Going to the Mat

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Going to the Mat
Directed by	Stuart Gillard
Produced by	Don Schain
Written by	Chris Nolan Laurie Nolan
Starring	Andrew Lawrence Alessandra Toreson Khleo Thomas Wayne Brady
Distributed by	Disney Channel
Release date(s)	March 19, 2004
Running time	96 min.
Country
Language	English
IMDb profile

Going to the Mat is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie. It debuted on UL Disney Channel on March 24 , 2004 at 8:00 and had 1.15 million viewers placing 9th in its cable slot.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Aftermath
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Jason "Jace" Newfield (Andrew Lawrence) is the new student at his school, and he is also blind. Thinking that his talent on the drums is his ticket to fit in, he shows off in music class, only to find out that his teacher is also blind. His peers begin to treat him differently, and he soon finds out that it is because people think that he is a snob, and not because he is blind. Desperate to fit in, he finds out that if he wants to be accepted, he must join a sport. He decides to try his luck with wrestling.

[edit] Cast

Andrew Lawrence as Jason 'Jace' Newfield
Alessandra Toreson as Mary Beth Rice
Khleo Thomas as Vincent Fly Shue
Wayne Brady as Mason Wyatt
D.B. Sweeney as Coach Rice
Billy Aaron Brown as John Lambrix
Brenda Strong as Patty Newfield
Brian Wimmer as Tom Newfield
T.J. Lowther as Luke

[edit] Aftermath

It is one of the most critically acclaimed Disney movies, garnering a Directors Guild Award for Stuart Gillard and a Humantas Award Writing nomination for Chris and Laurie Nolan. It was also one of the highest rated Disney Channel movies on IMDb.