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Movie
Glory Road
Synopsis
A true-life story of a basketball team who broke down barriers while racking up victories is the basis for this sports drama. Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) was a high school and college basketball star who, after six years of working with high school teams, became the head coach at Texas Western University in 1962. At that time, Texas Western's basketball program was not well respected, but Haskins was determined to change that, and in 1966 Haskins assembled what he was certain was a winning team. However, Haskins' starting lineup was comprised entirely of African-American athletes at a time when racially integrated teams were still a novelty in the South and West. Despite generating a firestorm of controversy, Haskins and his players showed they could succeed where it counted -- on the court. In post-season play Haskins and the Texas Western team found themselves competing for the NCAA championship against the University of Kentucky's all-white team, lead by legendary coach Adolph Rupp (Jon Voight). Glory Road also stars Derek Luke, Alphonso McAuley, Mehcad Brooks, Al Shearer, Damaine Radcliff, Sam Jones III, and Schin S. Kerr as members of Haskins' winning team.
Cast
- Josh Lucas
- Derek Luke
- Emily Deschanel
- Austin Nichols
- Evan Jones
- Jon Voight
- Mehcad Brooks
- Alphonso McAuley
- Tatyana Ali
- Damaine Radcliff
- Al Shearer
- Alejandro Hernández
- Mitch Eakins
- Kip Weeks
- Red West
- Sam Jones III
- James Olivard
- Schin A.S. Kerr
- Geoffrey Kirkland
- Gregory Allen Howard
- Mike Stenson
- George Watters II
- John Wright
- Alix Friedberg
- Jason Hellmann
- John Toon
- Jeffrey Kimball
- Kevin Constant
- Chad Oman
- Kathleen Cusack
- Christopher Cleveland
- Ronna Kress
- Bettina Gilois
- Andy Given