The main problem with movies that dramatize sports' greatest upsets, like CINDERELLA MAN and THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, is that the final victory is always a foregone conclusion. But in the case of the 1966 Texas Western Miners, whose story is told here with producer Jerry Bruckheimer's usual fast-paced gusto, the defeat wasn't simply one team by another but the perception of black basketball players as somehow inferior to their white teammates. After years spent coaching girls' basketball at a tiny Fort Worth high school, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) finally gets his shot at taking a team to the NCAA championships when he's hired by El Paso's Texas Western College. ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
106 mins