Richard Lineback

Jonathan "Mox" Moxon (James Van Der Beek) is an academically gifted backup quarterback for the West Canaan High School football team. Despite his relative popularity at school, easy friendships with other players, and smart and sassy girlfriend, Jules Harbor (Amy Smart), Mox is dissatisfied with his life. He wants to leave Texas to go to school at Brown University. He also dislikes his football-obsessed father (Thomas F. Duffy) and dreads playing football under legendary coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight). Kilmer is a verbally abusive control freak whose philosophy can be summed up as "win at all costs". He has a strong track record as coach, remarking in a speech that "in my thirty years of coaching football at West Caanan, I have brought two state titles, and 22 district championships!" Kilmer's philosophy finally takes its toll on Coyotes' quarterback, Lance Harbor (Paul Walker). It is revealed that Lance, who is Mox's best friend, had been manipulated into taking cortisone shots into an injured knee that finally gave out on a huge sack. Lance is rushed to the hospital, where doctors are appalled at the massive amount of scar tissue found under his knee. Mox, who has accompanied Lance to the hospital, is shocked when Kilmer tells the doctor that he knew nothing at all about Lance's knee problems, when in fact Kilmer ordered the trainer to inject the shots. In need of a new quarterback, Kilmer reluctantly names Mox to replace Lance as captain and starting quarterback. The move brings unexpected dividends for Mox, one of them being Darcy Sears (Ali Larter), Lance's beautiful blonde cheerleader girlfriend, who is interested in marrying a football player in order to escape small-town life. Darcy even goes so far as to attempt to seduce Moxon, sporting a bikini made of whipped cream over her otherwise naked body, but he rebuffs her as gently as he can. Becoming fed up with Kilmer and not feeling a strong need to win, Mox starts calling his own plays on the field without Kilmer's approval. He also finally tells his football obsessed father off at one point screaming at him "I don't want your life!" Mox's father had been a football player at West Caanan, and although Kilmer dismissed him as a "no talent pussy" he did say that he at least listened (unlike Mox). Kilmer, who becomes aware that Mox has won a full scholarship to Brown, warns Mox that if he doesn't fall in line, he will alter his transcripts in order to reverse the decision on his scholarship. Another friend of Mox's, Wendell Brown, is injured on the field shortly thereafter. Kilmer manipulates Wendell into taking a shot of cortisone to deaden the pain from his injury, allowing him to continue even in the face of a permanent injury. Wendell, who is desperate to be recruited by a good college, grants his consent. At this moment, Mox tells Kilmer he'll quit the team if the needle enters Wendell's knee. Undaunted, Kilmer orders Charlie Tweeder (Scott Caan), a friend of both Mox and Wendell, to take the snaps. Tweeder refuses. Mox tells Kilmer that the only way they'll return to the field is without him. Realizing that he will be forced to forfeit the game, Kilmer loses control and attacks Mox. The other players break up the fight and then refuse to take to the field. Knowing his loss of control has cost him his credibility, Kilmer tries in vain to rally support and spark the team's spirit into trusting him, but not one player follows him out of the locker room. Kilmer continues down the locker room hall, and seeing no one following him, turns the other direction and into his office. The team goes on to win the game without his guidance. In a voice-over epilogue, Mox states that he "never played football again. Lance went on to a successful coaching career (he did not work at Wal-Mart as feared by Darcy), Wendell received a scholarship to Grambling, Billy Bob cried because he's a bit of a crier, Tweeder drank beer because, well...Tweeder drinks beers. Kilmer retired, never to coach football again. However, his statue still stands only because it was too heavy to move. I took the scholarship and will graduate from Brown University."

