Movie Releases by Genre
Wondrous OblivionNovember 3, 2006 |
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Facing the GiantsSeptember 29, 2006A new, action-packed, family-friendly drama about a high school football coach who draws up a new game plan for his team… and himself. In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and failure. However, an unexpected challenge helps him find a purpose bigger than just victories. Daring to trust God to do the impossible, Coach Taylor and the Eagles discover how faith plays out on the field… and off. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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FearlessSeptember 22, 2006 |
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Everyone's HeroSeptember 15, 2006 |
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Gridiron GangSeptember 15, 2006Gridiron Gang tells the gritty and powerfully emotional story of juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (The Rock), who, along with another officer, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit), turns a group of hardcore teenage felons into a high school football team in four weeks. Confronted with gang rivalries and bitter hatred between his teammates, Porter teaches some hard lessons (and learns a few himself) as the kids gain a sense of self-respect and responsibility. (Sony)
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Beer LeagueSeptember 15, 2006 |
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CrossoverSeptember 1, 2006 |
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InvincibleAugust 25, 2006 |
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky BobbyAugust 4, 2006 |
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Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York CosmosJuly 7, 2006It was 1977 and one of New York’s most tumultuous and decadent summers. Then, in the midst of blackouts, riots, the Son of Sam serial killer scare and the dawn of Studio 54, came an entirely unexpected moment of inspiration: the rise of the New York Cosmos, America’s first great soccer team, and its larger-than-life superstar, Pelé. Suddenly embraced by a city obsessed with celebrity and flamboyance, the Cosmos kicked off America’s first passionate love affair with the world’s most popular sport & found themselves swept up in a careening path of glory, glamour, debauchery and controversy. (Miramax Films)
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Nacho LibreJune 16, 2006 |
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CarsJune 9, 2006 |
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The Heart of the GameJune 9, 2006 |
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Peaceful WarriorJune 2, 2006Dan Millman (Mechlowicz) is a talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams. He has it all: trophies, teammates, fast motorcycles, fast girls and wild parties. Then Dan's world is turned upside down when he meets a mysterious stranger he calls Socrates (Nolte), who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. After a serious injury, with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman named Joy (Smart), Dan discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny. This moving tale about the power of the human spirit is based on Dan Millman's best-selling autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. (Lionsgate)
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Goal! The Dream BeginsMay 12, 2006How far would you go to live your dream? When Santiago Munez (Becker) is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything that he knows to travel halfway around the globe to England and into a completely foreign world -- the exciting, fast-paced and glamorous world of international soccer. Goal! takes audiences into the electrifying, heart-pounding action of the world's most popular sport and features cameos from soccer's hottest superstars. (Buena Vista Pictures)
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Stick ItApril 28, 2006 |
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Guys and BallsApril 28, 2006Disgraced and kicked off his homophobic soccer team, Ecki swears revenge against his former teammates. With the help of his sister, he forms a rag-tag, all-gay team to compete in the ultimate grudge match. It's a hilarious journey for Ecki, his family and their entire town in this sweet, sexy and thoroughly surprising comedy. (Regent Releasing)
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The BenchwarmersApril 7, 2006The Benchwarmers tells the story of three guys (Schneider, Spade, Heder) who try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with the best team of kids in the state. (Sony Pictures)
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EvilMarch 10, 2006 |
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Game 6March 10, 2006 |
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Through the FireFebruary 10, 2006 |
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AnnapolisJanuary 27, 2006When he won a coveted admission spot to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, local kid Jake Huard (Franco) thought all his dreams had come true -- but his battle to become the man he wants to be is only just beginning. From critically acclaimed indie director Justin Lim comes this exhilarating comeback story of a courageous young sailor who discovers that some opportunities are worth fighting for. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Glory RoadJanuary 13, 2006Glory Road tells the inspiring 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 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall of Famer Don Haskins, the passionately dedicated college basketball coach that changed the history of basketball with his team's victory in this time of innocence. (Disney)
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Match PointDecember 28, 2005Match Point is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often discordant relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is. (Dream Works Pictures)
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The RingerDecember 23, 2005This fearless comedy from producers The Farrelly Brothers asks the question: can a comedy be outlandishly off-the-wall, irreverently indelicate and yet...inspirational? The Ringer spikes the uproarious with the uplifting in a story about an ordinary man who discovers what it truly means to be special when he attempts to "fix" the Special Olympics. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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The World's Fastest IndianDecember 7, 2005Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all the odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit of his time. Burt Munro's 1967 world record remains unbroken and his legend lives on today. (Magnolia Pictures)
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First DescentDecember 2, 2005 |
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True StoryOctober 21, 2005 |
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Summer StormOctober 14, 2005 |
