Posts Tagged ‘high-school-sports’

Final Season, The (2007)

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Astin, Sean | Boothe, Powers | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Angarano, Michael | Allen, Matthew W. | Arnold, Tom | Mackenzie Astin | Becker, Chris Jay | Bell, Marshall | Brockhohn, Jim | Brockhohn, Jimmy | Callie, Dayton | Claywell, Brett | Cornelison, Michael | Davis, David
Directors: Evans, David M.
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Tradition in Norway, Iowa, can be summed up in one word, baseball. In the small Midwestern town, population 586, baseball is a legacy passed father to son, generation to generation. The Norway high school team is no stranger to overcoming the odds, to playing “David” to the State’s much larger schools’ “Goliath.” When the 1990 team, lead by Coach Jim Van Scoyoc, wins its 19th State Championship in 23 years, it is almost expected. The unexpected comes when bureaucracy intervenes to merge Norway into a larger school, and petty jealousies conspire to rob Norway of its heritage and a 20th State Championship. The legendary coach is fired and replaced with his 24-year-old, one-season assistant coach, Kent Stock — a move designed to insure the team’s failure. “THE FINAL SEASON” tells the true story of an underdog coach and team who despite tradition have been written off not only by their rivals but also by those closest to them, the town. Can they find the faith in themselves, and the faith in each other, to make it to one final championship game — and the chance for redemption?

Ice Princess (2005)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Trachtenberg, Michelle | Cusack, Joan | Stewart, Amy | Ross, Steve | Panettiere, Hayden | Cattrall, Kim | Blumas, Trevor | Olson, Kirsten | Lai, Jocelyn | Ray, Connie | Lee, Paul Sun-Hyung | Bradshaw, Roy | Hird, Mark | Gilbank, Ben | Campbell, Cole
Directors: Fywell, Tim
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A high-school bookworm transforms into a swan in Walt Disney Pictures’ “ICE PRINCESS.” Brainy Casey Carlyle (’Michelle Trachtenberg’ (qv)) has never quite fit in. Caught between her fantasy of becoming a championship figure skater and her strong-willed mother (’Joan Cusack’ (qv)), who has her on the fast track to Harvard, she can only hope to be like Nikki, Tiffany and Gen (’Hayden Panettiere’ (qv))—three elite skating prodigies who are ruthlessly competing on the US National circuit (and have attitudes to match). But when Casey gets the chance to train with Gen and her coach, a disgraced former skating champion who also happens to be Gen’s mother (’Kim Cattrall’ (qv)), she must dash her own mother’s hopes in order to pursue her dream. Now, with only the support of Gen’s teenage brother, a hunky Zamboni driver (’Trevor Blumas’ (qv)), Casey takes on the challenge of her life when she finds herself competing against the best to make it into the championship circuit and become a real “ice princess.”