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- A struggling coach and teacher who has had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.
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Based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a mainly Latino high school in McFarland, California, the film stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, the school's coach, who leads the team to win a state championship.
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Feb 19, 2015 · On arriving with wife ( Maria Bello) and two daughters, teen and pre-teen, in a town where the rooster next door wakes everyone up before five and Jim can’t get a burger, the teacher is almost immediately assailed by colleagues and students who think it’s hilarious that his name is “ White .”
Summaries. Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
Feb 20, 2015 · McFarland, USA: Directed by Niki Caro. With Kevin Costner, Ramiro Rodriguez, Carlos Pratts, Johnny Ortiz. Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Niki Caro
- 2015-02-20
Feb 4, 2015 · The stirring true story of how a scrappy Latino high-school running team beat the odds is treated as a Kevin Costner vehicle first and foremost in “McFarland, USA,” a cross-cultural...
Mar 2, 2015 · Jose Cardenas recalls his cross-country team's victory despite his personal missteps, both depicted in Kevin Costner's new movie.
Feb 4, 2015 · Screenwriters Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Grant Thompson retell the (mainly) true story of a coach in the Central Valley of California who led a Hispanic high school team to...
