Novel
Assombrado pelo seu misterioso passado, um dedicado treinador de futebol de liceu lidera uma esquelética equipa de órfãos para o campeonato estatal durante a Grande Depressão e inspira ao longo do caminho uma nação destroçada.
Book
No ano de 1969, o jovem Freddie Steinmark (Finn Wittrock) sonha em um dia ingressar num time de futebol americano. O olheiro Darrell Royal (Aaron Eckhart) lhe oferece a chance de jogar pela Universidade do Texas, mas uma lesão no joelho de Freddie pode ameaçar tudo.
Writer
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction. There, Bryant runs the equivalent of a POW camp, brutalizing an oversized, underdeveloped bunch of rowdy young men and tormenting those who seek medical attention for cracked spines and deadly heat exhaustion. Berenger delivers a warts-and-all performance as the vulgar, monstrous, yet much-respected Bryant, and the direction by seasoned television vet Mike Robe is brisk and almost explosively charged. Whatever one thinks of Bryant's punishing methods, the film does not flinch from telling its powerful tale. --Tom Keogh
Self (archive footage)
Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players, runners, and basketball players, athletes who either suffered the indignities of racism, helped break down its walls, or enjoyed the opportunities afforded by past struggles.
