[Basketball in Media with MANNAM] Glory Road 2006!

Hi~ Long time no see :) 

Tomorrow, The MANNAM Basketball Victory CUP league is starting! 

And It's awesome it is!!!!

So, I picked a movie that can be our motivation and aim!!!

I hope you can enjoy~

<Introduce>

• Release date: January 13, 2006 (initial release)
• Director: James Gartner
• DVD release date: June 6, 2006
• Running time: 118 minutes
• Screenplay: Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois

Glory Road is a 2006 American drama sports film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Don Haskins portrayed by Josh Lucas, head coach of Texas Western College, coached a team with an all-black starting lineup, a first in NCAA history. Glory Road explores racism, discrimination, and student athletics. Supporting actors Jon Voight and Derek Luke also star in principal roles.

The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Texas Western Productions, and Glory Road Productions. It was commercially distributed by Buena Vista Pictures theatrically and by the Buena Vista Home Entertainment division for the video rental market. It premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on January 13, 2006, grossing $42,938,449 in box office business. Glory Road was nominated for a number of awards including the Humanitas Prize; the film won the 2006 ESPY Award for Best Sports Movie.

The film presently holds a 56% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a rating of "mixed or average" from Metacritic. On January 10, 2006, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the Hollywood Records music label. The soundtrack was composed and orchestrated by musician Trevor Rabin. With its initial foray into the home media marketplace; the film's widescreen DVD edition, featuring theatrical trailers, extended interviews with players and colleagues of coach Haskins, and deleted scenes among other highlights, was released in the U.S. on June 6, 2006

<Box office>

The film became a box office number-one in the U.S. grossing $16,927,589 on its opening weekend, yet was only released straight to DVD or just shown on TV in some countries that have no connection to college basketball. As of February 12, 2006, the film grossed a total of $42,938,449 worldwide.

I really wanna see it. I think MANNAM Warriors member should see this movie together hahaha! Is there anyone who saw this? :) How was it?