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Two for the MoneyOctober 7, 2005Two For the Money is a drama of high stakes set in the adrenalized world of wheeler-dealers whose fortunes are won and lost betting on sports. Matthew McConaughey stars as Brandon Lang, a former college football star whose uncanny ability to predict the outcome of a makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abrams (Pacino), the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. (Universal)
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Before the FallOctober 7, 2005As Hitler launches the first major military aggressions of World War II, the strongest and smartest German young men enter exclusive schools known as "Napolas" to train as future leaders of the Third Reich. In 1942, a recruiter from one such Napola sets his sights on Friedrich, a talented adolescent boxer, who sees the training and prestige offered by the Napola as his ticket out of an impoverished family unit run by his anti-Nazi father. (Picture This! Entertainment)
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The Greatest Game Ever PlayedSeptember 30, 2005 |
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SupercrossAugust 17, 2005 |
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Saint RalphAugust 5, 2005 |
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Bad News BearsJuly 22, 2005Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Thornton) is recruited by a strait-laced lawyer (Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept Little League team. He's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach (Kinnear). From the director that brought you "School of Rock" working with the writing team behind "Bad Santa" comes a hilarious 2005 homage to an irreverent 1976 comedy: "Bad News Bears." (Paramount Pictures)
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MurderballJuly 8, 2005 |
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ReboundJuly 1, 2005Coach Roy (Lawrence) once was college basketball's top mastermind. But when his temper runs amok and he is banned from college ball, his only coaching offer comes from a junior high school. As Roy's coaching magic takes his new team to the winning side he finds something long thought lost: his love of the game. (20th Century Fox)
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Herbie Fully LoadedJune 22, 2005 |
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Cinderella ManJune 3, 2005In the middle of the Great Depression, when an America in the grips of a devastating economic downturn was nearly brought to its knees, there came along a most unlikely hero who had crowds cheering on their feet as he proved just how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. That common-man hero was James J. Braddock, a.k.a. the "Cinderella Man"-who was to become one of the most surprising and inspirational sports legends in history. (Universal Pictures)
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Lords of DogtownJune 3, 2005 |
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The Longest YardMay 27, 2005The Longest Yard is the story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Reynolds) who are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game "fixed" to turn out quite another way. (Paramount Pictures)
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A League of Ordinary GentlemenMay 27, 2005In 2000, as the Professional Bowling Association languished near bankruptcy, three ex-Microsoft executives bought the league for five million dollars and set about restoring professional bowling to its former grandeur. This documentary sets out to document the decline and potential revival of pro bowling. (Magnolia Pictures)
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Kicking & ScreamingMay 13, 2005 |
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Fighting Tommy RileyMay 6, 2005 |
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The Game of Their LivesApril 22, 2005 |
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MadisonApril 22, 2005 |
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Fever PitchApril 8, 2005 |
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Ice PrincessMarch 18, 2005 |
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Swimming UpstreamFebruary 4, 2005 |
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WatermarksJanuary 21, 2005Watermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Told by the swimmers, now in their eighties, Watermarks is about a group of young girls with a passion to be the best. It is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who still swim daily as they age with grace. (Kino International)
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Coach CarterJanuary 14, 2005Inspired by a true-life story, Coach Carter is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance. (Paramount)
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Racing StripesJanuary 14, 2005When a baby zebra is accidentally abandoned by a traveling circus, he is rescued by a local horse farmer and his young daughter. So begins his surprising journey into the world of elite athletes, intense competition and enormous stakes as he strives for a place in the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Open. (Warner Bros.)
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Million Dollar BabyDecember 15, 2004 |
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Friday Night LightsOctober 8, 2004 |
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WimbledonSeptember 17, 2004 |
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Mr 3000September 17, 2004 |
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This Old CubJuly 23, 2004 |
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Riding GiantsJuly 9, 2004This documentary takes viewers along surfing's timeline, highlighting the group of extraordinary adventurers that emerged: surfers who, not satisfied with the mere recreational and social aspects of the sport, began searching for bigger and bigger waves, pushing the boundaries of performance to explore the "unridden realm." (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog StoryJune 18, 2004 |
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Off the LipMay 7, 2004 |
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of GeniusApril 30, 2004For some athletes, the ultimate win comes through a stroke of luck, but for Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., "Bobby Jones," it was truly a stroke of genius. His natural skill and uncanny passion for the game of golf earned him the title of "The Best Golfer in the World." But it was his style that set him apart. A dashing smile. Impeccable integrity. Unrivaled intensity. Legendary wit and intelligence. An epic passion for life, born out of adversity. For a brief moment in time, this incredible man became an American hero. Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius tells the story of that man. (Bobby Jones Film Company)
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Against the RopesFebruary 20, 2004 |
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MiracleFebruary 6, 2004The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the exciting true story of one of the greatest moments in modern history, the film captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice.
