The Long Green Line
by Matthew Arnold
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Actor: Connor Chadwick, Eric Dettman, Joe Newton, John Fisher, Matt DettmanDirector: Matthew Arnold
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: LGL Productions, LLC
Product features:
- 90 minutes of bonus video content
- Full length Feature film
Movie Reviews of The Long Green Line
Movie Review: Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie. I am a runner. I even ran Girls Cross Country at York H.S. many moons ago. But you don't need to be a runner to benefit from this man's wisdom and spirt. Joe Newton is a legend! He inspires not only runners but all people to be their best self.
It is unbelievable what this man accomplishes year after year, decade after decade. This is not a school that gets to offer incentives for top athletes to attend. On the contrary, he takes whoever he gets. Often times,these are ackward Freshman boys who come out for Cross Country because it is a non-cut sport! Over the course of a few short months in a season, and a few seasons in their H.S. career, he turns these young boys into athletes and respectable men.
One thing I found especially inspiring while watching the movie is how he and his Long Green Line are able to prevail dispite adversity. He creates such depth in his teams that when trouble arises (as it often can with young men) they have additional talent to call upon--additional men to rise to the challenge. Joe believes in them, so they believe in themselves. Perhaps this is how The Long Green Line continually manages to succeed!
This movie is inspiring for athletes young and old, for parents trying to inspire their children, for teachers and coaches looking for a way to make a difference. Don't miss it!!!
Summary of The Long Green Line
Coach Joe Newton has used the sport of Cross Country Running to teach simple but important lessons to high school boys for the last 50 years. "Always do your best", "be on time" and "it's nice to be great but far greater to be nice" are mantras, which have turned the Boys Cross Country team at the public York High School in Elmhurst Illinois into the most winning high school team in any sport in America. Along with mastery of their sport, Newton turns boys into men, who carry his teaching and his love for each of them throughout their lives. The Long Green Line documents the York Duke's 2005 Cross Country season as the runners seek their record 25th state title in 50 years. In the sport of Cross Country only the top 5 athletes per team score points and only seven are included in competition. The York team has 221 athletes participating under the tutelage of Coach Newton. Though 214 boys know they will have no influence on the season's scores, they are moved to participate just to be in the presence of Coach Newton. Such a large team is a blessing and curse. Newton is able to spread his influence further but life lessons can go unheard when they have to trickle to so many ears. In the middle of the season, two of the star athletes are expelled from school after committing over $1 million in arson damage. The York team is forced to rebuild -- to face a true test of what they have learned both physically and mentally. The team is colorfully decorated with characters like the All-American winners the Dettman Twins, Sophomore John Fisher, a high functioning autistic with a heart of gold, out of shape former football players who reside on the lowest rung of the team and Freshman Connor Chadwick who has cerebral palsy but is able to run without leg braces for the first time in his life. The Long Green Line is not only a team but also, a rite of passage. It is a lifeline for these young runners as they move from adolescence to manhood.Similar DVD Movies
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