Believe In Me (Director's Edition)
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Actor: Bob Gunton, Bruce Dern, Jeffrey DonovanDirector: Robert Collector
Brand: Gaiam
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 05-53022
Studio: Gaiam
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- Coach Clay Briscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls," the Lady Cyclones, refuse to let him quit. This inspiring tale of perseverance, character and rede
Movie Reviews of Believe In Me (Director's Edition)
Movie Review: Something for everyone in the family-male/female, parents/kids, sports fans/romantics
Summary: 5 Stars
Coach Driscoll (Jeffrey Donovan) finds his chance to head-coach boy's basketball is shifted to a girl's HS team. Nightmare #2 is that it is a consistently loosing girl's team. Girl's basketball isn't taken seriously till Driscoll decides to give it a try. You know he'll make a difference.
You will fall into being a fan of the small Oklahoma town team. You will cheer the team and boo the villain heading the school board. It is a story well written and acted, so well, in fact, that it seems a true story. Perhaps that's because it is based on the real story of Jim Keith and the Lady Cyclones (Oklahoma famous.) And the older, real, original team and coach, gets to play as extras in the movie. The coach is a true-to-life basketball hero. Nobody can write realistic stories like true life. This coach's life and his teams will take you on an emotional spiral--UPWARD.
"Believe In Me" Coach Driscoll and his wife have no children even though they want one so adoption is considered. The story sounds a bit like a girl's basketball answer to the boy's football story of "Facing the Giants." Both are great and recommended.
Being a Hoosier, and growing up in what the Indiana state calls "Hoosier Hysteria," I find this a story very rewarding.
Bonuses: Violence equals only a donnybrook on the court. The nudes in the shower scene show nothing. Druggies are nonexistent. Bottom line--it's a family film--and the girl's acting can play a pretty mean game of basketball, more like the girls of the 21st century.
One goofy highlight to watch for: see girl's basketball being played by one team in dresses. Now that's shocking! You'll have to remote in reverse and see it again, not believing your eyes. Funny!
A good movie to play the week before the basketball season begins--year after year after year.
Summary of Believe In Me (Director's Edition)
Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn t want. A town that doesn t support girl s sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his girls, the Lady Cyclones, refuse to let him quit.This inspiring tale of perseverance, character and redemption pits Coach Driscoll (JEFFREY DONOVAN, Hitch) against the school board President Ellis Brawley (Oscar® nominee BRUCE DERN, Coming Home) who has the school board and the town in his pocket. You ll cheer these strong-willed young women and their hard-headed coach as they fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self-doubt in this heart-warming true story of a team, a town and a man who wouldn t give up.
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