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- Formulaic but well-crafted, Glory Road features a hard-driving coach who inspires his underdog team to athletic and moral victories. James Gartner's movie includes all the expected tricks of the genre, from vintage '60s soundtrack and heart-pounding court action to excellent performances and heartfelt lessons underlined by teary eyes in close-up.
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After being appointed the new coach of the 1966 Texas Miners, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) decides to build a team based on talent rather than race. The conservative townsfolk balk at the new racially...
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- James Gartner
- PG
- Josh Lucas
Jan 12, 2006 · “Glory Road” is an effective sports movie, yes, but as the portrait of a coach and team and the realities of administrations and booster clubs in a state obsessed with sports, it’s a shadow of “Friday Night Lights” (2004). Where it succeeds is as the story of a chapter in history, the story of how one coach at one school arrived at an ...
Formulaic but well-crafted, Glory Road features a hard-driving coach who inspires his underdog team to athletic and moral victories. James Gartner's movie includes all the expected tricks of the genre, from vintage '60s soundtrack and heart-pounding court action to excellent performances and heartfelt lessons underlined by teary eyes in close-up.
- James Gartner
- Cynthia Fuchs
- Derek Luke, Josh Lucas, Sam Jones III
Glory Road is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship.
Jan 10, 2006 · Jerry Bruckheimer’s college basketball companion to Remember the Titans, Glory Road tells the story of the underdog Texas Western University men’s basketball team that won the National Championship in 1966 while starting, for the first time in NCAA history, five African-American players.
Josh Lucas stars in "Glory Road," a 2006 Disney film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film purports to tell the true story of Don Haskins, the basketball coach led the Texas Western Miners to a National Championship victory in 1966.
May 27, 2016 · Glory Road tells the story of Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) and his 1966 Texas Western basketball team, the first college team ever to use a starting lineup composed entirely of black players. Texas...