Helen and Jackson live together in New York City. At the beginning of the film, the two are driving towards the Kentucky farmhouse, Kilronan, where Jackson grew up, primarily to introduce Helen to Jackson's mother, Martha (Lange). After returning to New York, Helen discovers she is pregnant. When she informs Jackson of this, he asks her to marry him and she accepts. The wedding is held at Kilronan, where Helen meets Jackson's paternal grandmother, Alice, who tells Helen she doesn't trust Martha. After returning to New York apartment, Helen is assaulted by a man who steals her locket. When Helen says she's pregnant, he cuts her abdomen and leaves. The fetus was not injured. Martha arrives and says she wants to sell Kilronan because she cannot run it alone. Helen tells Jackson she wants to move to Kentucky and in with Martha for a year and help renovate the land. Jackson tells Helen his father died in that house when he was seven and he blames himself because he ran into his father pushing him down the stairs. Jackson also tells Helen that his father had been cheating on Martha with Robin Hayes. Helen says they should go back so Jackson can face his "old ghosts". The couple move in with Martha who attempts to divide the couple. Suspicious, Helen talks to Alice who tells her that Jackson is wrong about his father's death. The father landed on a nail puller at the bottom of the stairs, crushing his sternum, which, according to news reports was a freak accident. Helen tells Jackson that Martha is tearing their marriage apart. He agrees to go back to New York and tells his mother. That evening, Martha bakes a cake for Helen laced with pitocin, a labor inducer. Helen wakes up the next morning, feeling strange. She discovers a baby room set up by Martha and finds the locket that was stolen from her in New York. When Martha unexpectedly enters the room, Helen tries unsuccessfully to escape. Reluctantly, with Martha's assistance, Helen gives birth. Martha leaves the room to answer a phone call from Jackson. She tells him that everything is okay, but when Helen screams in pain, Martha hangs up. Helen begs Martha to hand her the baby, but Martha ignores her, telling the baby she is his mother. Martha tries to inject morphine in Helen's arm, but Helen knocks the syringe away. When Martha retrieves it, she hears Jackson's footsteps. In a scramble, she quickly cleans up, meeting Jackson at the door. She tells him to leave Helen alone, as he has no idea what she's been through. The two leave Helen asleep, with Martha giving the baby to Jackson. That night, Martha enters Helen's bedroom with the syringe. She finds Jackson in a chair next to the bed. Despite his mother's insistence that he return to bed, he stays. The next morning, Helen awakens to see Jackson. She tells Jackson to ask Martha to make breakfast. At breakfast, Helen enters the house with an object in her bag. Helen says that it is the object that killed Jackson's father. She slowly proceeds to tell Jackson the whole truth about his father's murder. She reveals that Robin Hayes, the "woman" Jackson believed his father had cheated on his mother with, was actually a male horse wrangler, with whom Martha had an affair. Helen also shows Jackson a bruise resulting from when his mother tried to murder her so she can have him and their son to herself. Jackson's father was planning to leave Martha when he discovered the affair but Martha ended up killing him. Martha made Jackson think he did so she can bind him to her for the rest of his life. Jackson tells Martha that he never wants to see her again. Martha claims that Helen is only doing this because she is jealous of her. In utter disgust, Helen slaps Martha to the ground. Helen and Jackson then leave with their baby while Martha sobs on the floor. In the final scene, the couple visit Alice before they leave for good, presenting her with her great-grandson.

When a deadly and faceless international assassin eludes the best efforts of the FBI, they must turn to the only man who has ever seen him - an imprisoned IRA terrorist.

