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Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
It begins on the street. It ends here.
Plot:
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for their breaking their academic contract with him. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins
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14 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Coach Ken Carter | |
| Rob Brown | ... | Kenyon Stone | |
| Robert Ri'chard | ... | Damien Carter | |
| Rick Gonzalez | ... | Timo Cruz | |
| Nana Gbewonyo | ... | Junior Battle | |
| Antwon Tanner | ... | Worm | |
| Channing Tatum | ... | Jason Lyle | |
| Ashanti | ... | Kyra | |
| Texas Battle | ... | Maddux | |
| Denise Dowse | ... | Principal Garrison | |
| Debbi Morgan | ... | Tonya | |
| Mel Winkler | ... | Coach White | |
| Vincent Laresca | ... | Renny | |
| Sidney Faison | ... | Ty Crane | |
| Octavia Spencer | ... | Mrs. Battle |
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Also Known As:
All Day Long (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material.
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136 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #40973) |
Iceland:12 |
Norway:11 |
Brazil:14 |
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-11 |
Germany:6 |
Ireland:12A |
Netherlands:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:7 |
New Zealand:M |
UK:12 (video rating) (2005) |
UK:12A (original rating)
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The highest opening weekend of any release from an MTV Film: $24,182,961 (week of January 14-16, 2005).
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Factual errors: No doubt for poetic license, a physical padlock has been put on the gym door by Kenny Carter to "lock out" his players from practice. In real life, Carter, as depicted a part-time walk-on coach, would not have the power to lock out Richmond High School's girls basketball team, wrestling team, badminton team and PE classes. The "lockout" was symbolic, not physical.
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Quotes:
Kenyon Stone:
Coach thinks I can play basketball and still get into college.
Kyra: So what are you saying? You want out?
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Kyra: So what are you saying? You want out?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "One Tree Hill: I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight (#7.8)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Locked Up
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Coach Carter is the story of a basketball coach who was persistent and had his priorities straight. The positive message the movie conveyed was that lives can be changed for the better through self discipline, hard work and the building of character. I was thinking to myself that the whole story was pretty believable, but then I looked into it and found it to be a true to life story so I guess it really is believable.
Samuel L. Jackson put in a convincing performance as the strict Coach Carter, as did the rest of the cast members. The movie, itself, was reminiscent of Lean On Me. It was the same basic story with the disciplinary figure helping the distraught kids through life.
I found it disappointing that the parent of the basketball team emphasized a mere game over something vastly more important, education. I rated this movie 7 of 10