Leatherheads

Leatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce, and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American football. The film was released on April 4, 2008. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $41 million against its $58 million budget.

==Plot== In 1925, Jimmy "Dodge" Connelly is captain of the Duluth Bulldogs, a struggling professional American football team. With pro football on the brink of collapse, Dodge convinces Princeton University's football star, Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford, to join the Bulldogs, capitalizing on his fame as a decorated hero of the First World War. Chicago Tribune newspaper reporter Lexie Littleton has been assigned to prove Carter's war heroics are bogus, but finds herself in a love triangle with Dodge and Carter. When Carter confesses that a German platoon surrendered to him by mistake, he discovers Lexie's agenda, and that she and Dodge shared a kiss. Threats by Carter's manager convince her to publish the story.