Glory Road (2006)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

James Gartner

Writers (WGA):

Chris Cleveland (written by) &
Bettina Gilois (written by)

Release Date:

13 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Winning changes everything.

Plot:

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

Plot Keywords:

Texas | College Basketball | Basketball | Coach | College

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Josh Lucas	...	Don Haskins
Derek Luke	...	Bobby Joe Hill
Austin Nichols	...	Jerry Armstrong
Jon Voight	...	Adolph Rupp
Evan Jones	...	Moe Iba
Schin A.S. Kerr	...	David Lattin
Alphonso McAuley	...	Orsten Artis
Mehcad Brooks	...	Harry Flournoy
Sam Jones III	...	Willie Worsley
Damaine Radcliff	...	Willie 'Scoops' Cager
Emily Deschanel	...	Mary Haskins
Al Shearer	...	Nevil Shed
Red West	...	Ross Moore
Kip Weeks	...	Togo Railey
Mitch Eakins	...	Dick Myers

MPAA:

Rated PG for racial issues including violence and epithets, and momentary language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Malaysia:(Banned) | USA:PG (certificate #42056) | Germany:6 | UK:PG | Italy:T | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:All | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Ben Affleck was originally set to play Don Haskins, but pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Texas Western is playing Kansas for the Midwest Finals, there is a KU banner hanging from the rafters of the ceiling of the auditorium. The banner depicts the KU Jayhawk facing the right. That is the current KU logo, but in 1965, the logo would have been facing left.

Quotes:

[after a pass is stolen by Bobby Joe Hill]
Adolph Rupp: [to Pat Riley] That's what you get for talking to him!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Daily Show: (2006-01-19)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Ain't That Good News

Started Slow - but got better and better and better ...

This 2 hour movie is pretty lackluster for the first 50 minutes or so. Then it picks up and the intensity builds and builds right to the end. It's simply one of those great sports movie that's really well done.

This is the story based on one of the most historic series of games in basketball history. A "minor" coach hired is hired to coach an equally "minor" Texas basketball team - but decides to do something different. He hires black players to play ... the year is 1965.

Because it's based on true events it has an immediate interest value. The fact that it deals with the colorblind "win or lose" dictum of sports coupled with racial tensions makes it all the more potentially interesting.

The movie delivers the goods: great performances and a lot of sports suspense. However, you have give it chance - the first one forth of the show is kind of slow.

For basketball fans and general audiences alike - this is a good movie worth checking out.