Alphonso McAuley, Austin Nichols, Derek Luke
The inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team, with history's first all African American starting lineup of players, who took the country by storm, surprisingly winning the 19...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
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May 21, 2009"Winning changes everything."
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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February 22, 2008The true story of coach Don Haskins who used the first all African American starting lineup for the 1966 college championships.
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August 3, 2007Yay! A film about UTEP! When it used to be Texas Western! Now it's a family-movie-by-numbers!
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October 3, 2009Just because it is a movie based on real facts ,is worth watching !!!!!!
Critic Reviews
January 13, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
January 13, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
As Coach Haskins would say, it wins because it sticks to the fundamentals. full review
January 13, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It's a well-trod path, this 'via de basketball,' but Glory Road makes it worth the trip. full review
January 12, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Sometimes it takes a sports movie to remind us how far we've come as a country -- and to marvel at how we got here at all, in our awkward combination of leaps and baby steps. full review
January 12, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
This season's obligatory inspirational coach-centered sports movie finds its true story at a point where sports history intersects with the struggle for racial equality.
January 12, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
That core audience should be generally pleased with Glory Road, a college basketball story as predictable as North Carolina's old four-corner offense. full review
January 12, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Where it succeeds is as the story of a chapter in history, the story of how one coach at one school arrived at an obvious conclusion and acted on it, and helped open college sports in the South to gen... full review
January 11, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A slick package with the wrinkles of real life smoothed clean out of it. full review
January 10, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A disingenuous, disrespectful reduction of a difficult, often-painful plight into a rousing fairy tale. full review
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August 23, 2007The Real Don Haskins comes out in the movie too! he was the Gas Person
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July 24, 2006This movie seriously rocked(lol),it was better than coach carter any day.Its as great as 'friday night lights' and a must see.
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July 10, 2006This is an extermly good movie, if I have seen good movies I chhose this 1, and thisv is the kinda movies Christins rate big, this is the 1 movie they were interviewing on the Christian chnnel! TBN Trinity Broabcasting Network! I very much loved this movie I watchred it 4 times in a row lol.
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June 22, 2006This movie rocked! I like it better than Coach Carter... When I saw this movie I rewined it over and over again and again. I mean being a basketball player and being coached by unexperienced coaches, Ijust wished to have one like ther coach.
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June 13, 2006I absolutely loved this movie it was sooo goood. I got right into it and i know its all choreographed games but i was like come on what are you doing get the damn basket haha. Based on truth this was a powerful movie. A definite must see!!
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June 9, 2006hell yeah..this a the type of movies we want to see about basketball....yo guys good job...this movie is sick..is great...espectially we ball plyer's I guess..but it's still the best baby......
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June 4, 2006its an awesome movie, especially if your a serious basketball player. LIKE ME! omg i love it. its coming out june 6th and dont be surprised if i have it!
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