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Glory Road (2006) Certificate PG

Glory Road
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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(69%)
 
Starring: Joshua Lucas | Tatyana M. Ali | Jon Voight | Red West | Derek Luke | Al Shearer | Sam Jones III
Director: James Garner
Studio: WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 113 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Dubbed: French, Spanish, Russian
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Latvian, Arabic, Romanian
Released: August 07, 2006

GLORY ROAD is about more than a college basketball team in the mid-1960s playing its way to the championship: it is the true story of a coach and his team taking a stand against discrimination in order to play their best game. As the new men's basketball coach at Texas Western, Don Haskins has one goal: to win...

New York Times

It will acquaint audiences with a remarkable episode that had ramifications far beyond the basketball court....The film does a good job of showcasing just how momentous that game was...

Highest rated reviews

6 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Glory Road entertains whilst pressing home an important message

A Customer from England, 12th August, 2006

Glory Road at first seems to be in the mould of 'Coach Carter' but with one very noticeable difference.The central theme of the movie is racism and the film is about making a nonsense out of racial stereotyping.The film includes some disturbing scenes which will put many people off seeing this film. On the plus side,there are some uplifting yet intense scenes featuring the excellent Josh Lucas as the head coach of the team who instills a sense of solidarity and hard work into his players and it is satisfying to watch them grow together. The film is set during the 1960s and the retro feel provided by the background music and clothes gives the movie some added charm. It is well worth a look if you can tolerate some of the more unsavory aspects of the film's content.

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Glorious

S from W Yorkshire, 16th March, 2007

An interesting and insightful film, set in the 60's and centres on the key issues of the day - racism. The story is told, without the usual self serving bs of this is how to do it, and with some mistakes and self questioning from the character of Don Haskin. Watching the movie in today's climate gives you a sense of what has been accomplished when it comes to prejudice, but only goes to show what more needs to be done. The wardrobe, lighting and sets are brilliant in capturing that time. There are light hearted moments, as well as the cringeworthy and the dramatic episodes which keep the story moving and serve to drive the plot. The movie is interesting and makes for good viewing for both non/basketball fan's because of the nature and content.

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5 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
Very authentic real story

DanaK from , 21st November, 2007

This is a very good film (based on a real story) - solid 3,5 stars. It is one of those films, when after watching it, you want to find out more about the real characters and hope there is enough “extras” to satisfy your curiosity. This movie tackles a serious issue of racism and prejudice against black players in the 60s. At the time they were not allowed to play Basketball competitively at colleges/universities and on national level. Very brave young coach takes the risk and recruits some talented black players offering a scholarship at Texas Western. It is portrayed very truthfully and realistically, it makes for a very compelling viewing. With everything so perfectly authentic you’ll enjoy it from the beginning to the end, without being a basketball enthusiast. Josh Lucas is gorgeous as the head coach, the cast, characters and acting is great. The only minor drawback for me was the length 2hrs (-7min), so not very good to watch on the week night, never the less the basketball games were so gripping that I didn’t mind staying up little bit longer than usual to watch the extras.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Glory Road

A Customer from West Sussex, 9th November, 2006

I really enjoyed this movie, based on a true story of a man who was the first to start play with a full team of black basketball players in the 60's during racial problems in USA.

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Most recent reviews

Rated 4.0 stars
Actually v v good

Becky Tomlinson from uk, 3rd September, 2009

really enjoyed this fim. suprised it was a disney. very good cast. very detailed - a good fim.

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Rated 4.0 stars
Great soundtrack, fab film

busterbrnuo from from Fordingbridge, 19th August, 2009

Really enjoyed watching this film, was funny and heartfelt.

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Rated 4.0 stars
GLORY ROAD

A Customer from Lymm, 9th February, 2009

A GOOD FILM CONSIDERING IT WAS A TRUE STORY, AS THEY ARE USUALLY SOMEWHAT BORING, BUT THIS I ENJOYED!

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Rated 4.0 stars
Glory road

EFA from , 6th February, 2009

I really enjoyed watching this film. Initially , I felt it looked so much like remember the titans but later realised this was a historical film that indirectly shaped basketball in America.

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