The_Philster
10-20-2002, 08:22 AM
Regardless of how Drew Bledsoe and company fare this season, relief for long-suffering Buffalo Bills fans is on the way.
Culminating many a dream, the Bills rally for an elusive Super Bowl win in the uplifting "Second String," a 93-minute comedy-fantasy film by Buffalo native and University at Buffalo graduate Rob Lieberman. It had its world premiere in UB's Center for the Arts on Friday before an enthusiastic audience and is scheduled to air nationally Dec. 15 on TNT.
The movie stars Jon Voight as a crusty Bills coach who must turn to a failed pro quarterback he formerly coached, played by Gil Bellows, and his reserves after his offensive line is hospitalized with food poisoning as the team heads into the playoffs. The unorthodox Bellows, who replaces Doug Flutie (playing himself in a cameo), revives his self-confidence, gathers his patchwork offense and leads the team to victory....
Buffalo News (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021020/1006524.asp)
Culminating many a dream, the Bills rally for an elusive Super Bowl win in the uplifting "Second String," a 93-minute comedy-fantasy film by Buffalo native and University at Buffalo graduate Rob Lieberman. It had its world premiere in UB's Center for the Arts on Friday before an enthusiastic audience and is scheduled to air nationally Dec. 15 on TNT.
The movie stars Jon Voight as a crusty Bills coach who must turn to a failed pro quarterback he formerly coached, played by Gil Bellows, and his reserves after his offensive line is hospitalized with food poisoning as the team heads into the playoffs. The unorthodox Bellows, who replaces Doug Flutie (playing himself in a cameo), revives his self-confidence, gathers his patchwork offense and leads the team to victory....
Buffalo News (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021020/1006524.asp)