Take Down (1979 film)

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Take Down
Directed by	Kieth Merrill
Written by	Eric Hendershot Kieth Merrill
Starring	Edward Hermann Lorenzo Lamas Maureen McCormick Maxx Payne Stephen Furst
Music by	Merrill B. Jenson
Cinematography	Reed Smoot
Editing by	Richard Fetterman
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	January 23, 1979
Running time	107 min.
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Language	English
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Take Down is a 1979 drama coach of a high-school wrestling team tries to help one of his players, a talented but troubled teenager, into becoming a champion wrestler.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Professorial high-school teacher Ed Branish (Edward Herrmann) reluctantly accepts a coaching job with his school's eternally losing wrestling team. Mr. Branish decides that his dispirited team needs a star player to rally enthusiasm. Muscle-bound Nick Kilvitus (Lorenzo Lamas) is resistant to Mr. Branish's attempts to persuade him to take on this role, until he begins to bask in the adulation of his fellow students. As the team rolls on to victory, Mr. Branish and his kids overcome their initial mutual dislike, resulting in a realignment of values and attitudes for all concerned.

[edit] Cast

Edward Hermann as Ed Branish
Lorenzo Lamas as Nick Kilvitus
Maureen McCormick as Brooke Cooper
Maxx Payne as Ted Yacabobich
Stephen Furst as Randy Jensen

[edit] Trivia

This was Disney's first PG-rated film, five years before they launched Touchstone Pictures to expand into the "adult" market. The company's name never appeared on this title though: the only reference to the Disney name was that it was released through Disney's Buena Vista Distribution company.