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Summary: Excellent!!!!
Comment: This is one of the best movies I've seen. It brought out the issue of race back in the 60s without being graphic. Very well done.
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Summary: Superb Acting, Great Movie!!!
Comment: This movie was fantastic, Josh Lucas was great. I had so much fun watching this and it was about so much more than just a basketball team winning in the NCAA. It was about the 60's, racism, and getting past all of that. What is so sad, is our world has not changed much since then. More people need to see this film and ask themselves what they are still doing living in the past with their racial issues and tensions. We are all equal! Let's have fun and enjoy this life together!!
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Summary: Entertaining, But horribly inaccurate
Comment: I find it difficult to believe anybody gave this movie 5 stars "despite the artistic license". This movie made a joke of the story of this team.
Because of this movie, people are given the impression that 5 black freshmen recruited by Coach Don Haskins started in the NCAA Championship game, which amazed sportswriters so much that they were made heavy underdogs because of the prevailing racism of the times. I'd like to point out some facts some people might not know.
While I'm sure racism played a factor in real life to some oddsmakers, it had little to do with most people picking Kentucky, the #1 team in the nation at 23-0 and a 4-time National Champion, to beat a team that had never been to a Final Four.
In the 1950s, prior to Haskins' arrival, Texas Western recruited and played African American players, in a time when it was still common to find all-white college sports teams, particularly in the South When Haskins arrived in El Paso, he inherited three black players from his coaching predecessor, including Nolan Richardson, the long-time coach of Arkansas.
In the 1960's FRESHMEN COULDN'T PLAY VARSITY COLLEGE BASKETBALL. All the starters for Texas Western were upperclassmen.
Texas Western didn't "sneak up" on anybody. They had been to the NCAA Tournament in 1963 and 1964.
I wish Disney had tried to keep the facts straight. Artistic license is one thing, but re-writing history to make the story seen the way you want it is ridiculous.
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Summary: Texas Cinderella Story with Hoops
Comment: Josh Lucas (Paul Newman's long lost and generations younger twin) plays a lengendary Texan basketball coach who broke the color barrier with a win over Kentucky at the 1966 NCAA championship play off. An inspirational tale of courage, boldness, and making a statement on and off court.
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Summary: A Must See
Comment: I just finished watching this movie on HBO, the second time I have seen it. This video is a must see, not just from the point of view of a good sports story but of American history. I remember the story well. I was a student at Duke University which lost by three points to UK when our best player was laid low with bronchitis. People forget what was going on in America and especially the American South at that time. Unfortunately many of these attidudes stil exist though they may not be as blantant as they were in 1966. Hopefully this movie will make some people uncomfortable. It should. Especially where the UK students are waving their rebel flags during the game. Despite the apologists, the waving of this flag was not, and still is not, a non-racist act.
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