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The IHOP scene was filmed in the old Airline Motors Diner on Airline Highway just west of New Orleans. The school shown for the girls' basketball game in Fort Worth, Texas at the beginning of the film is actually the front of El Paso High School, as shown by the engraving on the top of the columns. The lunchroom basketball trash can scene was ...
- January 13, 2006
- Jerry Bruckheimer
Jan 13, 2006 · Edit page. 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
Nov 2, 2021 · - Coach Don Haskins 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...
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- That Spoiler Dude
Jan 21, 2006 · Buena Vista. JOHN YDSTIE host: The number one movie in the nation last weekend was Glory Road. It's a feel-good basketball flick based on the 1966, Texas Western Basketball team, the first...
5 days ago · “Glory Road” is a movie based on the true story of the 1966 Texas Western College basketball team, highlighting their historic NCAA championship win and the challenges they faced due to racial prejudice.
Jan 12, 2006 · An opening scene is brief but poignant: After Haskins coaches a girls' basketball team to victory, his players try to lift him up on their shoulders, but they aren't strong enough. Haskins is offered the head coaching position at Texas Western and jumps at it: This is his chance to coach a Division I team, no matter how weak.
The basketball scenes are believably filmed, and history is given its due in generalities, if not in details. (Among other things, the film tinkers with how the final game unfolds.) The screenplay is based on the real-life 1965-66 Miners season, which is considered one of the most improbable in NCAA history.
