In the 1977 movie semi tough, burt reynolds character has to attend an allday selfimprovement seminar where the participants arent allowed even to go to. Semitough trailer directed by michael ritchie and starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, robert preston, bert convy, roger e. A threeway friendship between two freespirited professional football players and the owners daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved. The tony and golden globewinning character actor dennehy, known for his roles in the movie tommy boy and the tv movie death of a salesman, played tough sheriff will. Semitough is a 1977 american comedy film directed by michael ritchie and starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, jill clayburgh, robert preston, lotte lenya, and bert convy. Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named number seven on sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all time, semitough is dan jenkinss masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written. Semitough 1977 followed, a genial adaptation of dan jenkinss humorous novel about the world of professional football. Burts pee bottle in semitough archive straight dope. With bruce mcgill, david hasselhoff, markie post, ed peck. Burt reynolds, brian dennehy, and kris kristofferson in semitough 1977.
This is a movie about 2 football players who are also best friends and jill clayburgh is the coachs. Another major theme of the movie is the odd fad 1970s self. Burt reynolds, jill clayburgh, and kris kristofferson in semitough 1977. It is set in the world of american professional football. Allegedly semi tough is a really good book about football, race, and being a man. Semitough 69 movie clip crawlin and creepin with big ed 1977 hd duration.
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Semitough 1977 billy clyde puckett burt reynolds and marvin shake tiller kris kristofferson are professional football players who share a lush miami apartment with barbara jane bookman. Jill clayburgh was born in 1944 in new york city, into a wealthy family, the daughter of julia louise dorr, an actress and. It was only a modest hit, with much criticism directed at the. This is a movie about 2 football players who are also best friends and jill clayburgh is the. Semitough may or may not turn out to be the years best comedy theres annie hall to remember and mel brooks yet to be heard from but it is without a doubt the years most socially useful film. Semitough nude scenes 0 images and 0 videos including appearances from markie post. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Like many of her matches in the ladies professional wrestling association, madusa wore different outfits when she competed.
When one player becomes romantically involved with the daughter, things get crazy. Robert altmans similarly themed health was released one year later. The transporter 55 movie clip semi tough 2002 hd youtube. Home chinese movies new chinese movies upcoming chinese movies best chinese movies chinese action movies a database of chinese movies. With burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, jill clayburgh, robert preston. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Somehow though, the movie does not get this same credit. In this, shes wrestling barefoot in traditional tights. Pittsburgh the deer hunter, 1978 vs green bay semitough.
Burt reynolds and kris kristofferson starred as teammates who both love the owners daughter jill clayburgh. From cnns anderson semitough cooper to the mindnumbing fox and friends, our primary source of political and social information has realigned itself with the rest of the slate of debased television programming available in the u. Burt reynolds the last movie star is semi tough to get through reynolds plays a vain, pathetic version of himself in a film full of moments so sappy and overplayed they feel less like self. Semi tough 79 movie clip a great respect for one another 1977 hd. Pro women wrestling candi divine vs reggie bennett full. Naturally, not all of them were great if you missed his 1961 debut in.
Relive burt reynoldss coolest, hunkiest moments with. The film centers around the friendship of two players and the team owners daughter. Their team is the win challenged ny bulls with cooper the exasperated coach. Its a 10wheeled peterbilt semi truck cabthe cadillac of trucks. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. It came as no surprise to film aficionados when, in 1999, entertainment weekly named jill clayburgh on its list of hollywoods 25 greatest actresses.
Anyone without such a vested interest, however, might think twice because most of the time semitough is softer than a tub of cool whip. Barbara jane is their platonic friend and subject to their pranks. Filming of semitough at the cotton bowl in january 1977. Brian dennehy was in his late 30s when he finally scored a break, being cast opposite burt reynolds and kris kristofferson in the 1977 film semi tough. Filming of semitough at the cotton bowl in january 1977 youtube. Home chinese movies new chinese movies best chinese. These are the good days for burt reynolds, christ kristopherson, and jill clayburgh. Semi tough 69 movie clip crawlin and creepin with big ed 1977 hd duration. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent semitough online on moviefone.
This is a movie about 2 football players who are also best friends and jill clayburgh is the coachs daughter who plans to marry kris kristopherson. Frank jason statham and wall street matt schulze fight for control of a semi truck while driving it down the freeway. Though not as sharp or as unusual as ritchies earlier smile, this is still a delightful, gentle satire on the american ideal of winning, which also takes broad. The plot involves a love triangle between the characters portrayed by reynolds, kristofferson, and clayburgh. Sign in deleted video gaby lailee vs klondyke kate by herbert43.
They are all at the height of their careers in semi tough. Beautifully performed, subtly scripted, it accentuates the sadness of. For decades, she delivered stellar performances in a wide variety of roles. Burt reynolds made more than 100 movies over the course of his 57year film career. Semitough is a 1977 film loosely based on a novel about pro football. Billy clyde pucket and shake tiller are fun loving roommates who play professional football. Burt reynolds the last movie star is semitough to get. Everywhere i looked the book is lauded as paving the way for the sportscomedy film genre of the 80s.