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You Got ServedJanuary 30, 2004 |
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Touching the VoidJanuary 23, 2004 |
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Billabong OdysseyNovember 7, 2003 |
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RadioOctober 24, 2003A dramatic and moving story inspired by events in the life of "Radio," a man who made an enduring impact on the lives of those around him. The film focuses on the mentoring relationship between a high school football coach (Harris) and Radio (Gooding) and how their unique friendship ultimately transforms the conservative attitudes of a small South Caroling town. (Sony)
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Stoked: The Rise and Fall of GatorAugust 22, 2003 |
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GrindAugust 15, 2003While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old grind of college, skateboarder Eric Rivers (Vogel) and his best friends, Dustin (Brody), a goal-oriented workaholic, and misfit slacker Matt (Vieluf) have one last summer roadtrip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the professional skateboarding world - and getting paid to skate. (Warner Bros.)
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Shaolin SoccerAugust 15, 2003 |
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Step Into LiquidAugust 8, 2003 |
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SeabiscuitJuly 25, 2003 |
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Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a BeeApril 11, 2003 |
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Bend It Like BeckhamMarch 12, 2003 |
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The Slaughter RuleJanuary 8, 2003 |
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NaqoyqatsiOctober 18, 2002This film merges the power of image and music to plunge into the heart of the hyperaccelerated, globally wired 21st century. Mesmerizing images plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques, stream across the screen in synch with a hypnotic score by Philip Glass, featuring the passionate cello work of Yo-Yo Ma. (Miramax Films)
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UndisputedAugust 23, 2002 |
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Blue CrushAugust 16, 2002 |
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Like MikeJuly 3, 2002Hip Hop star Lil Bow Wow stars as Calvin, a fourteen year old with the dream of becoming a famous basketball star. However, his relatively diminutive stature and limited ability make his goal a far-off fantasy. That is until he laces up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials "MJ," and he makes the leap to NBA superstardom.
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PumpkinJune 28, 2002 |
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Juwanna MannJune 21, 2002 |
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Ultimate X: The MovieMay 10, 2002 |
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in IndiaMay 8, 2002 |
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A Shot at GloryMay 3, 2002Gordon McLeod (Duvall) is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner (Keaton), he is forced to bring on a marquee player to improve the fortunes of the team and prevents its being moved from the fiercely loyal town it's been for a century. (Revere Pictures)
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Dogtown and Z-BoysApril 26, 2002 |
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The RookieMarch 29, 2002The extraordinary real-life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who, twelve years after dropping out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm, is inspired by the young men on the championship-winning high school team he coaches to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team.
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Jim Brown: All AmericanMarch 22, 2002Spike Lee directs this moving portrait of a complicated, charismatic man, one who has spent his life in the spotlight, first making football history as one of the 20th century's greatest athletes, and later as the star of numerous Hollywood features, where he pioneered a new kind of African-American hero. (Film Forum)
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Mean MachineFebruary 22, 2002This British remake of 1974's "The Longest Yard" is set in a rough-and-tumble British prison, where murderers, thieves and assorted madmen are locked away. One inmate is about to lead them all in the ultimate battle of their degenerate lives -- but no one could have guessed it would be a soccer match! (Paramount Classics)
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RollerballFebruary 8, 2002 |
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Snow DogsJanuary 18, 2002When Miami dentist (Gooding, Jr.) finds out that he's been named in a will, he travels to Alaska thinking he's going to be rich. Soon, his dream of wealth turns to mush when he finds out he has been left a team of racing dogs. As Ted's life goes to the dogs, he vows to learn to mush, no matter what it takes. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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AliDecember 25, 2001 |
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Out ColdNovember 21, 2001 |
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Extreme DaysSeptember 28, 2001 |
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Go Tigers!September 21, 2001 |
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Hard BallSeptember 14, 2001Reeves portrays Conor O'Neill -- an underachiever who is both inspired and redeemed by the unlikeliest group of people he could ever have imagined. In order to pay off a gambling debt, O'Neill is thrust into molding underprivileged kids into a cohesive unit in one of the toughest parts of Chicago. (Paramount Pictures)
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Summer CatchAugust 24, 2001 |
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DrivenApril 27, 2001 |
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One Day in SeptemberNovember 17, 2000 |
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The Legend of Bagger VanceNovember 3, 2000 |
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MVP: Most Valuable PrimateOctober 20, 2000 |
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The Longest Game
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Journeyman
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A Shot in the Dark
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