Varsity Blues (film)

Varsity Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Robbins
Written by	W. Peter Iliff
Produced by	Brian Robbins Michael Tollin Tova Laiter
Starring	James Van Der Beek Jon Voight Paul Walker Ron Lester Scott Caan
Cinematography	Chuck Cohen
Edited by	Ned Bastille
Music by	Mark Isham
Production companies	MTV Productions Tollin/Robbins Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 15, 1999 (1999-01-15) (United States)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16 million[1]
Box office	$54.3 million[1]

Varsity Blues is a 1999 American coming-of-age sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins that follows a small-town high school football team through a tumultuous season, in which the players must deal with the pressures of adolescence and their football-obsessed community while having their overbearing coach constantly on their back. In the small fictional town of West Canaan, Texas, football is a way of life and losing is not an option. The film drew a domestic box office gross of $52 million against its estimated $16 million budget despite mixed critical reviews.^[1] The film has since gone on to become a cult film.