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Glory Road
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Release : | 2006 |
Rating : | 7.2 |
Studio : | Walt Disney Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Josh Lucas Derek Luke Jon Voight Austin Nichols Evan Jones |
Genre : | Drama History |
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Beautiful, moving film.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
I really liked this movie for one simple reason: No matter what's the color of your skin, we are all equal. No one should be underestimated.This movie shows that old, and sadly sometimes not so old, mentality and belief that white people are superior. It shows how white people didn't believe a team based on black players could beat a white team. They believed they didn't have both the quality and the intelligence to play basketball. I would strongly recommend this movie since it shows how society was back in the 60s and how it has changed throughout the years. If you are looking for a sports movie with some message, this is definitely a good choice.
First I'd like to say that I was relentless to watch this movie, I usually don't like sport related films but the fact that it's based on a true story made me change my mind, maybe is because I live in ciudad Juarez, the Mexico-USA Border and you learn a little history of the town or at least of the university and why the stadium is called the don Haskins center, the acting was amazing, it was a little fast paced but it was alright, although the wife of don Haskins kept appearing without any real contribution to the story which seemed to me a little annoying, but all in all it was a pretty damn good movie to watch. Hope this helped and sorry for my English like I said before, I'm Mexican. This Movie is 10 out of 10 My First Review
Walking Down Glory Road.I just finished watching the film glory road it's a sport/drama basketball movie with a mostly black players which a lot of people didn't like because it was a very racist time in the 1960's I am going to give you my opinion on this film.Don Haskins was trance furred to a new basket ball team (Texas Miners) He had to choose new players because the original team was not good at all. There were a lot of black players in the team and the public didn't like that very much. They were a the most winning team for most of the season then some one wrote racist term on the walls of there hotel rooms which bring the black players down and they lost a game. Which made Don Haskins very angry because they didn't play as a team.Josh Lucas as Don Haskins. He fitted in well with his character and scene in the locker room was one of my top favorite with his performance in this film. Derik Luke as bobby Joe Hill. Showed he passion for basket ball very well even though he had a heart problem he still wanted to play basketball he risked his life for the team. Austin Nicholas as Jerry Armstrong. Jon Adolph Rupp. Even Jones as Moe Lba. Al Shear. Did a good job as Nevil Shed he showed a strong character for his race and passion for basket ball. He failed at times as an actor in some if his scenes. When the teams were playing there games all the shot were set up and cheese because they are all swishes which in a real basketball they would get it of the back board of the ring. The locker room scene was good because they showed grate emotions. The message that I got across that the black player (black people) were the minority in that year (1960's to 1970's.) which was not a good thing for the black people. So show more respect to people of all races. a I would recommend the movie to teenagers up ward. Younger kids wouldn't get the story as well as a more mature person. M would be the age that would be able to get the story and the message.Movie Rating is B. star rating ***. Number rating 4.0
Black or White We Fight Along Glory Road1.) The movie was about a mixed race basketball team and throughout the movie they had to learn to work together as a team with black and white players to win the National Championship. During the movie they struggled to deal with racism on and off the court. It's a mixed race basket ball team trying to win the National championship. 2.) The movie is set in Texas Western in 1965, It's a mixed race basket ball team trying to win the National championship The main characters were: Don Haskins- coach Bobby Joe Hill- One of the black players Harry Flowrnoy –'' '' Willie "scoop" Cager- " " Neville Shed – " "3.) Josh Lucas was Don Haskins – he did a good job at playing the coach it would have been the hardest roll in the movie. Derek Luke was bobby Joe Hill- he played a character with a heart condition witch put him on the side lines cheering for his team. 4.) I liked watching basketball and how they overcome all the bad racism (eg : when one of the black players got bashed in the toilet)They proved that they were just as good anyone else. 5.) No what the obstacle's or problem is thrown at you , if you keep pushing for word you can achieve anything. 6.) Teenagers & upwards would like this movie, I would recommend this to males because most of the racist Slurs came from the males and the movie is all about sport. The MPAA rating for glory road is PG and I feel it is worth a look. I would give this movie 5/10 ratingJames is 15, he was born on 29th February 1996 and he only get a birthday every 4 years. This is his first year at Denmark Agriculture college.