftime.
01:09:55 It's fine, but it doesn't say anything.
01:14:00 And the Vikings pick up the ball
01:17:24 I get you fired twice in your career.
01:20:52 But trickery in the biggest game of them all, the Super Bowl?
01:24:53 Two! Two!
01:28:24 Don't make me lose this.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,138
Dialogue density21.4 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:28:24
Production Record
DirectorRob Lieberman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes555