| Underdogs | |
| Director: | Doug Dearth |
| Producer: | Doug Dearth Tom Rooker Bill Fishman |
| Screenplay: | Dave Latham |
| Starring: | Alex Keener D. B. Sweeney William Mapother Richard Portnow Logan Huffman Maddie Hasson Charlie Carver Melora Walters Jay Thomas Natalie Imbruglia Joe Namath |
| Music: | David Robbins |
| Cinematography: | Sean Conaty |
| Editing: | Michael Mayhew |
| Distributor: | Media Service Corporation Freestyle Releasing[1] |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | United States Australia |
| Language: | English |
Underdogs is a 2013 football sports drama film directed by Doug Dearth. The film is loosely based on true events which occurred in and around Canton, Ohio.[2] [3]
Bobby Burkett (Logan Huffman) is a promising quarterback for a struggling high-school football team. Vince DeAntonio (D. B. Sweeney) is a former college football offensive coordinator, who abruptly resigned five years earlier, and has now become coach at the high school. The coach realizes the team needs more depth, and recruits several unlikely new players. Over the course of the season, Bobby falls for Renee (Maddie Hasson) a cheerleader at a rival high school, who also is the love interest of the rival school's quarterback (Charlie Carver). Bobby's father (William Mapother), is an inventor who works for the rival quarterback's father (Richard Portnow). The inventor gets sued by his employer over the intellectual property rights to a new space heater design, and must struggle to keep his invention. The employer's company is also planning to move manufacturing to Mexico, eliminating jobs in the community. The story climaxes in a charity football game between the rival teams, which serves as a rallying point for the inventor's family, the school, and the community.[4] [5]