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Esquelito
Jul 27, 2013
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The Athletes
Many of the laughs that came from the inconsistent Jack Black effort, Nacho Libre, came from his tag team partner, the uber-thin Esquelito, played by Hector Jiménez. Jiménez has been tabbed as the Mexican Steve Buscemi (which is a compliment or an insult depending on your point of view), and we can’t imagine anyone else playing the sidekick here. Again, as with our commentary on Jack Black’s role, we still aren’t sure what we think of this movie, and wonder how much support either Esquelito or Ignacio will get.
Dave "Killer" Carlson
Jul 27, 2013
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The Athletes
Our favorite thing about Dave “Killer” Carlson is not that his name was an amalgamation of the real names of the Hanson Brothers. It was not that he was a muppet faced lovable goon. No, our favorite thing as the actor would become Mr. Marcia Brady in one of the Brady TV Movies which made him the hero of many red blooded Americans of a certain age. Seriously, that really is our favorite thing about him.
Danny Noonan
Jul 27, 2013
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The Athletes
Looking back, Caddyshack could have probably cast many goofing looking no-names in the role of Danny Noonan, so the question is did Michael O’Keefe do enough in this role, or was this really a movie that was run by the comedic talents in the flick? What works in Noonan’s favor is that he won the golf game at the end, but realistically when people quote this film; do they mention anything O’Keefe did? Chances are they didn’t, but considering the iconic stature of this movie, shouldn’t he have a shot?
Captain Robert Hatch
Jul 27, 2013
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The Athletes
We could hear Germans watching this movie and groaning. Not because of the depiction of them as the bad guys, but by the fact that an American Goalie was could be a force in a game against them.
Sure, the United States have embraced soccer to the point where they are fringe World Cup contenders, but in 1981 the Americans had zero interest in the sport, beyond the first wave of badly coiffed soccer moms, so when you mix World War II (which Americans knew) with soccer (which Americans didn’t), you had a movie with sparse interest in North America; with the exception of fans of Sylvester Stallone, who was the aforementioned goalie.
Stallone may look like an athlete, but was awkward looking as a goalie (which at least the movie tried to explain). This isn’t “Sly’s” best performance in an athletic role, but it is not his worst, and this is a movie worth checking out on a cable rerun. This however is not the athlete we remember most from the movie as a certain Brazilian had our attention instead.