The Heart of the Game

20052005
PG-13PG-13
1h 37m

The Heart of the Game (2005)

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Documentary Sport

A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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The Heart of the Game

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Darnellia Russell and Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Darnellia Russell in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Darnellia Russell and Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Darnellia Russell in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Darnellia Russell and Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Bill Resler in The Heart of the Game (2005)

Darnellia Russell in The Heart of the Game (2005)

The Winning Season

6.6

The Winning Season

Glory Road

7.2

More Than a Game

7.6

More Than a Game

6.1

Hoop Dreams

8.3

Finding Forrester

7.3

Finding Forrester

Love & Basketball

7.2

Love & Basketball

He Got Game

6.9

Murderball

7.7

White Men Can't Jump

6.8

White Men Can't Jump

A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.

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Taglines
- THE HEART OF THE GAME captures the passion and energy of a Seattle high school girls' basketball team, the eccentricity of their unorthodox coach, and the incredible true story of one player's fight to play the game she loves.
Genres
- Documentary
- Sport
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for brief strong language
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Quotes
Bill Resler: One of the things really that makes coaching fun is when you tell teenagers "Go do 'ABC'", and they'll look at you and say "Yes, we're going to go do 'ABC'", and they're excited about "ABC", and five seconds later you watch them do "XYZ", and sometimes I'll ask them "Why did you do 'XYZ'?" and they never have an answer. They always look at you like, "Why would you ask a question like that?"

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Nacho Libre/The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift/Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties/Loverboy/The Heart of the Game (2006)

Soundtracks
Believe It
Written by M. Ludlum and The Angel (as Angel C.)
Performed by The Angel featuring Mystic

Top review

10/10

A Wonderful Surprise

This documentary had me talking about it days after watching it. It had me truly rooting for everyone in the movie. When the movie went off it left me wanting more. Ward Serrill should be nothing but proud of his work. I'm just upset that I hadn't heard of this documentary before.

It's nice to see someone like Bill Resler who isn't a big name in sports take a team and not be concerned about them winning and yet turn the team into a powerhouse. Yet also you end up also liking their rivals and their coach Joyce Walker. Although the movie is about a team you can't help but get attached to Darnellia Russell.

This is a must see documentary.

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pootnanny1964
Aug 3, 2007

Release date
- July 7, 2006 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Сердце игры
Filming locations
- Seattle, Washington, USA
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $445,374
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,251
- Jun 11, 2006
Gross worldwide
- $446,446

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Runtime
1 hour 37 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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