The Longshots

The Longshots

Infobox Film
name = The Longshots


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Fred Durst
producer = Matt Alvarez
Ice Cube
Nick Santora
writer = Doug Atchison
Nick Santora
starring = Ice Cube
Keke Palmer
Tasha Smith
Jill Marie Jones
Dash Mihok
Debby Ryan
music = John Swihart
cinematography = Conrad W. Hall
editing = Jeffrey Wolf
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = August 22, 2008
rating = PG
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
budget = Not out yet
gross =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 1091751

"The Longshots" is a 2008 biopic family comedy-drama film sports movie based on the real life events of young athlete Jasmine Plummer. She was the first female to participate in the Pop Warner football tournament.

The film stars Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. It is directed by Fred Durst.

Plot

Curtis Plummer -- a down-on-his-luck former high school football star -- turns his niece, Jasmine, into the quarterback of the local team, the Minden Browns, and gets his stride back when he becomes the team coach. With Curtis as their new leader and their pigtail-wearing star player

Cast

* Ice Cube as Curtis Plummer
* Keke Palmer as Jasmine Plummer
* Matt Craven as Coach Fisher
* Tasha Smith as Claire Plummer
* Jill Marie Jones as Ronnie Macer
* Kofi Siriboe as Javy Hall
* Debby Ryan as Edith

Box Office

The movie opened on August 22nd, 2008 and landed in 10th place on it's opening weekend, making only 4.08 million its opening weekend. The film is considered to be one of the lowest grossing films of the summer, making it a flop.

Trivia

This is the second movie that Ice Cube and Keke Palmer have done together. The first being .

Filming Locations

The movie was filmed mostly in Northwestern Louisiana with the majority in the small town of Minden, Louisiana. It was filmed at Minden High School and the Webster Parish Alternative School. The Super Bowl was filmed in Shreveport, LA.

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