| Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction. There, Bryant runs the equivalent of a POW camp, brutalizing an oversized, underdeveloped bunch of rowdy young men and tormenting those who seek medical attention for cracked spines and deadly heat exhaustion. Berenger delivers a warts-and-all performance as the vulgar, monstrous, yet much-respected Bryant, and the direction by seasoned television vet Mike Robe is brisk and almost explosively charged. Whatever one thinks of Bryant's punishing methods, the film does not flinch from telling its powerful tale. --Tom Keogh | |
| Release Date: | Dec 14, 2002 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Mike Robe |
| Writer: | Mike Robe, Jim Dent |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | sports |
| Production Companies | ESPN Original Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom Berenger | Paul 'Bear' Bryant |
| Bernard Curry | Johnny Haynes |
| Ryan Kwanten | Claude Gearheart |
| Fletcher Humphrys | Skeet Keeler |
| Nick Tate | Smokey Harper |
| Ryan Johnson | Mike Hess |
| Ewen Leslie | Luke Mason |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Steve Dorff | Music |
| Mike Robe | Writer, Director |
| Jim Dent | Writer |
| Stephen Andrich | Cinematography |
| Sabrina Plisco | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John H. Williams | Producer |
| Orly Adelson | Executive Producer |
| Eric M. Bennett | Co-Producer |
| James Dalthorp | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Eskenas | Co-Producer |
| Michael O. Gallant | Producer |
| Mark Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Adam J. Sher | Co-Producer |
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