# Anyone else see that Bobby Knight movie?

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**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595 "2002-03-11T16:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595/1 "2002-03-11T16:01:15Z")

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If so, what did you think?

I found it enjoyable, but felt a little bad for enjoying it. To use an over-used cliche: Its’ like watching a car accident. My only complaint is that the ending felt rushed. I didn’t feel a real climax.

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595/2 "2002-03-11T16:29:37Z")

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I taped it for my husband. When he got home and found out I’d accidentally taped the edited ESPN2 version, he about pulled a Bobby Knight. He said he’d read a review that stated the edited version was not worth watching. Sigh.

Luckily, they played it again at 12 midnight so I taped the dirty version.

Most galling, since I wanted to tape 9|11 but we only have one VCR that can tape off TV.

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595/3 "2002-03-11T22:12:34Z")

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I saw parts of it but couldn’t really get into watching all of it. I had more fun flipping between the two versions laughing at how much they had to bleep out in the edited one. Running both versions at once was pure publicity stunt, the language was gratuitous and there just for shock value. But hey, it got me to watch off and on. So I’m just as guilty for watching as they are for making it.

I swear that much sometimes, but including that much cussing is just overkill. It bogged down the scenes. How many shots of someone standing off to the side with their head hung in embarrassment while Bobby Knight screamed at someone else did they need?

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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595/4 "2002-03-12T00:57:34Z")

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I watched most of it, then I said to myself, “There’s not much here.” I mean I’ve seen a fair number of Indiana games and I have seen (I think everyone has) clip after clip of Knight’s stunts, both on court and off.

So this was something like watching a color cartoon on a black and white television. All of the action was there but not much of what made the original what it was.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-that-bobby-knight-movie/97595/5 "2002-03-12T01:17:24Z")

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Wow, I found the movie incredibly awful. Poor production values, unrealistic game action, and a story that has already been told better with Knight’s real life actions.