From the Rough (2012)

The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

Director:

Pierre Bagley

Writers:

Pierre Bagley, Mike Critelli (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Felton, Marcus Lyle Brown

Cast

Credited cast:
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Roger
Tom Felton	...	Edward
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Bob Russell
Justin Chon	...	Ji-Kyung
Taraji P. Henson	...	Catana Starks
Dana Gourrier	...	Cafeteria Worker (as Dana Michelle Gourrier)
James Saito	...	Won-Sik
Henry Simmons	...	Kendrick Paulsen Jr.
Richard Kohnke	...	Spielman
Letoya Luckett	...	Stacey
Lauren Thomas	...	Waitress
Robert Bailey Jr.	...	Craig
Michelle Torres	...	Woman at Ticket Counter
Griff Furst	...	Hugh
Jaren Mitchell	...	David

Storyline

FROM THE ROUGH is based on the true story of Catana Starks, a former swim coach at Tennessee State University who became the first woman ever to coach a college men's golf team. With drive, passion, and guts, she took an unruly group of mismatched kids from around the world and guided them to an all-time record at the PGA National Collegiate Minority Championship. Tasked with building Tennessee State's first golf team and finding only one available African American golfer - Craig, a former caddy with plenty of talent but no confidence - Catana Starks pushes outside TSU's Historically Black context, and, against huge resistance, opens up the roster to underprivileged kids from around the world: Edward, a lower class British youth with a rakish charm and a contempt for authority; Bassam, a French-Algerian from Paris, angry about the discrimination of his people, soft-spoken but likely to explode; Cameron, an Australian from a single-parent household with a childhood spent working, using...

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and thematic elements

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Royal Street Productions, Gyre Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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