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Coach Carter (2005) 7.0
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7.0/10 from 55,867 users
Metascore: 57/100
Reviews: 194 user | 124 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him. Director:Thomas Carter |
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Cast
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Junior Battle
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Tonya
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Mel Winkler | ... |
Coach White
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Renny
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Ty Crane
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Mrs. Battle
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, ... Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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It begins on the street. It ends here.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 January 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
All Day Long See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$603,899 (Australia) (27 May 2005)Gross:
$1,174,586 (Australia) (3 June 2005)Company Credits
Production Co:
Coach Carter, MTV Films, MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production GmbH & Co. Project KG See more »
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by Krystle Kantrece Johnson, Ronald M. Jackson, Sydney Malone, Brandon R. Salaam-Bailey & Maurice Simmons
Performed by Ak'Sent
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The speech given by Timo Cruz in response to the question "What is your deepest fear?" is an excerpt from "A Return to Love" (1992) by Marianne Williamson. (Commonly misattributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Address.) See more »Goofs
During the state game, Carter tells Cruz to go in for Kenyon. But, when the game starts, both Kenyon and Cruz are playing in the game. See more »Quotes
Coach Ken Carter: l came to coach basketball players, and you became students. l came to teach boys, and you became men.See more »
Crazy Credits
During the opening credits there is the sound of dribbling and there are streaks where the cast members are shown. See more »Soundtracks
"This One"by Krystle Kantrece Johnson, Ronald M. Jackson, Sydney Malone, Brandon R. Salaam-Bailey & Maurice Simmons
Performed by Ak'Sent
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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While basketball is used as the backdrop for the movie, Coach Carter really isn't about basketball. The real heart of the movie is in the way Coach Carter begins to turn the lives around of the players on his basketball team by showing them that someone actually cares about what happens to them after high school.
At one point in the movie Carter (played perfectly by Samuel L. Jackson) asks a player why he plays basketball and he responds with "to win the state title" - which of course gets him high fives from the rest of the team. Carter then asks the team who won the state title last year and nobody knows the answer. Carter tries to show his players that high school basketball is not about winning but about discipline, respect and the confidence to accomplish any goal.
If you are thinking about going to see Coach Carter as a basketball movie, I suggest seeing another movie, but if you want to see a truly inspiring story go see Coach Carter.