民主党总统安德鲁(迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰)正在准备竞选连任,他准备颁布一项犯罪控制法案,一旦法案通过,安德鲁的连任便是板上钉钉的事情了。法国总统携夫人来到哥伦比亚特区进行外交访问,本来打算陪同安德鲁前往的表妹生病不能成行,于是安德鲁想到了之前有求于他的环境保护志愿者悉妮(安妮特·贝宁 Annette Bening 饰),两人交换了条件决定结伴出席国宴。 让安德鲁没有想到的是,自己竟然被悉妮大大咧咧的个性深深吸引,情不自禁坠入情网,而两人的情事,不巧被安德鲁的竞争对手鲍勃(理查德·德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰),利用其大做文章,尽情诋毁二人。
故事发生在美国西弗吉利亚的亨廷顿小镇上,那里有一支令全镇人民骄傲不已,同时也在全美国大学校队中位处顶尖的马歇尔大学橄榄球队。长久以来,马歇尔大学橄榄球队早已成为了当地历史的一部分,一代又一代队员们坚韧不拔的运动精神在时间和汗水中不断的被传承着。 1970年,是大家不愿意记起却又无法忘记的一年,参赛归来的马歇尔大学橄榄球队乘坐飞机返回亨廷顿。途中,可怕的空难发生了,包括队员、教练、后勤在内的75名乘客全部丧生。人们被这一噩耗惊呆了,悲伤和压抑的气氛迅速席卷了整个小镇。这时,一个名叫杰克(马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰)的橄榄球教练站了出来,善良的他不忍看到居民们就此消沉,他决定要用自己的力量,延续马歇尔大学橄榄球队的辉煌。
Yuli is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father, Pedro, who considers him the son of Ogun, an African god and a fighter. As a child Yuli avoids discipline and education, learning from the streets of an impoverished and abandoned Havana. His father, however, has other ideas, and knowing that his son has a natural talent for dance, sends him to the National Ballet School of Cuba. Despite his repeated escapes and initial poor behaviour, the boy is inevitably drawn to the world of dance, and begins to shape his legendary career from a young age, becoming the first black dancer to be cast in some of the most prestigious ballet roles, originally written for white dancers, in companies such as the Houston Ballet or the Royal Ballet in London.