Roy 'Tin cup' McAvoy (Kevin Costner), is a failed pro golfer who lives at the run-down driving range which he manages with his sidekick and Caddy Romeo (Cheech Marin) in the West Texas tin pot town of Salome. Roy ends up signing over ownership to a Madam Doreen (Linda Hart) of 'show girls' to pay off debts. Roy once lost his chance to become a professional golfer when he attempted a riskier shot for the final round of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament rather than taking a safer shot. Roy lost the qualification by one shot. Roy's foxy novice golf pupil, female psychiatrist Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), turns out to be the new girlfriend of McAvoy's sarcastic one-time college golf partner, slick PGA superstar David Simms (Don Johnson). Molly had spent over $200 on golfing accessories, which Roy calls unnecessary. Molly wants Roy to break down the process of golfing to her, but he says that Molly has to feel the game. Roy compares golf to a poem. Roy says that he has a short follow through which, some people say, indicates that he has never finished anything in his life. Molly is only trying to learn golf to share the passion of her boyfriend. Simms asks Roy to be his Caddy for a charity tournament (Roy once shot a 59 on the course, can still hit a 65 with his eyes closed. Roy knows the course like the back of his hand and the tournament has a $500K purse) & Roy takes it (As Simms promises $100 and 5% of his earnings). The offer is an insult to Roy, but he deep in trouble and has no other options to make money. Roy can't resist challenging Simms to a risky shot on the course. Simms fires Roy when one of the competitors asks Roy to take the shot that he had been proposing to Simms, and he makes it. Simms refuses to pay Roy any of the money promised to him. Roy is neck deep in debt & owes $2K even after signing over his driving range to the madam of show girls. Roy owed a debt of $12,000 and signs over the range for $10,000 plus a salary for him and Romeo. He even pawns off his golf set to survive. When he finds that Molly is Simms girl, he decides to win the US Open to impress Molly & win her back. He wins a golf gamble (for $400) using garden tools to win money to get his golf set back. Molly is a therapist, so Roy decides to ask Molly whether his strategy to win her is right. Roy talks hypothetically about another girl in his life & Molly asks him to take a risk & ask the girl out to dinner. Roy professes his love to Molly & she is stunned. Molly says that she cannot be romantically involved with a client. She agrees to be his doctor & help him qualify for the Open. Roy tells Molly that her boyfriend is a very negative person, and he hates everything and everybody, which she refuses to believe. In the qualifiers, Roy displays a tendency to take needless risks, just to satisfy his own professional esteem, without caring for winning or losing. He angers Romeo when Roy insists on going over a set of trees rather than playing safe and going around them with an extra shot. Roy breaks all his golf clubs when Romeo won't allow him to take the shot. Roy completes the rest of the course only with his 7 iron and qualifies for the sectionals. Roy even loses his car when he challenges Simms to hit the ball the farthest, & Simms wins it by hitting the ball onto the road. Roy again tells Molly that when the camera is not on Simms, he treats old people, kids and dogs like dirt. Roy qualifies & asks Molly to join him at the Open, which she refuses. Roy begs Romeo to join him as his Caddy at the Open, who accepts. Roy's swing develops a problem and Romeo thinks that the issue is Molly. Roy begs Molly that he needs her, but she continues to resist. Roy wants Molly to dump Simms and be with him. On the opening day, Roy gets the jitters at the Open Driving range & Romeo makes him realize that he only has to think about golf & nothing else. At the open Roy has a bad first day as he still has the Shanks and cannot hit a single ball straight. Simms comes around to gloat when he hits a 67 and Roy hits an 83. Molly realizes what Roy had been saying all along, that Simms is not a nice guy when the TV cameras are off him. She dumps Simms & has sex with Roy. Before dumping Simms, she makes Simms pay out $2000 on a bet in which Roy makes an seemingly impossible shot from inside a bar, over a fence, across a river to make a pelican fly off its perch at a pier, at the other end of the river. Roy has a spectacular day & makes the cut, but not before running into par 5 18th, & taking a risky shot for an eagle chance, & then hitting the water, to make par. He makes the same mistake the 3rd day & ends it at 7 under, tied for the lead with Simms. He is paired with Simms the last day & Simms keeps challenging Roy to difficult shots & Roy keeps taking them, falling behind in the scores. At the 18th, 3-way tie for the lead, same shot, & Roy goes for it to win it outright. He makes the green this time, only for the ball to roll back into the water. Roy takes the same shot 11 more times from the same spot, before he makes it perfectly. He loses the US Open, but his 12 on the 18th hole becomes a part of golfing folklore as the whole gathering gives him a standing ovation for making that shot. Molly & Roy are together. Back in Texas, Molly tells Roy that he automatically qualified for next year's Open due to his standing.