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     • Yes, “McFarland USA” is indeed based on a true story. The film draws its inspiration from the real-life events surrounding the McFarland High School cross country team from McFarland, California, in the late 1980s.
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   Is 'McFarland USA' based on a true story?

   • The 2015 film “McFarland, USA” tells the true story of California high school cross-country coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) and his underdog team of Latino runners who had never competed in the sport before and who, when they weren’t training, had to help their parents pick crops in the fields.

   McFarland, USA - The 1987 McFarland Cross Country Team

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   Is McFarland the best cross-country runner ever?

   • Still, Virgin, arguably the best American cross-country runner ever, says that he’d enthusiastically recommend McFarland, USA. “For anybody that’s a runner, especially if they ran high school or college cross country, it’s a must-see,” he says. “But it was not made for the serious runner.

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   Why did McFarland not sugarcoat the story?

   • Wrapping up the story in one season instead of eight makes for a feel-good fairy tale. But one thing McFarland, USA didn’t sugarcoat, according to Virgin, is the physical demand of agricultural labor, which plays a significant role the students’ lives in the film.

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   Was McFarland USA coached by Jim White?

   • As part of our series looking back at that first CIF-State Cross Country Championships in 1987, we also wanted to provide some clarity between Hollywood's version of the story, depicted in the popular McFarland USA, and the McFarland High boys cross country team coached by Jim White.

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   Why did Jim White leave McFarland?

   • Jim White never lived in Boise, Idaho, he never taught high school (he taught middle school but later coached high school sports), he was never fired from his teaching job for having an outburst against a student, and he did not have a troublesome teaching career before starting at McFarland. McFarland was not a desperate last resort.

   McFarland, USA - The 1987 McFarland Cross Country Team

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   What happened to the McFarland boys' cross-country team?

   • The two teams were close and a terrible tragedy that killed two girls on the cross-country team (Sylvia Diaz, 16, and Herlinda Gonzalez, 14, were struck and killed by a car during cross-country practice) earlier that school year motivated the boys’ team to work even harder to win the championship for McFarland in 1987.

   McFarland, USA - The 1987 McFarland Cross Country Team

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3. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › mcfarland-usaMcFarland, USA vs. the True Story of Coach Jim White's 1987 Team

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   Feb 22, 2015 · We pit the McFarland, USA true story against the movie. Meet the real Jim White, Thomas Valles, Cheryl White and McFarland's Diaz family.

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   Nov 29, 2020 · What we are reminded of is that McFarland USA is based on a true story but it is not a documentary. Hollywood's fictional fingers are all over how the story is framed but in the big...

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6. people.com › celebrity › jim-white-meet-the-man-whoJim White: Meet the Man Who Inspired McFarland, USA - People.com

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   Meet the Real-Life Hero Coach Played by Kevin Costner in 'McFarland, USA'. High school coach Jim White transformed his community through cross-country. By. Johnny Dodd. Published on February...

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   Feb 27, 2015 · The film is based on the true story of a small Central California high school coach that took an unlikely group of immigrant students and transformed them into a distance-running dynasty,...

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   The Disney film, MacFarland, USA, tells the story of three brothers who were part of an unlikely cross-country team in California. Fusion’s Mariana Atencio took to the track to meet the real...

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   Jun 7, 2016 · The 2015 film “McFarland, USA” tells the true story of California high school cross-country coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) and his underdog team of Latino runners who had never competed in the sport before and who, when they weren’t training, had to help their parents pick crops in the fields.

10. www.latimes.com › entertainment › movies‘McFarland, USA’ film revives long-buried memory for runner

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    Mar 2, 2015 · But like any movie based or inspired by a true story, not everything in “McFarland, USA” is literally true. The scenes of the state race are the most prominent for Johnny Ortiz, the actor ...