Kicking and Screaming

Phil realizes that lately he's been pushing the team too hard. He tells the team that the game is all about trying your best and having fun and apologizes for being a lousy coach. Phil (Will Ferrell) and his team The Tigers beat Phil's dad's (Buck) (Robert Duvall) team The Gladiators in the final game thanks to team work. Because of the bet they made, Buck gives his Pel

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Factual error: Soccer officials are supposed to wear a color that is different than the teams he is officiating. The ref wears a blue shirt when officiating the tigers (who are blue) and then a black shirt when officiating the Gladiators (who are in black). The referee would have worn either his primary yellow for these or red, but never blue or black.

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Phil Weston: I am angry. I'm like a large tornado of anger, swirling about.

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Question: In the scene where Will Ferrell is talking to his wife he says "They were running around like whirling derbishes, and I don't even know what that is" or something to that effect. What is a derbish and why does it whirl?

Answer: An actual dervish (not derbish) is a member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, some of which perform whirling dances and vigorous chanting as acts of ecstatic devotion (hence the term "whirling dervish"), though in general 'a whirling dervish' is used for anyone who moves with an unfocused, almost frenzied energy.

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