Footballz

Footballz is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and produced by Seth Rogen.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Black, Fat Joe, James Garner, Laurence Fishburne, Patrick Swayze, Ice Cube, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joe Pantoliano, Patrick Stewart, Nelly, Lance Henriksen, Dustin Hoffman and Christopher McDonald starred in this hilarious comedy.
Warner Bros, Paramount, Castle Rock, Alcon Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures distributed the film.
==Plot==
A rebellious friendly nerd teenager who is destined to dream after his death of his father, teams up with his best friends to fight the right of their lives.
==Synopsis== 
==Cast==
* Leonardo DiCaprio as Harry
* Jack Black as Tyson 
* Fat Joe as DJ
* Christopher McDonald as Carter 
* Dustin Hoffman as Coach Caretaker 
* James Garner as Principal 
* Laurence Fishburne as Boss Boy
* Patrick Swayze as Sour Sanda 
* Ice Cube as T-Bone 
* Michael Clarke Duncan as Big Man
* Joe Pantoliano as Hot Dog 
* Patrck Stewart as Chief 
* Nelly as B-Boy
* Lance Henriksen as Boss Coach
* Kevin Kline as Sal
* Harland Williams as Mike
* Jon Favreau as Big Guy
* Common as Lightning 
* Dr Dre as Thunder
* Fred Dalton Thompson as Commander Officer 
* Joshua Jackson as Henry
* Djimon Hounsou as Football Man
* Steve Buscemi as Percy
* Claudia Christian
* Jacqueline Obradors
* D.B. Sweeney
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Julianna Margulies 
==Soundtrack==
==Trivia==
* The film was originally released on January 18, 2008 according for the teaser trailer in July 2007. But when the first trailer was aired in October, it was moved to June 6 to avoid competition with Cloverfield, both distributed by Paramount Pictures.
* Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou both appear in Blood Diamond.
* Djimon Hounsou and Steve Buscemi both appear in The Island, which featured Michael Clarke Duncan.
*The Coach threatens to pound the footballers, his voice and tone sound like Kerchak from Tarzan.
*Ice Cube calls his role "super-duper-double-triple awesome!"
*James Garner, Phil Morris Claudia Christian and Jacqueline Obradors appeared in Atlantis.
*The film takes place in The USA, at the American football.
*Timbaland was the directors first choice to make an appearance.
*Djimon Hounsou and Willem Dafoe appear in Aquaman.
*James Garner and Jay Leno appear in Space Cowboys.
*Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman worked on this film before their commitments on Kung Fu Panda.
*James Garner and Brian Kerwin appear in Murphy’s Romance.
*In February 2006, the film was originally rated R, but the directors however revealed on the 14th February that the film was rated PG 13.
*Steve Guttenberg and Tim Blaney are in Short Circuit.
*James Gammon and Christopher McDonald appear in The Iron Giant.
*Bill Murray and Stephen Tobolowsky appear in Groundhog Day and Garfield: The Movie.
*Ken Hudson Campbell and Michael Shannon appear in Groundhog Day.
*Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson appear in Insidious. 
*One of the coach that was hired by Carter, best friend of Tyson, Carter and Harry, is played by T-Pain.
*The film was screenplay by one of the writers who did Ben 10, Happy Feet and Groundhog Day.
*Seth Rogen was writing the film with comedy stuff before working on Horton Hears a Who!
*Common, Fat Joe, Ice Cube, Dr Dre and Nelly was the writers first choice to play the football quarterback convicts.
*The film was distributed by Warner Bros Pictures who co-company with Paramount Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Alcon Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures in the USA and UK. yet, Summit Entertainment was the New Zealand distributor and Roadshow Entertainment was the Australian distributor.
*Christopher McDonald and Kevin Hart appear in Superhero Movie.
*Was released on the same day as Kung Fu Panda, also starring Jack Black.
*Dustin Hoffman and Jude Law appear in The Holiday.
*Mark Strong and Idris Elba appear in Rock n Rolla.
Category:2008 films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Comedy-Drama
Category:Comedy films
Category:Warner Bros Pictures
Category:PG-13 rating
Category:Rated PG films
Category:Film scores by John Debney
Category:Castle Rock Entertainment
Category:Alcon Entertainment
Category:Village Roadshow Pictures
Category:Comedy-Funny movies