Jerry Maguire - wikipedia Jerry Maguire Not to be confused with Jeremy Maguire. Jerry Maguire Theatrical release poster Directed by Cameron Crowe Produced by Cameron Crowe James L. Brooks Laurence Mark Richard Sakai Written by Cameron Crowe Starring Tom Cruise Cuba Gooding Jr. Renée Zellweger Kelly Preston Jerry O'Connell Jay Mohr Bonnie Hunt Music by Nancy Wilson Cinematography Janusz Kamiński Edited by Joe Hutshing Production company Gracie Films Vinyl Films Distributed by TriStar Pictures Release date December 13, 1996 ( 1996 - 12 - 13 ) Running time 138 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $50 million Box office $273.6 million Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy - drama sports film written, produced and directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger. Produced in part by long time Simpsons producer James L. Brooks, it was inspired by sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who acted as Technical Consultant on the crew. It was released in North American theaters on December 13, 1996, produced by Gracie Films and distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film received critical acclaim, with critics praising its acting and writing. The film was a financial success, bringing in more than $273 million worldwide, against its $50 million budget. It was the ninth top - grossing film of 1996. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Tom Cruise, with Cuba Gooding Jr. winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for three Golden Globes, with Tom Cruise winning for Best Actor, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Cuba Gooding Jr. winning Best Supporting Actor. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Cameos 3 Product placement 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 4.3 Accolades 4.4 Home media 5 Legacy 6 Soundtrack 6.1 Music not on the soundtrack 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot Jerry Maguire ( Tom Cruise ) is a glossy 35 - year - old sports agent working for Sports Management International ( SMI ). After having a life - altering epiphany about his role as a sports agent, he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in the sports management business and his desire to work with fewer clients so as to produce better quality. In turn, SMI management decides to send Bob Sugar ( Jay Mohr ), Jerry 's protégé, to fire him. Consequently, both Jerry and Sugar call all of Jerry 's clients to try and convince them not to hire the services of the other. Jerry speaks to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell ( Cuba Gooding Jr. ), one of his clients who is disgruntled with his contract. He needs a $10 million contract for his family to live on. Jerry informed him if he gets injured for the season, he will get no money from the Cardinals. Rod tests Jerry 's resolve through a very long telephone conversation while Sugar is able to convince the rest of Jerry 's clients to stick with SMI instead. Leaving the office, Jerry announces that he will start his own agency and asks if anyone is willing to join him, to which only 26 - year - old single mother Dorothy Boyd ( Renée Zellweger ) agrees. Meanwhile, Frank `` Cush '' Cushman ( Jerry O'Connell ), a superstar quarterback prospect who expects to be the number one pick in the NFL Draft, initially also stays with Jerry after he makes a visit to the Cushman home. However, Sugar is able to convince Cushman and his father to sign with SMI over Jerry the night before the draft. Cushman 's father implies they decided to sign with Sugar over Jerry when they saw Jerry attending to Tidwell ; an African - American player, versus his son ( a white player ). After an argument, Jerry breaks up with his disgruntled fiancée Avery ( Kelly Preston ). He then turns to Dorothy, becoming closer to her young son, Ray ( Jonathan Lipnicki ), and eventually starts a relationship with her. Dorothy contemplates moving to San Diego as she has a secure job offer there, however she and Jerry agree to get married. Jerry concentrates all his efforts on Rod, now his only client, who turns out to be very difficult to satisfy. Over the next several months, the two direct harsh criticism towards each other with Rod claiming that Jerry is not trying hard enough to get him a contract while Jerry claims that Rod is not proving himself worthy of the money for which he asks. Rod takes Jerry 's advice to prove he is worthy of his contract. Rod is playing well and his team is winning. Meanwhile, Jerry 's marriage with Dorothy gradually deteriorates and they eventually separate. During a Monday Night Football game between the Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys, Rod plays well but appears to receive a serious injury when