Glory Road (film)

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Glory Road
Promotional poster for Glory Road
Directed by	James Gartner
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by	Chris Cleveland
Starring	Josh Lucas Derek Luke Jon Voight Emily Deschanel Sam Jones III
Music by	Trevor Rabin
Cinematography	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editing by	John Wright
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	January 13, 2006
Language	English
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Glory Road is a 2006 film released on January 13, 2006. The film will be released straight to DVD in some countries. The film deals with the events of the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, in which Texas Western College coach Don Haskins led a team with an all-black starting lineup, a first in NCAA history.

Several scenes in this movie were filmed at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), which was formerly Texas Western College, and El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jesuit High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Chalmette High School in Chalmette, Louisiana.

As of February 12, 2006, the film grossed a total of 40.7 million dollars in the domestic Box Office.

Glory Road is also the title of Haskins' autobiography, a national bestseller released in 2005 by Hyperion Books. The book details Haskins' early life as a player and coach and the focuses on the 1966 team and the aftermath of the championship, which is not in the movie version. It was reprinted five times in its first four months of release and was selected as an "Editor's Choice" by the New York Times Book Review.

Glory Road is also a street on the UTEP campus near the Sun Bowl which was renamed to commemorate the 1966 NCAA championship.

The real life Don Haskins was cast as an extra in the film as the gas station attendant. The real life David Lattin was cast as an extra as a military bartender.

The players on the team were David Lattin, Bobby Joe Hill, Willie Cager, Willie Worsley, Jerry Armstrong, Orsten Artis, Nevil Shed, Harry Flournoy, and David Palacio.

[edit] Featured Cast

Actor	Role
Josh Lucas	Don Haskins
Derek Luke	Bobby Joe Hill
Austin Nichols	Jerry Armstrong
Jon Voight	Adolph Rupp
Evan Jones	Moe Iba
Schin A.S. Kerr	David Lattin
Alphonso McAuley	Orsten Artis
Emily Deschanel	Mary Haskins
Mehcad Brooks	Harry Flournoy
Al Shearer	Nevil Shed
Sam Jones III	Willie Worsley
Damaine Radcliff	Willie Cager

[edit] Trivia

Ben Affleck was the original choice for the role of coach Don Haskins, but had to drop out of the filming due to prior commitments.
Chicago Bulls point guard Kirk Hinrich was cast as one of the basketball players in the film, but dropped out before filming began.
University of Southern California coach Tim Floyd was the technical advisor for the basketball scenes in the film. Floyd worked as an assistant under Haskins at UTEP in the 1980's.