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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Title: Full-Court Miracle (TV Movie 2003)
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4 nominations.
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| Alex D. Linz | ... | Alex Schlotsky | |
| Richard T. Jones | ... | Lamont Carr | |
| R.H. Thomson | ... | Rabbi Lewis | |
| Sean Marquette | ... | Big Ben Swartz | |
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Jase Blankfort | ... | Stick Goldstein |
| Erik Knudsen | ... | TJ Murphy | |
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David Sazant | ... | Joker Levy |
| Sheila McCarthy | ... | Mrs. Klein | |
| Linda Kash | ... | Cynthia Schlotsky | |
| Jason Blicker | ... | Marshall Schlotsky | |
| Cassie Steele | ... | Julie | |
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Jack Manchester | ... | Tyler |
| Jerome Williams | ... | NBA Star | |
| Ron Gabriel | ... | Coach Simowitz | |
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Stan Coles | ... | Larry |
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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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college | inspired by a true story | student athlete | basketball | yeshiva |Parents Guide:
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Written by Gary Mrowca and John Hiler
Performed by GBonafide and J Hi
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The character Alex Schlotsky is based on Lamont Carr's former player Alex Barbag. See more »Goofs
The movie is supposed to take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, in the scenes surrounding the playground where the boys practice, the CN Tower and Sky Dome, both located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, can be seen. See more »Quotes
Rabbi Lewis: When Judah was asked by his companions, "How can we, few as we are, fight back against so great of a multitude?" Judah replied, "It's not the size of our army, it is the strength of our faith."See more »
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Team ThemeWritten by Gary Mrowca and John Hiler
Performed by GBonafide and J Hi
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21 November 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Richard Jones the former court clerk on Judging Amy leads a nice mostly Canadian cast in a made for TV movie about the true story of Lamont Carr who inspired a bunch of Yeshiva kids to become the best basketball players they could be.
These kids from the Philadelphia Hebrew Academy are more than likely not going to make the NBA still there love of the game is there. It's also nicely integrated with their faith. Alex D. Linz is the one who finds Jones living out of his van and they negotiate with him being their coach.
The fact he's not Jewish is not a barrier but to Sheila McCarthy the principal her suspicious hackles are raised. Dare I say she becomes the Scrooge in this Channukah classic.
Full Court Miracle is a nice family film for Jews at what is their Yuletide season. Nice film for everybody.