Blue Chips (1994)

March Madness continues with this sports drama starring Nick Nolte as Pete Bell, the coach for a fictional college basketball program at Western University.  Under his leadership, this program has been winning for years but what do you do when the winning stops?  Well if you’re Coach Pete, you have some tough decisions to make as to just how far you will go to recruiter the best talent out there for your team, including hot young players portrayed by some of the NBA’s best at the time including Shaquille O’Neal and Penny Hardaway.  Directed by the legendary William Friedkin who also gave us The Exorcist, this engaging morality tale also stars Mary McDonnell and the late, great JT Walsh.  Host: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene Gershonhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/Send us Fan MailSupport the showhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/