Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross country team and turns 7 students with no hope into one of the best cross country teams.
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Director:
Sean McNamara
Stars:
George Lopez,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Carlos PenaVega
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Director:
Ivan Reitman
Stars:
Kevin Costner,
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Jennifer Garner
The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
Director:
Thomas Carter
Stars:
Jim Caviezel,
Alexander Ludwig,
Michael Chiklis
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A struggling coach and teacher who has been had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America- McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential among several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.
Whittier Blvd.
Written by George Dominguez, John Figueroa, William Garcia, Benjamin Lopez, Roy Marquez, Romeo Prado, Jose Rendon, George Salazar
Performed by Thee Midniters
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It's 1987. Jim White (Kevin Costner) is struggling to coach high school football in Boise, Idaho. He throws a shoe near a disrespectful player and it ricochets bloodying him. He and his wife Cheryl (Maria Bello) move to McFarland, California with their two daughters. It's a lower class Latino area and the only teaching job he could get. He gets kicked out as assistant football coach in the first week. He notices that some of the kids have potential as runners.
Kevin Costner can do the hard angry white guy in his sleep now. There are some pretty interesting young actors among the Latino kids. It's an inspirational based-on-a-true-story. It follows the traditional underdog formula. They have to face the obvious racism and all the expected hurdles. There isn't much drama. There are a few funny moments. There are opportunities to dig a lot deeper. The incident with Julie could be expanded on. Instead the movie does a little before and after. The heart of the incident and the reason for it are never fully explained. There is also the problem of filming running as a sport. The film does it the best that they can but the calculating process makes it less dramatic. This is a perfectly fine sports movie.
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It's 1987. Jim White (Kevin Costner) is struggling to coach high school football in Boise, Idaho. He throws a shoe near a disrespectful player and it ricochets bloodying him. He and his wife Cheryl (Maria Bello) move to McFarland, California with their two daughters. It's a lower class Latino area and the only teaching job he could get. He gets kicked out as assistant football coach in the first week. He notices that some of the kids have potential as runners.
Kevin Costner can do the hard angry white guy in his sleep now. There are some pretty interesting young actors among the Latino kids. It's an inspirational based-on-a-true-story. It follows the traditional underdog formula. They have to face the obvious racism and all the expected hurdles. There isn't much drama. There are a few funny moments. There are opportunities to dig a lot deeper. The incident with Julie could be expanded on. Instead the movie does a little before and after. The heart of the incident and the reason for it are never fully explained. There is also the problem of filming running as a sport. The film does it the best that they can but the calculating process makes it less dramatic. This is a perfectly fine sports movie.