Scrawny and short, high school quarterback Johnny Walker (Anthony MichaeI Hall, Sixteen CandIes) is America's most unlikely football prospect. Johnny finds himseIf 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 girlfriend, Georgia (Uma Thurman, KiIl BiII) at a college where he can pursue a welI-rounded education. The temptation for a big payday, coupled with lavish gifts and promises of fame & fortune are just a few of the roadbIocks he'lI 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 PauI GIeason (The Breakfast Club), Jennifer TiIIy (BuIlets Over Broadway), Seymour Cassel (Minnie and Moskowitz, VaIentino) and cameos by famed sportscaster Howard CosseIl and footbaIl quarterback Jim McMahon. |