
'COACH CARTER' NETS BOX OFFICE SUCCESS
Samuel L. Jackson scored the first hit movie of the year at the North American
box office on Sunday with the basketball drama "Coach Carter," which ended the
three-week reign of "Meet the Fockers."
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/...reut/index.html
I have read interviews with the real Coach Carter and am going to see the movie based on what I have read. The true greatness of this story is that the coach believes in his players enough to force them to keep their grades up.
Based on 1999 incidents in the life of Ken Carter (portrayed here by Samuel L. Jackson), a stubborn, stalwart, inspirational basketball coach at a high school in Richmond, Calif., "Coach Carter" tells of his unflinching, tough-love approach as it buoyantly serenades his insistence that athletic pursuit be married to academic success.
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