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		List Price: $9.99		Label: Walt Disney Video Salesrank: 56383 Released: June 6, 2006
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		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: UMD for PSP

Editorial Review:
The studio that brought you REMEMBER THE TITANS now delivers another winner with this exciting and inspirational true story of the team that changed college basketball -- and the nation -- forever! Josh Lucas (SWEET HOME ALABAMA) stars as future Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins of tiny Texas Western University who bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup. In a turbulent time of social and political change their unlikely success sends shock waves through the sport that follow the underdog Miners all the way to an epic showdown with all-white #1 ranked Kentucky for the National Championship!Bonus Features:1. Deleted Scenes2. Music Video By Alicia Keys3. Jerry Bruckheimer And Director James Gartner Commentary4. Screenwriter Commentary5. Extended Interviews With Real UTEP Players6. Surviving Practice: Coach Haskins' Practice Schedule With Commentary By NBA Star Tim Hardaway7. More Than A Game: Legacy Of The Bear -- Highlights Of Coach Haskins' Career With Commentary By Don Haskins And Pat RileySystem Requirements:Running Time 118 Mins.Format: UMD Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 786936708424 Manufacturer No: 5094103

Description of Glory Road [UMD for PSP]:
One of the greatest basketball games in NCAA history is immortalized in Glory Road, an engaging sports movie that dramatizes a pivotal milestone in the racial integration of college athletics. While it may not be as rousing as similar movies like Hoosiers or Friday Night Lights, this fact-based drama gains depth and substance from the groundbreaking achievement of Don Haskins (well-played by Josh Lucas), who coached the 1965-66 team from Texas Western University to the NCAA championship, using the first-ever all-black lineup in the championship game and forever changing the rules of college basketball. Texas Western's underdog season is followed from anxious start to glorious finish, as Haskins recruits many of his black star players from the North, including Bobby Joe Hill (Derek Luke) and Willie Cager (Damaine Radcliff), and this typically wholesome Disney film doesn't flinch from the harsh realities of racial tension (including player beatings and vandalized motel rooms) that Texas Western's black players had to struggle against as their victories began to draw national attention. Jon Voight (under heavy makeup) makes a memorable cameo appearance as legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp, whose favored all-white team was no match for Texas Western, and Haskins' unforgettable achievement is celebrated in an end-credits sequence that demonstrates the positive ripple-effect of his color-blind coaching. Glory Road relies a bit too heavily on sports-movie clichés, but its shortcomings are easily overlooked in favor of its greater historical significance. --Jeff Shannon

Glory Road [UMD for PSP] Reviews:
Unfair to whites...
2008-09-26 - I think most reasonable Americans will say that they are not racist and deplore it. This is different then saying you agree with cultural values that certain races have proposed to adopt for themselves. Glory Road is a fine story, no disagreement, but like all racial movies, it lacks honesty, and fair dealing. Truth be told, racism is not an issue today for blacks, period. It was then. This story does a fine job of telling it, and making it halfway interesting. But, there is always more to a story than the pro-liberal anti-racist message. It is truly unfortunate, that we can never address the issues of race honestly. How about a movie about Tookie Williams, the evil black man who killed 4 people in cold blood b/c he was a "street survivor". Or we need a movie about how oppressed Whitney Houston is during her last 20 years as a coked up millionaire who is constantly getting arrested. Or maybe a movie about 50 cent, a true story about how he murdered people and sold crack to people while ruining their lives. Or how about a movie that questions black culture, instead of a movie that constantly demonizes white culture as racist, from a time most Americans don't remember. I am unclear as to how these reverse racist movies are always getting made. The VAST majority of white people today bend over backwards and sideways to accommodate black people to insure their every unnecessary demand is met, and that every possible advantage is given them at every challenge. Every college provides unheard of scholarships for black kids based on their color, whilst charging white students exuberant amounts. These are stories that need to be made into movies. But that will not happen. We live in a strange era, where honest talk and forthright communication that asks real questions is severely oppressed by the Government and law. The new McCartyism is, without any shadow of doubt, Racism. This movie promotes the big lie, that whites are racist. People actually still believe this when every shred of evidence points to the contrary. Special privileges are conferred upon blacks at every corner, every excuse given for their behavior, while no accountability is administered. Unfortuanate. And movies like this continue to feed that big race lie. Many people after reading this will be angry. My answer is why? I am not racist. I do not hate the black skin color. No, I think very critically about movies and the issues they pose. I have a Dr. who is black, a female law professor who is black (and very, very intelligent)and several black friends, (unfortuantely too, in this day and age you must always qualify yourself, when thinking critically, as a "non-racist") I engage in real conversation w/ blacks quite a bit about the problems I see with their assertions. I can tell you, most at first get mad at me, then listen intently, they realize I do not hate. People who call people racist cop out, and are more full of hate and spite then those they chide. No, people respect me b/c I respect them, but I do not sign off on socially acceptable messages, when under the surface they are very hurtful. As is the case w/ Glory Road, a seemingly truthful movie that shows how blacks are human and special. Thats fine, but it falls on its face in sincerity, and the movie itself charges racism a/g whites. Please, if you see this, remember that it is a clear message that should be taken with a grain of salt.

