Plot
Driven by the tragic and fatal car crash that took the life of his fifteen year old brother Luke, and wearing Luke's number 5 jersey, Jon Abbate helps to lead the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to the most successful season in school history.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 5.0/10 (497 voted)
Director:
Rick Bieber
Stars: Andie MacDowell, Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn
Storyline In February, 2006, young Luke Abbate accepted a ride home from a fellow student following his high-school team practice. In a severe case of irresponsible and reckless teen-age driving, and over the objections of Luke and the other young passengers, the driver lost control of the car at nearly 90 miles-per-hour, spinning off a narrow road and landing in an embankment some seventy feet below. Luke suffered irreparable brain damage, and died in the hospital two days later - just four days before his sixteenth birthday.
Cast: Andie MacDowell
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Maryanne Abbate
Ryan Merriman
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Jon Abbate
Aidan Quinn
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Steven Abbate
Andrea Powell
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Bonnie
Anessa Ramsey
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Lynn Garber
Jillian Batherson
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Hailey Scott
Stefan Guy
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Luke Abbate
Bonnie Johnson
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Joan Kinsey
Michael Harding
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Coach Jim Grobe
Maureen Mountcastle
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Pam Steele
Patrick Stogner
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Henry
William Smith Yelton
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Brandon
Alexander Isaiah Thomas
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Lacrosse Player #11
R. Keith Harris
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Dr. Phillips
Kristen Nicole LaPrade
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Susie Simons
Taglines:
From the ashes of great tragedy can come great achievement.
Filming Locations: Wake Forest University - 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $6,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $202,342
(USA)
(27 March 2011)
(123 Screens)
Gross: $399,611
(USA)
(10 April 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Canada:
Quotes: Josh Gattis:
Luke was with you today, I know he was
User Review
Tries to hit all the stereotypes and fails miserably
Rating: 2/10
This is an amateurish movie. This is a waste of a "based on a true
story" movie. -Acting is halfway decent and is not helped by the poor
dialogue. -The background music/song selection is incessantly annoying
because it feels over the top and forced. -Scenes jump all over the
place and lack cohesion. -Even the sports part is about as unexciting
as you can get. I mean how can you screw that up?
Basically it's a bad movie and this is coming from a guy whose a sucker
for this type of inspirational true story/sports genre.
So in closing, is this a half assed review? Yes it is, but you know
what, I felt compelled to tell the other side after reading the only
other review which is clearly biased.
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