Coach Carter

Director:
Thomas Carter

Wtiters : (WGA)
Mark Schwahn (written by)
John Gatins (written by)

Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Drama | Sport

Cast :
* Samuel L. Jackson as Coach Ken Carter
* Rob Brown as Kenyon Stone
* Robert Ri'chard as Damien Carter
* Rick Gonzalez as Timo Cruz
* Nana Gbewonyo as Junior Battle
* Antwon Tanner as Jaron "Worm" Willis
* Channing Tatum as Jason Lyle
* Ashanti as Kyra
* Texas Battle as Maddux
* Daisey Day as Principal Garrison
* Debbi Morgan as Tonya Carter
* Mel Winkler as Coach White
* Vincent Laresca as Renny
* Sidney Faison as Ty Crane
* Octavia Spencer as Willa Battle
* Adrienne Bailon as Dominique
* Dana Davis as Peyton

Original Sound Track :
1. All Night Long - Red Cafe
2. No Need For Conversation - Fabolous/Mike Shorey
3. Professional - Chingy/G.I.B.
4. Southside - The Game/Lil Scrappy
5. Roll Wit You - Ciara
6. Wouldn't You Like To Ride - Kanye West/Common
7. Hope - Twista/Faith Evans
8. Your Love - Van Hunt
9. This One - Ak'sent
10. Beauty Queen - Czarnok
11. Balla - Mack 10/Da Hood
12. Time - St. Lunatics
13. What Love Can Do - Letoya
14. About The Game - Trey Songz
( source : http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/coachcarter )

Plot :
Ken Carter takes over as the basketball coach at his former high school, inner-city Richmond High School. He sets strict new rules for the players, insisting that they sign contracts agreeing to meet his standards. Some players decide to leave the team, and Carter's son transfers from his private school to join the team.

With Carter's intense coaching, the team begins the season undefeated, and wins a holiday tournament. However, Carter discovers that some of his players are not producing the agreed academic results. He locks the team out of the gym in the midst of their still-undefeated season, canceling practice and forfeiting games in favor of studying in the library.

The school board eventually votes to end the unpopular lockout, despite dissenting votes from the principal and the chairwoman of the board. Carter is about to quit, but he finds the players sitting at school desks in the gym, with teachers tutoring them. The players point out that even though the gym is reopened, the school board can't force them to play. Carter is heartened and decides to stay, thanking the players.

The team makes it into the state high-school championship playoffs. The climactic game takes place in the tournament's first round against the #1 ranked team in the state, St. Francis (starring a superstar NBA prospect, Ty Crane). In the last second, Crane makes the winning shot to end Richmond's season.

Over the closing song, it is shown that six of the players went on to attend college.

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