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Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
1996 · Directed by Cameron Crowe · 139 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 19 frames
Tagline
Everybody loved him... Everybody disappeared. The journey is everything.
Plot
Jerry Maguire is a slick 35-year-old sports agent working for Sports Management International (SMI). Criticism from an injured player's son triggers an epiphany, so he writes a mission statement about dishonesty in business and his desire to work with fewer clients to produce a better, more caring personal relationship with them.
In response, SMI management sends Bob Sugar, Jerry's protégé, to fire him. This spurs both men to race to call every one of Jerry's clients to retain them. Jerry speaks to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell, a smaller client who is disgruntled with his pay. Rod tests Jerry's resolve through a long tirade on his lack of contract extension. By the conclusion of the conversation, Jerry has retained Rod but lost his other clients to Bob.
Leaving the office, Jerry loudly announces that he will start his own agency and asks if anyone will join him, to which only 26-year-old single mother Dorothy Boyd agrees. Frank "Cush" Cushman, a superstar quarterback prospect who is expected to be the number one NFL draft pick, initially says he will also stay with Jerry after he makes a personal visit to the Cushman home. Frank's father insists on a handshake deal based on his word instead of a signed contract, but Jerry eventually realizes that Frank and his father have secretly signed with Bob the night before the draft after seeing Jerry spend time introducing Rod to other football executives.
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Crew
- Written by: Cameron Crowe
- Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
- Edited by: Joe Hutshing
- Music: Nancy Wilson
- Production design: Stephen J. Lineweaver
- Produced by: James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire
- Renée Zellweger as Dorothy Boyd
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rod Tidwell
- Kelly Preston as Avery Bishop
- Jerry O'Connell as Frank Cushman
- Jay Mohr as Bob Sugar
- Regina King as Marcee Tidwell
- Bonnie Hunt as Laurel Boyd
- Jonathan Lipnicki as Ray Boyd
- Todd Louiso as Chad the Nanny
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Box office: $273,600,000
- Themes: career, sports, stadium, american football, single mother, thoughtful
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