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Little Giants

Little Giants

For everyone who's waited to be chosen, and wasn't... your day has come.

19946.51h 47m

Overview

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?

Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Written by Robert Shallcross, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow
Produced by Arne Schmidt
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $19.3M

Top Cast

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Danny O'Shea

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

Kevin O'Shea

Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

Junior Floyd

Shawna Waldron

Shawna Waldron

Becky 'Icebox' O'Shea

Todd Bosley

Todd Bosley

Jake Berman

M

Michael Zwiener

Rudy Zolteck

D

Danny Pritchett

Tad Simpson

T

Troy Simmons

Rashid Hanon

Sam Horrigan

Sam Horrigan

Spike Hammersmith

Joey Simmrin

Joey Simmrin

Sean Murphy

Themes & Keywords

sportsamerican football coachkids' sports team

About Little Giants

Little Giants is a comedy, family film released in 1994 exploring themes of sports, american football coach, kids' sports team. Directed by Duwayne Dunham, it stars Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Devon Sawa. When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?

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