The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

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The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
Directed by	Tim Kelleher
Produced by	Kevin Inch
Written by	Tim Kelleher Greg Fields
Starring	Tony Danza Jessica Tuck Art LaFleur Jaime Cardriche Gil Filar
Distributed by	Disney
Release date(s)	1998
Running time	78 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (also known as The Philadelphia Phenomenon) is a 1998 television movie starring Tony Danza from Walt Disney Pictures.

[edit] Plot

Barney Gorman gets a chance to play for the Philadelphia Eagles as their brand new place kicker and does exceptionally well making field goals till he is pressured by a game winning kick that he misses. He also becomes spoiled from all the money he gets, forgetting his family and friends. Everything goes wrong from there: he gets kicked out the house, his friends and the whole town burn his posters, and he loses his job as kicker. Then he realizes his mistakes and has a better attitude by going to his family and telling them he is sorry. He gets his job back for the last game and gets the game-winning touchdown.

[edit] Trivia

• Barney's friend that was seen at the cafe where he says " This new Eagles owner must be a good guy " is actually Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles.
• The Philadelphia Eagles have been associated with the Walt Disney company more than any other sports franchise
• The filming locations for the movie included Hollywood, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Mike Vanderjagt was the kicking stand-in for Tony Danza
• Chris Berman is also featured in the film many times.
• Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys was featured in the film along with other NFL footage.

[edit] External links

• The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon at the Internet Movie Database