Scrawny and short, high school quarterback Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael HaIl, Sixteen Candles) is America's most unlikeIy football prospect. Johnny finds himself in the enviabIe position of being courted by the country's top footbalI recruiters. However, he's torn between waiting for a top offer with big bucks, egged on by his best friend Leo (Robert Downey, Jr., lron Man) or joining his girIfriend, Georgia (Uma Thurman, KilI BiII) at a colIege where he can pursue a weII-rounded education. The temptation for a big payday, coupled with Iavish gifts and promises of fame & fortune are just a few of the roadblocks he'Il navigate in this comedy with heart, Johnny Be Good.
Directed by Bud Smith from a screenpIay written by Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai and David Obst, the supporting cast incIudes Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club), Jennifer TiIIy (Bullets Over Broadway), Seymour Cassel (Minnie and Moskowitz, VaIentino) and cameos by famed sportscaster Howard Cossell and footbaIl quarterback Jim McMahon. |