A Shot at Glory

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A Shot at Glory
Film poster for A Shot at Glory
Directed by	Michael Corrente
Written by	Denis O'Neill
Starring	Robert Duvall Michael Keaton Ally McCoist Brian Cox Kirsty Mitchell Cole Hauser Scott G. Anderson Morag Hood Libby Langdon
Release date(s)	2000
Running time	114 min
Country	United States, United Kingdom
Language	English
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A Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente produced in 1999 and released in 2001, starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish association football player Ally McCoist. It had a limited commercial and critical success. The film features the fictional Scottish football club Kilnockie, as they attempt to reach their first Scottish Cup Final.

1 Plot
2 Production
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Robert Duvall plays the club coach, Gordon McLeod. Jackie McQuillan (Ally McCoist) is the team's legendary striker who has recently been signed from Arsenal F.C.. McQuillan is a legendary ex-Celtic F.C. player as well as the coach's son-in-law, and has a reputation for being a troublesome player. The two men put their personal problems aside as they try to prevent the small fishing town of Kilnockie from losing its club, which is owned by an American (played by Michael Keaton) who wants to move the team to Dublin.

[edit] Production

Filming took place at several locations across Scotland, including Boghead Park (the former ground of Dumbarton F.C.), Queen of the South F. C.'s Palmerston Park ground, Kilmarnock F.C.'s Rugby Park ground and Hampden Park. And several extras in the movie were then players of Raith Rovers Football Club, a club Duvall went to see regularly to learn from John McVeigh, the manager, whom his character was based on. A soundtrack for the film was written by Mark Knopfler.