quite disappointed
2008-09-23 - The movie was way too similar to Remember the Titans and they're portrayal of coach Rupp was disturbing. I agree with one of the previous posts that they changed a lot just to make the movie more appealing. The movie made it seem as if black players were a whole new thing when coach Haskins introduced this team when in reality there were many black players. But i digress since these faults were already discussed in another post. Had Remember the Titans not been released, i may rate this movie higher, and since some of the same people worked on the two films i find it even more surprising that the two were THAT similar. Some of the acting was a little off as well (some parts just seemed like a home movie with amateur actors). Some of the team scenes were funny at times though giving a little plus to the movie. So, if you really enjoy movies like Coach Carter and Remember the Titans, and don't mind watching the same movie with a different sport and different actors then maybe this movie would be better for you than it was for me but i have a hard time giving it a good rating.

Excellent!!!!
2008-04-15 - This is one of the best movies I've seen. It brought out the issue of race back in the 60s without being graphic. Very well done.

Superb Acting, Great Movie!!!
2008-03-30 - This movie was fantastic, Josh Lucas was great. I had so much fun watching this and it was about so much more than just a basketball team winning in the NCAA. It was about the 60's, racism, and getting past all of that. What is so sad, is our world has not changed much since then. More people need to see this film and ask themselves what they are still doing living in the past with their racial issues and tensions. We are all equal! Let's have fun and enjoy this life together!!

Entertaining, But horribly inaccurate
2008-03-06 - I find it difficult to believe anybody gave this movie 5 stars "despite the artistic license". This movie made a joke of the story of this team.
Because of this movie, people are given the impression that 5 black freshmen recruited by Coach Don Haskins started in the NCAA Championship game, which amazed sportswriters so much that they were made heavy underdogs because of the prevailing racism of the times. I'd like to point out some facts some people might not know.
While I'm sure racism played a factor in real life to some oddsmakers, it had little to do with most people picking Kentucky, the #1 team in the nation at 23-0 and a 4-time National Champion, to beat a team that had never been to a Final Four.
In the 1950s, prior to Haskins' arrival, Texas Western recruited and played African American players, in a time when it was still common to find all-white college sports teams, particularly in the South When Haskins arrived in El Paso, he inherited three black players from his coaching predecessor, including Nolan Richardson, the long-time coach of Arkansas.
In the 1960's FRESHMEN COULDN'T PLAY VARSITY COLLEGE BASKETBALL. All the starters for Texas Western were upperclassmen.
Texas Western didn't "sneak up" on anybody. They had been to the NCAA Tournament in 1963 and 1964.
I wish Disney had tried to keep the facts straight. Artistic license is one thing, but re-writing history to make the story seen the way you want it is ridiculous.