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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sean Porter was a football player who turned into a juvenile detention counselor. He wrestles with the seemingly insolvable problem. The vast majority of young men who leave detention fall right back into crime. Looking for a way to give these not-yet-hardened kids a taste of self-esteem and discipline, Porter manages to persuade his superiors to let him teach the kids football - and then take on other high school football teams. Based on a true story....
2) Leatherheads
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero. He is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his team. Dodge hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Added to the team is Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. Carter has dashing good...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
The inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home from a hard-fought game in North Carolina. Less than a minute...
6) Gus
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A mule who kicks 100-yard field goals becomes the star player of a pro football team.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A promising football running back plans to make it to the NFL. At the pinnacle of his college football career, his dreams are shattered and he loses everything. But determination and a newly found inner strength enable him to triumph.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Ernie Davis was born in New York and raised in poverty. He overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. With the guidance of coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Ernie would develop from an impressive high school athlete into a college legend. Ernie would become the first black to win the Heisman Trophy. Refusing to play by the unspoken racist rules of the day, Ernie broke through one barrier after...
11) The waterboy
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Language
English
Description
A football coach allows Bobby Boucher, an oddball mama's boy, to play in a college team. It exposes a talent for tackling that transforms Bobby from a meek waterboy to the hardest hitter ever to roam the gridiron.
12) The blind side
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version
Language
English
Description
Ernie Davis was born in New York and raised in poverty. He overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. With the guidance of coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Ernie would develop from an impressive high school athlete into a college legend. Ernie would become the first black to win the Heisman Trophy. Refusing to play by the unspoken racist rules of the day, Ernie broke through one barrier after...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abrams, the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man. Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust...
16) Invincible
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck substitute teacher answers a call for open tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team, becoming a rookie at the age 30.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version; special edition.
Language
English
Description
When his teenage owner reluctantly becomes the school's new quarterback, Buddy catches the spirit and joins the team. The two find themselves leading the Timberwolves to the state championship. Bud's victory hopes are sidelined when two sinister Russian circus owners take a bite out of everyone's plans and dognaps Buddy for their star attraction.
18) Varsity blues
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Language
English
Description
When the first string quarterback injures himself, the second string player reluctantly steps and is forced to deal with the expectations of his win-at-all-costs coach, his disapproving girlfriend, a gorgeous cheerleader, and an entire football-crazed community.
19) The game plan
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman has an ego bigger than a football field. Joe is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad.
20) The blind side
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome-- as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
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