Code Breakers (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers (WGA):

G. Ross Parker (teleplay)
Bill McWilliams (book)

Release Date:

10 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

At West Point, Honor Is A Code That Must Never Be Broken

Plot:

In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as 83 cadets -- including the son of the school's football coach (Glenn) -- are implicated and ultimately dismissed. |

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brian Nolan (as Zachery Bryan)
Jeff Roop	...	George Holbrook
Jake Busey	...	Straub
Corey Sevier	...	Bob Blaik
Theo Rossi	...	Desantis
Robin Dunne	...	Trager
Adam Grimes	...	Culpepper
Jude Ciccolella	...	Commandant Paul D. Harkins
Dan Petronijevic	...	Corely
Richard Zeppieri	...	Asst. Coach Vince Lombardi
Scott Glenn	...	Coach Earl 'Red' Blaik
Jeremy Akerman	...	General MacArthur
John Bourgeois	...	Major General Frederick A. Irving
Jennifer Dale	...	Mrs. Nolan
James Downing	...	Colonel Collins

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

ESPN

Quotes:

Brian Nolan: I see. Tell the truth but not too loud, right dad?

Movie Connections:

References Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

rules are rules

Code Breakers is a film about football, honor, and the military. A large group of West Point cadets devise a way to cheat on their academic tests to help keep the football team together, breaking the academy honor code. One cadet has the guts to come forward and that starts the chain of events that disgraced Army football and West Point in 1951. It's a lesson in how anything can be rationalized as for the greater good. Something we should always strive to prevent if we are to stay true to the codes we accept and expect to live by. The whole point of the academy is to weed out those that can't make the grade. We tend to falsely think that effort is worth as much as achievement. While great effort that falls short should not be considered bad, it is grounds for being let go. While sports does teach team work and leadership, it should never be an end unto itself. It is, after all, only a game. Living in Wisconsin, I was surprised that coach Vince Lombardi was part of the film. A very well made film that draws you into the characters and the promise of a military training program that teaches the right stuff.