Full-Court Miracle (TV 2003)

An African American college basketball star becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's struggling basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a knee injury forces him to leave the game. Based on the true story of Lamont Carr.

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers:

Joel Silverman, Joel Kauffmann,

Stars:

Alex D. Linz, Richard T. Jones, R.H. Thomson

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alex D. Linz	...	Alex Schlotsky
Richard T. Jones	...	Lamont Carr
R.H. Thomson	...	Rabbi Lewis
Sean Marquette	...	Big Ben Swartz
Jase Blankfort	...	Stick Goldstein
Erik Knudsen	...	TJ Murphy
David Sazant	...	Joker Levy
Sheila McCarthy	...	Mrs. Klein
Linda Kash	...	Cynthia Schlotsky
Jason Blicker	...	Marshall Schlotsky
Cassie Steele	...	Julie
Jack Manchester	...	Tyler
Jerome Williams	...	NBA Star
Ron Gabriel	...	Coach Simowitz
Stan Coles	...	Larry

Storyline

An African American college basketball star becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's struggling basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a knee injury forces him to leave the game. Based on the true story of Lamont Carr.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | hyphen in title | disney channel original movie

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lamont's Maccabees

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daniel L. Paulson Productions, Disney Channel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Alex Schlotsky is based on Lamont Carr's former player Alex Barbag.

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Goofs

The movie is supposed to take place around the time of Hanukkah, which can occur from late November to late December. The kids are often dressed in winter coats and scarves, but there are leaves on the trees, the shrubs are in full foliage, and the grass is green. The leaves are usually gone from the trees in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the movie is supposed to take place, by the end of October.

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Quotes

TJ Murphy: I love this game!

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Soundtracks

"Monkey Thumbs"
Written by Steve Bauman and Robert Willy Wood
Performed by Stretch Nickel

User Reviews

A beautiful story that all kids should see, Jewish or not.

Sure, it's obvious that Full Court Miracle is not a high budget movie, but critics go a bit too far. Anyone who says the basketball play looks phony is comparing it to the National Basketball league.They're a bunch of kids doing their best to entertain, and they do. This is a simple, educational story without violence or bad taste. My only complaint about Full Court Miracle is that Disney will not release it to DVD. So few people can afford the Disney Channel that not many have seen it. It's not fair to our wonderful young Canadian actors like Alex and Erik. Anyone who has seen Erik Knudsen's work in YTV (Mental Block)knows his good work. Good luck. Ed Brown Montreal