Little Giants
The movie cover for Little Giants.
Directed by	Duwayne Dunham
Produced by	Arne Schmidt
Written by	James Ferguson Robert Shallcross
Starring	Rick Moranis Ed O'Neill
Music by	John Debney
Editing by	Donn Cambern
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	October 14, 1994
Running time	107 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

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Synopsis

Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a Heisman Trophy winner. The brothers live in their hometown of Urbania, Ohio and Kevin coaches the local pee-wee football team. Danny's daughter, Becky ("Icebox"), (Shawna Waldron), is cut from Kevin's team because she's a girl, despite her being the best player. She convinces her dad to coach a pee-wee team of misfits, named "The Little Giants", and beat Kevin's team (The Pee-Wee Cowboys). Frederick Alan Rick Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian and musician best known for his comedy work on SCTV and appeared in several Hollywood films including Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs, and My Blue Heaven. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heisman redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Danny accepts in an attempt to show Urbania that Kevin is not invincible, and that there is another O'Shea in town. Danny picks a team of players that have never been given a chance, and Kevin reminds him of the "one town, one team" rule. They have a playoff to determine who should be the "one team", with a wager. If Danny wins, he gets Kevin's Chevrolet dealership; if Kevin wins, he gets Danny's gas station. Facing a 21-point halftime defecit, the Little Giants are lifted by Danny's inspirational halftime speech and Becky's return to the team after a short stint as a cheerleader. In the game's closing seconds, the Little Giants stop Spike, the Cowboys' star halfback, on the goal line because, much to Kevin's chagrin, they know the play. The Little Giants win on the next play, a trick play known as "The Annexation of Puerto Rico". The Fumblerooski The Fumblerooski was a trick play used by the Nebraska Cornhuskers against the Miami Hurricanes in the 1984 Orange Bowl. ...

Cameos

• John Madden: Former NFL Player & Coach, now is a commentator for NBC Sunday Night Football.
• Emmitt Smith: Former NFL player, spending the popular part of his career playing for the Dallas Cowboys, winning three Super Bowls.
• Bruce Smith: Former NFL player, playing for the Buffalo Bills and later the Washington Redskins.
• Tim Brown: Retired NFL player, playing for the Oakland Raiders (he also was a Raider during the franchise's days in Los Angeles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Steve Emtman: Former NFL player, having played for the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, and the Washington Redskins.

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Trivia

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• The jerseys worn by the Cowboys in the movie (the "double star" jerseys) were worn by the Dallas Cowboys late in the 1994 season, including that season's playoffs. The New York Giants adopted red jerseys similar to those worn by the Little Giants as an alternate jersey in 2004.
• The number players that linebacker Becky "Icebox" O'Shea (#56) and quarterback Junior Floyd (#11) are the numbers of former Giants Lawrence Taylor and Phil Simms while Briggs (#8), Patterson (#22), and Murphy (#48) wear are those of now former Cowboys Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Daryl "Moose" Johnston respectively.
• Kevin and Danny O'Shea were also the names of two brothers formerly in the National Hockey League
• There is no town called Urbania in Ohio. However, there is an Urbana, Ohio, which is what the film's town was really named after. Urbana is north of Springfield and about 45 minutes west of Columbus.
• Michael Nirenberg who played Jonathan Poe, Joshua Waitzkin's final opponent in Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), was originally cast for Devon Sawa's role but did not accept the role as he did not want to continue acting.
• Sam Horrigan who plays Spike was a contestant on season 4 of Beauty and the Geek
• Jon Paul Steuer, who plays Johnny, and Sam Horrigan, who plays Spike, were the two actors to portray Quentin Kelly in the sitcom Grace Under Fire.
• Troy Simmons ("Hot Hands"), lives in North Carolina and played college football, not to be confused for Troy Simmons from UNC who played during the mid-80's. Hot Hands also graduated from West Brunswick High School in Brunswick County, NC in 2003.

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