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Coach Carter (2005) -- Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999.
Coach Carter (2005) -- Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999.
Coach Carter (2005) -- Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999.
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Thomas Carter
Writers (WGA):
Mark Schwahn (written by) and
John Gatins (written by)
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Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
It begins on the street. It ends here.
Plot:
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for their breaking their academic contract with him. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 14 nominations more
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Samuel L. Jackson Makes The Intense Coach Carter Come To Life. more (179 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All Day Long (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material.
Runtime:
136 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
The speech given by Timo Cruz in response to the question "What is your deepest fear?" is an excerpt from "A Return to Love" (1992) by Marianne Williamson. (Commonly misattributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Address.) more
Goofs:
Continuity: In one of the games, Richmond's score on the scoreboard is shown at 29. Next play, the score reads 27. more
Movie Connections:
References Jerry Maguire (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Dance Sucka more

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46 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
Samuel L. Jackson Makes The Intense Coach Carter Come To Life., 24 January 2005
Author: BigHardcoreRed from Calimesa, California

There are many movies similar in plot and theme to Coach Carter but this movie stands well on it's own. Most of the credit for that has to go to the star, Samuel L. Jackson. They could not have found a better man to play this role. I do not know much about the coach this movie is based on, but I can not imagine anything better or stronger than what Jackson has given us here.

The story is pretty much like any other. A former basketball star from the early 70's is asked to coach this year's team due to the fact that the old coach is not able to keep the kids focused on their grades, coming to class, etc. Where this movie differs, and what makes this better than most movies of this type, is the depth it goes into in most of the players on the team. The bigger stars have their own back stories and reasons for why they are the way they are.

Obviously, judging the acting, Samuel L. Jackson is head and shoulders above the rest but others who stand out here are Rick Gonzalez, Antwon Tanner and Robert Ri'chard. Each of these guys played their characters to a tee. Overall, if you want to see an inspiring movie and feel like it accomplished it's purpose at the end, I can recommend Coach Carter to you. 8/10

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