Editing Side Out (section)

{{Short description|1990 film by Peter Israelson}}
{{Other uses|Side out (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Side Out
| image          = Side out poster.jpg
 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Peter Israelson<ref>{{IMDb title|0100613|Side Out}}</ref>
| producer       = Gary Foster <br />Russ Krasnoff <br />[[Jay Weston]] <br />John Zane
| writer         = David Thoreau
| starring       = [[C. Thomas Howell]] <br />[[Peter Horton]] <br />[[Courtney Thorne-Smith]] <br />[[Harley Jane Kozak]] <br />[[Christopher Rydell]]
| music          = [[Jeff Lorber]]
| cinematography = [[Ron Garcia]]
| editing        = [[Conrad Buff IV]]
| studio         = [[Aurora Productions, Hollywood|Aurora Productions]]
| distributor    = [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1990|03|30}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $6 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/58691-SIDE-OUT|title=AFI&#124;Catalog}}</ref>
| gross          = $450,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Side Out (1990) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Side-Out |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] }}</ref>
}}
'''''Side Out''''' is a 1990 American [[comedy-drama]] [[sports film]] about a [[beach volleyball]] competition, featuring [[C. Thomas Howell]], [[Peter Horton]], [[Harley Jane Kozak]] and [[Courtney Thorne-Smith]]. It was the last film from [[Aurora Productions, Hollywood|Aurora Productions]] due to many flops. The film was directed by Peter Israelson.<ref name="Side Out">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90073/Side-Out/ |title=Side Out |work=TCM database |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=February 28, 2016}}</ref>

Many professional beach volleyball players appeared in the movie, such as 5-time world champion [[Randy Stoklos]] (who had the main speaking role of all the players as Rollo Vincent); [[Sinjin Smith]] (as Stoklos' playing partner/character Billy Cross) who won 5 world championships with Stoklos and was the 1st player to reach 100 wins; Olympic gold medalist [[Kent Steffes]]; [[Steve Timmons]], who won 2 Olympic gold medals in indoor volleyball; [[Mike Dodd]], 5-time Manhattan Beach Open champion, 75 pro wins and an Olympic silver medal; Tim Hovland, 3-time All-American at USC and won $1 million in pro prize money; also Steve Obradovich (who also had a generous speaking part),   Craig Moothart, [[Brent Frohoff]], [[Ricci Luyties]], [[Roger Clark (volleyball)|Roger Clark]], Pono Ma'a, Wally Goodrich, and Rudy Dvorak.

The term “side-out” used to refer to an obsolete scoring rule in volleyball called "side-out scoring" under which the winning point could only be scored by the serving team.  A side-out is now simply defined as when the receiving team earns the right to serve by winning a point. Rally scoring became the dominant scoring method as of 1999, which gives a point to whichever team wins a rally, whether serving or not. This method allowed for a more predictable match length and increased fan interest and shorter games.<ref>[http://www.volleyball1on1.com/volleyball-side-out/ Volleyball Sideout Video]</ref>