catching a winning touchdown, securing a spot for the Cardinals in the playoffs. He recovers, however, and dances for the wildly cheering crowd. Afterwards, Jerry and Rod embrace in front of other athletes and sports agents and show how their relationship has progressed from a strictly business one to a close personal one, which was one of the points Jerry made in his mission statement. He then flies back home to meet Dorothy, telling her that he loves her and wants her in his life, which she accepts. Rod later appears on Roy Firestone 's sports show. Unbeknownst to him, Jerry has secured him an $11.2 million contract with the Cardinals allowing him to finish his pro football career in Arizona. The visibly emotional Rod proceeds to thank everyone and extends warm gratitude to Jerry. Jerry speaks with several other pro athletes, some of whom have read his earlier mission statement and respect his work with Rod. The movie ends with Ray throwing a baseball up in the air surprising Jerry. Jerry then discusses Ray 's possible future career in the sports industry with Dorothy. Cast Tom Cruise as Gerald `` Jerry '' Maguire. Cameron Crowe originally wrote the screenplay for Tom Hanks. Crowe took so long to write the screenplay that by the time the film was ready to be made, he felt Hanks was too old to play the part. Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rodney `` Rod '' Tidwell Renée Zellweger as Dorothy Boyd Kelly Preston as Avery Bishop Jerry O'Connell as Frank `` Cush '' Cushman Jay Mohr as Robert `` Bob '' Sugar Regina King as Marcee Tidwell Bonnie Hunt as Laurel Boyd Jonathan Lipnicki as Raymond `` Ray '' Boyd Lisa Stahl Sullivan as Jerry 's ex-girlfriend Todd Louiso as Chad the Nanny Jeremy Suarez as Tyson Tidwell Aries Spears as Teepee Tidwell Toby Huss as Steven `` Steve '' Remo Eric Stoltz as Ethan Valhere Beau Bridges as Matthew `` Matt '' Cushman ( uncredited ) Glenn Frey as Dennis Wilburn Drake Bell as Jesse Remo Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox Janet Jackson auditioned and was initially accepted for the role of Marcee Tidwell, though it later went to Regina King, who previously co-starred in Janet Jackson 's debut film Poetic Justice. Jackson is referenced twice in the film, with a Janet poster seen hanging in Teepee 's room and Cuba Gooding Jr. 's character Rod Tidwell asking `` What Have You Done for Me Lately ? '', paying homage to Jackson 's hit of the same name. Artie Lange filmed a scene for the movie but was edited out of the final cut. Patricia Arquette, Bridget Fonda, Winona Ryder and Marisa Tomei were all considered for the part of Dorothy. Mira Sorvino was also considered for Dorothy but the producers would n't meet her quote. Damon Wayans and Mykelti Williamson were considered for the role of Rod Tidwell. Diane Lane was considered for the role of Avery Bishop. Billy Wilder was considered for the part of Jerry 's mentor Dicky Fox. Cameos This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2012 ) Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr., former NFL quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikman, and Warren Moon, German ice skater Katarina Witt, then - current Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer, and former Detroit Lions coach Wayne Fontes play themselves in the film. Other NFL players that make cameos as themselves are Tim McDonald, Johnnie Morton, Rick Mirer, Rob Moore, Ki - Jana Carter, Herman Moore, Art Monk, Kerry Collins, and Dean Biasucci. Sportscasters Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, Roy Firestone, Mike Tirico, and Dan Dierdorf also make cameos. Former NBA basketball player Brent Barry is featured in the film as an athlete who refuses to sign an autograph for a young boy. Actresses portraying ex-girlfriends of Maguire include Lucy Liu, Samantha Smith, Ivana Miličević, Alison Armitage, Emily Procter and Stacey Williams. Reagan Gomez - Preston also had a minor role in the film as part of the Tidwell family. Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell makes a brief appearance in the film as a copier store clerk. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay makes a cameo as Jerry Maguire 's boss. Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is seen briefly as an SMI CEO as Maguire departs the company. Product Placement Tristar received merchandise and marketing services of over $1.5 million from Reebok in exchange for incorporating a commercial into the film and depicting the Reebok brand within certain agreed - upon standards ; when the film was theatrically released, the commercial had been left out and a tirade including `` broadsides against Reebok '' was included. When the film aired on television, the Reebok commercial had been embedded into the film as originally agreed upon. The `` Special Edition '' DVD release of the film, which has the film 's theatrical edit, includes the commercial as bonus content. Release Box Office The film debuted at number one. It earned $17,084,296 its opening weekend, and eventually grossed $153,952,592 in North American box office and approximately $119.6 million overseas for a $273,552,592 worldwide total, on a budget of $50 million. It is the ninth top - grossing film of 1996 and the fourth highest - grossing romantic drama film of all time. Critical response The film received critical acclaim, with an 82 % positive reviews on the film - critics aggregate Rotten Tomatoes. Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rod Tidwell, the Arizona Cardinals football player who sticks with Maguire. Cruise was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the movie marked Renée Zellweger 's breakout role. The film itself was nominated for Best Picture, and crew members on the film were nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Film Editing awards. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film 3 / 4 stars, writing that there `` are so many subplots that Jerry Maguire seems too full '' and also commented that the film `` starts out looking cynical and quickly becomes a heartwarmer. '' Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote `` An exceptionally tasty contempo comedic romance, Jerry Maguire runs an unusual pattern on its way to scoring an unexpected number of emotional, social and entertaining points. Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe 's shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles... '' Former Green Bay Packers vice president Andrew Brandt stated that the film `` accurately portrayed the cutthroat nature of the agent business, especially the lengths to which agents will go to retain or pilfer clients. It also captured the financial, emotional and psychological investment that goes far beyond negotiating contracts. '' Accolades Association Category Recipient Results 20 / 20 Awards Best Picture James L. Brooks Cameron Crowe Bridget Johnson Laurence Mark Richard Sakai Nominated Best Original Screenplay Cameron Crowe Nominated Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated Best Song `` Secret Garden '' Nominated Academy Awards Best Picture James L. Brooks Laurence Mark Richard Sakai Cameron Crowe Nominated Best Actor Tom Cruise Nominated Best Original Screenplay Cameron Crowe Nominated Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Best Film Editing Joe Hutshing Nominated American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Male Actor in a Motion Picture Cuba Gooding Jr. Won ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Nancy Wilson Won Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture James L. Brooks Cameron Crowe Laurence Mark Richard Sakai Nominated Best Director Cameron Crowe Nominated Best Original Screenplay Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role Tom Cruise Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated Best Actress in a Supporting Role Renee Zellweger Nominated Best Film Editing Joe Hutshing Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actor - Comedy / Romance Tom Cruise Won Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy / Romance Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy / Romance Renee Zellweger Won Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Most Promising Actress Renee Zellweger Nominated Critics Choice Awards Best Picture N / A Nominated Best Actor Tom Cruise Nominated Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Best Child Performance Jonathan Lipnicki Won Breakthrough Artist Renee Zellweger Won Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Picture N / A Nominated Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Cameron Crowe Nominated Empire Awards Best Director Won European Film Awards Screen International Award Nominated Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Tom Cruise Nominated Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical N / A Nominated Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Tom Cruise Won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated Hochi Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Cameron Crowe Won Humanitas Prize Awards Feature Film Category Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards Motion Picture Feature Films : ADR Editing Won MTV Movie + TV Awards Best Movie N / A Nominated Best Male Performance Tom Cruise Won Best Breakthrough Performance Renee Zellweger Nominated MTV Video Music Awards Best Video from a Film for `` Secret Garden '' Bruce Springsteen Nominated NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated National Board of Review