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Second String
“She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl.”
70%
Movie
1h 40m
AI Analysis
Second String (2002) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Second String (2002) — a movie tagged as TV Movie, Comedy, and Drama with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~100 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Second String 70% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
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70%
from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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...
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2002-12-18
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 55734
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What is Second String about?
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-poisoni... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Second String?
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How long is the movie Second String?
The official runtime for Second String is approximately 100 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Jon Voight
Coach Chuck Dichter

Gil Bellows
Dan Heller

Teri Polo
Connie Heller

Richard T. Jones
Gerry Fullerton

Garcelle Beauvais
Larissa Fullerton

George Eads
Tommy Baker

Charles Malik Whitfield
Lenny Voyles

Lamont Johnson
Ernie Weathers

Ingo Neuhaus
Randy Johnson

Shawn Woods
Curtis Hooks

Evan Parke
Jackie Mumms

Nick von Esmarch
Tim Hobbs
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Mike O'Shea
Jeff Vandevier

Goûchy Boy
Carl "Big Daddy" Harris
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Jeff Pustil
Bill Conners

Dwight McFee
Dave Faulkner

Aron Tager
Charley Tuck
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Bob Beverage
Ben Anderson
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