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Heart of the Game, The (2006) |
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Official Website: www.HeartoftheGame-film.com Release Date: June 16, 2006 (limited) Studio: Miramax Films Director: Ward Serrill Screenwriter: Ward Serrill Starring: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (narrator), Bill Resler, Darnellia Russell, Joyce Walker Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief strong language) Trailer: Not Available Review: Not Available DVD Review: Not Available DVD: Not Available Movie Poster: Not Available Buy Movie Poster: Not Available Production Stills: See below Plot Summary: When Seattle filmmaker Ward Serrill met Bill Resler, a college tax professor who moonlights as a girls basketball coach, he didn't realize that he was about to embark on an incredible seven-year journey. Serrill, camera in hand, followed Resler - who looks more like Santa Claus in Birkenstocks than a whistle-blasting high school coach - into the Roosevelt High School gymand soon discovered a group of girls whose unbridled toughness, passion and energy he came to call "The Heart of the Game." Then, one day, onto the Roughriders' court (and into the film) walked Darnellia (dar-NEE-lee-uh) Russell - a tough, inner-city girl whose off-court struggles would eventually threaten to crash the star athlete's plans to play college ball and be the first person in her family to get a college education. At the center of "The Heart of the Game" is Darnellia's unforgettable true story - the loss of her eligibility and her legal battle to get back on court to play the game that means everything to her. With Coach Resler, her team and her family standing by her side, she takes on enormous personal obstacles as well as theruling body of high school sports in Washington State. | Images: Poster and Stills (click to enlarge) | |