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Glory Road is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship. Don Haskins portrayed by Josh Lucas, head coach of Texas Western College (now known as University of Texas at El Paso or UTEP), coached a team with an all ...
Jan 13, 2006 · Glory Road: Directed by James Gartner. With Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight. In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- James Gartner
- 2006-01-13
40 years ago, Don Haskins went on the recruiting trail to find the best talent in the land, black or white. 7 blacks and 5 whites made up the legendary 1965-66 Texas Western Miners. They were mocked and ridiculed for their showboating and flaunting of black players on the court. Yet, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, Haskins and his ...
Jan 13, 2006 · Based on a true story, Glory Road follows the 1966 Texas Miners, the first college basketball team to have an all-black starting lineup. Watch their inspiring journey on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- James Gartner
- PG
- Josh Lucas
Jan 12, 2006 · Advertisement. "Glory Road" is an effective sports movie, yes, but as the portrait of a coach and team and the realities of administrations and booster clubs in a state obsessed with sports, it's a shadow of "Friday Night Lights" (2004). Where it succeeds is as the story of a chapter in history, the story of how one coach at one school arrived ...
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Josh Lucas. ... Don Haskins. Derek Luke. ... Bobby Joe Hill. Austin Nichols.
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'Glory Road' is another top film from this period from them. Early on this feels like a 'Remember the Titans', even a 'Coach Carter', copycat but it actually ends up creating its own thing. Those two films are also great, but I felt this one nailed the emotion and rawness of events just that little bit better - the sports action also feels more ...
