"Leatherheads" with George Clooney
A Pro Football Story with a Romantic Triangle
A preview of the upcoming film "Leatherheads", starring George Clooney. The film is set in 1925 with storylines involving pro football and a romantic triangle.
The screenplay for the new George Clooney movie, Leatherheads, was originally written by Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, and was bought by Universal Pictures in 1991. Nearly two decades later and after numerous rewritings of the script and multiple production moves, this film is now all set to be released . The premiere glimpse of the film was showcased in an ad which aired across North America during the televised broadcast of the 2008 Super Bowl. George Clooney has quadruple duty in this screwball romantic comedy film, serving as director, producer, lead actor, and uncredited writer. Here is a preview of the film that has got Clooney completely invested.
Set in 1925 during the birth of the National Football League, the story is about pro football team captain Dodge Connolly, played by Clooney, who loyally stands by his team (the Duluth Eskimos) after their sponsor backs out. In his attempts to promote the team to all star rank, he enlists Carter Rutherford, a war time hero and a college football superstar nicknamed the Blond Bullet, to his team.
With his talent, heroic war time status, and appealing looks, Carter Rutherford is liked by everyone…almost. Enter Lexie Littleton, a sports journalist for the Chicago Tribune, who is determined to find out what he is hiding. She has been sent in by her editor to uncover the truth of Rutherford’s war time story, while pretending to write a fluff piece on him.
As the story progresses, her role challenges Rutherford’s and Connolly’s relationships on and off the field. Littleton soon becomes the object of affections for Rutherford, but Littleton has got her own eyes set on Connolly. This has George Clooney’s character caught in a romantic triangle and things get even more tangled when Pete Harpen, the appointed Commissioner of Football, gets word of Littleton’s real plans. Connolly realizes that he must find solutions for both the on and off field triangles is tangled in, if he ever wants his team to be able to gain an all star rank.
Audiences of the romantic dramedy genre should check this film out. With its numerous plotlines involving pro football, both men and women should find it to be a nice story. This film is set to be released on April 4, 2008. The film is to be distributed by Universal Studios and is rated PG 13 by the MPAA.
