First-time director James Gartner observes all the rituals--the coach busting chops, the team sneaking out to party--but the players are indifferently characterized and the civil rights story has a fake Black History Month feel.
Glory Road
The incredible story of the team that changed the game forever.
2006 · 1h 58m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
James Gartner
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- James Gartner Director
- Josh Lucas as Don Haskins
- Derek Luke as Bobby Joe Hill
- Jon Voight as Adolph Rupp
- Austin Nichols as Jerry Armstrong
- Evan Jones as Moe Iba
- Mehcad Brooks as Harry Flournoy
- Damaine Radcliff as Willie 'Scoops' Cager
- Alphonso McAuley as Orsten Artis
- Emily Deschanel as Mary Haskins
- Red West Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
An underdog sports movie by the numbers.
Glory Road is a rousing and worthy tribute to one of the most important college basketball teams and one of the most important championship games of all time.
The team's accomplishments are here diluted into fodder for another of the producer's feel-good man-weepies.
An appealing Disney sports movie that underplays its potential, Glory Road is at least a more satisfying basketball saga than last year's Coach Carter.
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