When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

Director:

Thomas Carter

Writers:

Scott Marshall Smith (screenplay), Scott Marshall Smith (story)

Stars:

Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Caviezel	...	Bob Ladouceur
Michael Chiklis	...	Terry Eidson
Alexander Ludwig	...	Chris Ryan
Clancy Brown	...	Mickey Ryan
Laura Dern	...	Bev Ladouceur
Matthew Daddario	...	Danny Ladouceur
Joe Massingill	...	Beaser
Jessie T. Usher	...	Tayshon Lanear
Ser'Darius Blain	...	Cam Colvin
Stephan James	...	T.K. Kelly
Richard Kohnke	...	Rick Salinas
Matthew Frias	...	Arturo
Chase Boltin	...	Manny Gonzales
Gavin Casalegno	...	Michael Ladouceur
Les Miles	...	Oklahoma Scout #1

Storyline

Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL tells the remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

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Plot Keywords:

coach | high school football | 

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Taglines:

It's not how hard you fall. It's how you get back up.

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic material, a scene of violence, and brief smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un equipo legendario

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,381,509, 22 August 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,127,963, 31 October 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Affirm Films, Mandalay Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Caviezel attended the 2012 California Open Division football championship when De La Salle played Centennial and filmed footage of Coach Bob Ladouceur to prepare for his role in the film.

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Goofs

The game broadcaster says the game vs Poly is the first nationally televised high school football game. That happened in 1989, Euclid vs St. Ignatius, according to Mark Podolski, The News-Herald.

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Quotes

Buster Matthews: Do you know why they call me Buster?
Beaser: 'Cause you're stupid enough to let them?

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Passion of the Christ (2015)

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Soundtracks

Do It Betta
Written by Steven Ira Scipio II and Eric Goldman
Performed by Skip the Great
Courtesy of Keep Smiling, LLC
Under license from Music Asset Management, Inc.

User Reviews

wow!

Responding to the overtly religious criticism/ This movie was about a team that won 150 games in a row. It was based on real life coaching. (This was not a made up part of the story but intrinsic to the coach's point of view).

To leave family/faith values out of the movie would have been like telling the story of a journey without any information about how the characters were able to get from point A to point B when no one else in history had ever done so.

Nevertheless the movie wasn't just about the overall journey, but also included the individual stories of the coach and black and white students facing their own challenges.

The many football scenes through-out the movie were great fun to watch!