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Celtic Pride

  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
11K
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Dan Aykroyd, Damon Wayans, and Daniel Stern in Celtic Pride (1996)
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
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Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

  • Director
    • Tom DeCerchio
  • Writers
    • Judd Apatow
    • Colin Quinn
  • Stars
    • Damon Wayans
    • Daniel Stern
    • Dan Aykroyd
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom DeCerchio
    • Writers
      • Judd Apatow
      • Colin Quinn
    • Stars
      • Damon Wayans
      • Daniel Stern
      • Dan Aykroyd
    • 39User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 34Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Damon Wayans
    Damon Wayans
    • Lewis Scott
    Daniel Stern
    Daniel Stern
    • Mike O'Hara
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Jimmy Flaherty
    Gail O'Grady
    Gail O'Grady
    • Carol O'Hara
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Coach Kimball
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Kevin O'Grady
    Adam Hendershott
    Adam Hendershott
    • Tommy O'Hara
    Scott Lawrence
    Scott Lawrence
    • Ted Hennison
    Deion Sanders
    Deion Sanders
    • Deion Sanders
    Bill Walton
    Bill Walton
    • Bill Walton
    Guss Williams
    Guss Williams
    • Derrick Lake
    • (as Gus Williams)
    Ted Rooney
    Ted Rooney
    • Tony Sheppard
    Vladimir Cuk
    Vladimir Cuk
    • Lurch
    Keith Gibbs
    • Terry Kirby
    Joe Mingle
    • Referee
    Peter A. Hulne
    Peter A. Hulne
    • Pat 'Patty' Fitzsimmons
    Patrick Hulne
    • Tim 'Timmy' Fitzsimmons
    Will Lyman
    Will Lyman
    • Rich Man
    • Director
      • Tom DeCerchio
    • Writers
      • Judd Apatow
      • Colin Quinn
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    jaws!

    trashed by critics,but i thought it was funny,and very entertaining

    i really like this movie. it's funny,and very entertaining. it was trashed by critics,but who cares it's good! i watch it very often,and never really get tired of it. some of the wisecracks wayans' makes at stern,and aykroyd are very funny. it's just a very fun movie! i give celtic pride *** out of ****
    LeiterMets

    Best Boston basketball hostage movie of the 1990's?

    This is the single greatest Boston basketball hostage movie of the 1990's. Damon Wayans is reminiscent of a young Poitier in his role of Lewis Scott, a man who was born to play the game. The problem is, two Boston basketball fans do not want to see Scott and his Utah Jazz defeat their beloved Boston Celtics. So they kidnap him. The homosexual chemistry between Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd is a delight, as it is rare that Kevin Arnold and Beldar Conehead can live together in eternal bliss. Celtic Pride mixes themes of anti-basketball hostage and gay rights in a march to the finish line in the marathon of film. It's a shame that Daniel Stern did not receive the Oscar for his exquisite role as Mike O'Hara, a homosexual alcoholic father who really only needs his lover (Aykroyd), and the Boston Celtics. Three hurrahs for director Tom DiCerchio!
    xicelinkx2

    TBS very funny, Celtic pride mighty funny

    1st, everyone keeps dissing the Celtic Pride film. I think the movie was a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. I am a Boston fan but still look at it as if i weren't. What other team has made a movie? Not one, celtics are legendary for there championships over the years. Anyhow Damon Waynes, a (very good actor) did keep the movie funny with his rude comments, and Dan Akyroid and Daniel Stern(very good actors) did there part to play the role of washed up, lazy, full time sports fans dedicated to the game. The movie however no one wanted to see which makes me ponder would people wanna see it if the movie was about another team. My friend made fun of it, but then accually watched it and said "that movies wasn't bad at all" he laughed so many times. Its a good comedy, give the movie a chance, don't hate... on something great... I give my love to the director, he took a chance, i think he did the best he could for this movie.
    7mysticspiral00

    Entertaining effort, non-sports fans be cautious.

    Two die-hard Boston Celtic fans go out of their way to mess up the star player before game 7 of the Finals, and then accidently kidnap him. Not deep, but it doesn't have to be.

    A movie that a good sports fan would find as humorous, but a movie fan would only find forgetable. Akroyd, Stern, and Wayans all turn in entertaining performances, but the true star of the movie is....

    Christopher McDonald. He made me laugh my head off with the "Uhhhhhhh I hate my life" line. Akroyd doing the "Shakacon" thing was hillarious, as was his dream.

    Overall, it was enjoyable, but proceed with caution.

    ***+(3.5)/*****(5).
    6salciuco@inwind.it

    Pure funny in this witty comic movie.

    Sometime we need to a movie where the only object is spend 90 minutes in totally unengagement and funny. This is the case of `Celtic Pride' a movie purely comic, where the laughter have a principal character in that. The story is that two friends Mike(Daniel Stern) and Jimmy(Dan Aykroyd) fans of the league Boston Celtic abduct a players of the against league for allow of them Boston the victory. All of that accompany a electric lyric `Play the Funky music' and a lot of laughter and hilarious also thanks to two great comedy actors : Stern and Aykroyd that succeeded to create a wonderful odd couple with a harmony truly surprising and funny, but two professional comic actors this is that who wait you, complete the cast a justly arrogant and disagreeable Damon Waynes in the character of the basketball players abducted. For all people that want laughter without thinks. My rate is 6.

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    • Trivia
      One of two films that writer/director Judd Apatow wrote the screenplay for in 1996. The other was The Cable Guy starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick which he fought hard to get credit in a battle with the WGA after rewriting the majority of the script for both Carrey and director Ben Stiller. He still got a producer's credit despite it.
    • Goofs
      After badly spraining his right ankle in the one-on-one game with Lewis, Mike goes to see his wife and can barely walk up the stairs. In a subsequent shot while they are all at the dinner table, a long shot shows Mike vividly bouncing his right leg on the ball of his foot showing no signs of the injury, impossible to do without immense pain.
    • Quotes

      [Nick the landlord wants the rent]

      Mike O'Hara: Write a check.

      Jimmy Flaherty: It'll bounce.

      Mike O'Hara: Write it anyway.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits, the Boston Garden is demolished. (This is a special effect; at the time the movie was released, the real Garden was still standing.)
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Getting Away with Murder/James and the Giant Peach/Jane Eyre/Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy/Ghost in the Shell (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      MacNamara's Band
      Written by Shamus O'Connor and John J. Stamford

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Çılgın Fanatikler
    • Filming locations
      • Boston Garden - 150 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hollywood Pictures
      • Caravan Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,255,027
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,809,248
      • Apr 21, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,255,027
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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