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Coach Carter

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MTV Films

Tollin/Robbins Productions

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Samuel L. Jackson

Rob Brown

Robert Ri'chard

Rick Gonzalez

Nana Gbewonyo

Antwon Tanner

Channing Tatum

Ashanti

Texas Battle

Lacey Beeman

Octavia Spencer

Allison Kyler

Cindy Chiu

Adrienne Bailon-Houghton

Dana Davis

Sonya Eddy

Debbi Morgan

Mel Winkler

Paul Rae

Ray Baker

Roger Lim

Vincent Laresca

Sidney Faison

Marc McClure

Jenny Gago

Ben Weber

Floyd Levine

Robert Hoffman

Denise Dowse

Tanee McCall

Thomas Carter

Mark Schwahn

John Gatins

Brian Robbins

Michael Tollin

Caitlin Scanlon

Sharla Sumpter

Van Toffler

Trevor Rabin

Sarah Halley Finn

Randi Hiller

Carlos Barbosa

Tim Beach

Nancy Nye

Debrae Little

Sharone Meir

Peter E. Berger

Camille Friend

David Gale

Don Elliott

Tierre Turner

Cedric Nairn-Smith

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**Coach Carter allows its powerful true story to shine through Samuel Jackson’s performance and the focus on the lives of the young men Coach Carter coached.**

Coach Carter is the inspiring true story of a coach that cared much more about the lives and future of his players than winning a game. Samuel Jackson was the perfect choice to play no-nonsense but compassionate Coach Ken Carter that believed in his players while holding them to standards that changed their lives. While the movie is about basketball, the focus is much more on the relationships and development of its characters. The actual basketball scenes of the movie are decent but less compelling than the rest of the story. Coach Carter is an excellent film for those that want to see how their choices and willingness to fight compromise can change the lives of others.

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When the eponymous coach (Samuel L. Jackson) arrives at Richmond High School, he inherits a disparate group of guys who play basketball as they take life - casually with little responsibility. Their grades are low and so their futures unlikely to break the cycle of poverty and lack off opportunity. He decides to try and break that by insisting that they sign contracts before they can play. These require perfect attendance, no late-coming and grade averages that will ensure they graduate. There's resistance from the team and from their parents, but thanks to a bit of help from the principal (Denise Dowse) he sticks to his guns and they have to accept his ultimatum. The remainder of the film follows his attempts to mould something cohesive from these young men as they, themselves, deal with issues that impact on their own lives. Carter's dream is not a forgone conclusion here. Though there is an element of predictability to the development of the story, his charges do not routinely conform to his grand design and as he gradually builds a functioning (and winning) team, he also realises that their academic focus is what's lacking. That's his biggest challenge. They can't make a living playing ball, but it can be a conduit to an education that can stand them in good stead in the future - and that's the real message here. As with so many people growing up in an environment devoid of opportunity, sport can prove to galvanise people. It can offer hope, introduce the benefits of team building and inter-reliance and ultimately help to prioritise for what's to come. Jackson puts in a strong effort here, and the writing also helps succinctly tell a story that Rick Gonzalez, Rob Brown and Anton Tanner also contribute well to as they represent the men who just initially want to play with little appreciation of the profound chance being offered them. It is too long, and towards the end the story does rather run out of steam, but as a real-life coming of age story it still works well.

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Coach Carter (2005) Original Trailer [FHD]

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