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The Comebacks

The Comebacks

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The Comebacks

"Keep your eye on the ball."

2007

1h 47m

4.8(168 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!

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Fox Atomic

20th Century Fox

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Freddie Wiseman/Narrator

David Koechner

David Koechner

Lambeau "Coach" Fields

Melora Hardin

Melora Hardin

Barb Fields

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence

Lance Truman

Brooke Nevin

Brooke Nevin

Michelle Fields

Nick Searcy

Nick Searcy

Mr. Truman

Robert Ri'chard

Robert Ri'chard

Aseel Tare

George Back

George Back

Buddy Boy

Noureen DeWulf

Noureen DeWulf

Jasminder Featherfoot

Jesse Garcia

Jesse Garcia

Jorge Juanson

Creative team

Directed by: Tom Brady
Produced by: Andrew Panay
Jeffrey Harlacker

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