Best sport movie trivia of 2005

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Fever Pitch picture

Trivia: The Red Sox were originally scripted to lose the World Series. After the Sox actually did win the Series, the ending was changed.

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The Longest Yard picture

Trivia: Michael Irvin's character wears the same jersey number he did when he played for the Dallas Cowboys, number 88.

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Cinderella Man picture

Trivia: The man who at the end announces that Jimmy Braddock is the winner is actually the Director's (Ron Howard) Father.

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Goal! picture

Trivia: The free-kick goal scored by Santiago (actor) against Liverpool in the movie was actually scored by the real Newcastle United player Laurent Robert in the real game against Liverpool which won them the game 1-0.

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Two for the Money picture

Trivia: Since they where not allowed to use NFL footage, the football footage is a mix of USFL, Canadian, and Arena league.

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Herbie: Fully Loaded picture

Trivia: When Crazy Dave is putting the chain on Herbie at his yard, Herbie squirts oil all over his foot. This is a reference to the 1968 film "The Love Bug", in which Herbie did exactly the same thing to Thorndyke (David Tomlinson).

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Trivia: Buttermaker gets a gentleman's club for the team's sponsor but one of the many sponsors he looks into first is Chico's Bail Bonds which was the team sponsor in the 1976 version of the movie.

William Bergquist

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