Awards Top Ten Films N / A Won Best Actor Tom Cruise Won Best Breakthrough Performer Renee Zellweger Won National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Tom Cruise Nominated Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Comedy / Musical Picture James L. Brooks Cameron Crowe Laurence Mark Richard Sakai Nominated Best Original Screenplay Cameron Crowe Nominated Best Actor Tom Cruise Nominated Best Comedy / Musical Actor Won Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated Best Adapted Song `` Secret Garden '' Bruce Springsteen Nominated PEN Center USA West Literary Awards Screenplay Cameron Crowe Won People 's Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture N / A Won Satellite Awards Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Tom Cruise Won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Renee Zellweger Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Tom Cruise Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Cuba Gooding Jr. Won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Renee Zellweger Nominated Writers Guild of America Awards Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Cameron Crowe Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Actor Age Ten or Under Jonathan Lipnicki Won YoungStar Awards Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film Nominated The film 's screenplay was later voted the 66th greatest ever written in a poll by the Writers Guild of America. Home media Jerry Maguire was first released on VHS and Laserdisc on May 29, 1997. It is the best - selling non-Disney VHS tape of all time, with over 3 million copies sold on the first day and another 1 million on the second day and sold 1 million copies each day, including Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, Wal - Mart, Target, Best Buy and many other rental stores / retail chains. The previews shown before the movie were My Best Friend 's Wedding, Men in Black and Starship Troopers. it was re-released on VHS around late 1999, without any of the aforementioned previews. The film was first released onto DVD on June 24, 1997 and around 2002 respectively in both a standard edition and a two - disc `` Special Edition ''. While the standard edition contains no special features, the two - disc edition primarily includes deleted scenes, commentary tracks, featurettes, and a music video for Bruce Springsteen 's `` Secret Garden. '' The film was later released onto Blu - ray on September 9, 2008, with the same special features found on the second disc of the DVD `` Special Edition. '' Legacy Jerry Maguire spawned several popular quotations, including `` Show me the Money ! '' ( shouted repeatedly in a phone exchange between Rod Tidwell and Jerry Maguire ), `` You complete me, '' `` Help me help you, '' `` The key to this business is personal relationships '' and `` You had me at ' hello ' '' ( said by Renée Zellweger 's Dorothy Boyd after a lengthy romantic plea by Jerry Maguire ), and `` Kwan, '' a word used by Cuba Gooding Jr. 's Tidwell meaning love, respect, community, and money ( also spelled `` quan '' and `` quawn '' ) to illustrate the difference between himself and other football players : `` Other football players may have the coin, but they wo n't have the ' Kwan '. '' These lines are largely attributed to Cameron Crowe, director and screenwriter of the film. Zellweger said of filming the famous `` hello '' line, `` Cameron had me say it a few different ways. It 's so funny, because when I read it, I did n't get it -- I thought it was a typo somehow. I kept looking at it. It was the one thing in the script that I was looking at going, ' Is that right ? Can that be right ? How is that right ? ' I thought, ' Is there a better way to say that ? Am I not getting it ? I just do n't know how to do it. ' '' Brandt stated in 2014 that `` I definitely noticed an uptick of young people becoming interested in the agent business after Jerry Maguire ''. `` Some of what happened to the agent industry would have happened without ' Jerry, ' but definitely not as fast as it did, '' noted Peter Schaffer, who has been a sports agent since 1988. In June 2008, AFI revealed its `` Ten Top Ten '' -- the best ten films in ten `` classic '' American film genres -- after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Jerry Maguire was acknowledged as the tenth best film in the sports genre. It was also voted by AFI as # 100 on its list of 100 Passions. The quotes `` Show me the money ! '' and `` You had me at ' hello ' '' were also ranked by AFI on its list of 100 Movie Quotes, ranked # 25 and # 52 respectively. American Film Institute Lists AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movies -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Laughs -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Passions -- # 100 AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Songs : Secret Garden -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes : `` Show me the money ! '' -- # 25 `` You had me at `` hello. '' '' -- # 52 `` You complete me. '' -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Cheers -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 10th Anniversary Edition ) -- Nominated AFI 's 10 Top 10 -- # 10 Sports Film ( also nominated Romantic Comedy ) In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named Jerry Maguire one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. Soundtrack The motion picture soundtrack CD includes : No. Title Writer ( s ) Artist ( s ) Length 1. `` Magic Bus '' Pete Townshend The Who 7 : 35 2. `` Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking '' Warren Defever His Name is Alive 3 : 21 3. `` Getting in Tune '' Pete Townshend The Who 4 : 46 4. `` Pocketful of Rainbows '' Fred Wise, Ben Weisman Elvis Presley 3 : 15 5. `` World on a String '' Neil Young Neil Young 2 : 25 6. `` We Meet Again '' ( theme from Jerry Maguire ) '' Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson 3 : 04 7. `` The Horses '' Rickie Lee Jones, Walter Becker Rickie Lee Jones 4 : 48 8. `` Secret Garden '' Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen 4 : 28 9. `` Singalong Junk '' Paul McCartney Paul McCartney 2 : 36 10. `` Wise Up '' Aimee Mann Aimee Mann 3 : 29 11. `` Momma Miss America '' Paul McCartney Paul McCartney 4 : 05 12. `` Sandy '' Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson 4 : 40 13. `` Shelter from the Storm ( alternate version ) '' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 6 : 00 Total length : 54 : 32 Music not on the soundtrack Includes : AC / DC -- `` For Those About to Rock ( We Salute You ) '' Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -- `` The Lonely Bull '' The Durutti Column -- `` Requiem Again '' L.V. - `` The Wrong Come Up '' Nirvana -- `` Something in the Way '' Tom Petty -- `` Free Fallin ' '' The Replacements -- `` I 'll Be You '' The Rolling Stones -- `` Bitch '' Merrilee Rush -- `` Angel of the Morning '' Andy Partridge and Harold Budd -- `` Through the Hill '' a clip of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus performing ( Mingus ' piece is `` Haitian Fight Song '' ) `` Secret Garden, '' originally a Bruce Springsteen track from 1995, was re-released in 1997 after its exposure in the film and on the soundtrack, and peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. The film was scored by director Crowe 's then - wife, Nancy Wilson, who is a member of the rock band Heart. See also List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing References ^ Jump up to : `` Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2010. Jump up ^ `` 10 Questions with Leigh Steinberg ''. Sports Hollywood. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Leigh Steinberg ( Miscellaneous Crew ) ''. Internet Movie DataBase. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ Whiting, Sam ( January 11, 1997 ). `` Meet the Real Jerry Maguire / Leigh Steinberg was the model ''. The San Francisco Chronicle. Jump up ^ Epstein, Benjamin ( December 28, 1996 ). `` Representing the Interests of ' Jerry Maguire ' ''. Los Angeles Times. ^ Jump up to : Mell, Eila ( 2005 ). Casting Might - Have - Beens : A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others. McFarland. ISBN 9780786420179. page 134 Jump up ^ `` See the Cast of ' Jerry Maguire ' Then and Now ''. 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That commercial, which showcases the company in a positive light, ended up on the cutting room floor, while an angry tirade that included broadsides against Reebok was kept in. Reebok took the case to court and got an undisclosed amount of money in an out - of - court settlement. When the film aired on TV, the commercial was back in. Jump up ^ `` Jerry ' Ties With Slowing ' Michael ' at Box Office ''. Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1997. Retrieved November 23, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Romantic Drama Movies at the Box Office ''. Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Jump up ^ Jerry Maguire at Rotten Tomatoes Jump up ^ `` Jerry Maguire ''. Chicago Sun - Times. Jump up ^ McCarthy, Todd ( December 8, 1996 ). `` Jerry Maguire ''. Variety. ^ Jump up to : Brandt, Andrew ( 2014 - 04 - 16 ). `` ' Draft Day ' Reality Checks ''. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` 101 Greatest Screenplays ''. Writers Guild of America. Retrieved May 1, 2017. 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Question: who is the movie jerry maguire based on
Answer: sports agent Leigh Steinberg