The Big Green
Most of the child actors and actresses did not know how to play soccer. In fact, Anthony Esquivel was the only one who knew how to play at the time of filming.,Before the shootout, The Big Green choose the following order: Juan, Kate, Nick, Sophia, Newt. However when the actual shootout is happening the order is as follows: Juan, Kate, Sophia, Nick, Newt.,Miss Anna Mongomery: Oh, that's right. What I call football, you call soccer. So, this is a soccer ball.
Lou Gates, Sue Gates: We don't play soccer.
Tak Yamato: It's for foreigners.
Miss Anna Mongomery: Well, I'm a foreigner.
Lou Gates, Sue Gates: Well, we're American.,The opening credits have two people playing Newt, Bug Hall and Yareli Arizmendi. Arizmendi is the actress playing Juan's mother.,Featured in Siskel & Ebert: To Die For/Steal Big, Steal Little/Devil in a Blue Dress/Moonlight and Valentino/The Big Green (1995),I Believe in You
Written by Richard Rudolph and Michael Sembello
Performed by Niki Haris
Niki Haris appears courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music,If you're looking for a sophisticated piece of art, "The Big Green" is not it. This is a family film for elementary school kids. I watched this movie for the first time when I was nine, and I absolutely loved it. I loved cheering for the underdog, and from my nine-year-old point of view, all the events were realistic and all the characters were believable. I especially loved Larry, who was hilarious in his delusions. I watched this film again tonight and realize that it is a clichéd film, but only because I'm much older and more cynical. However, this does not take away the fact that it brought back the days when I resolutely believed that the harder I worked, the more it would pay off and that anybody could be a winner. It is optimistic, heart-warming and uplifting for that inner nine-year-old.,