When the Game Stands Tall
2014 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
The film, which stars Jim Caviezel as Coach Bob Ladouceur, Laura Dern as Bev Ladouceur, Michael Chiklis as assistant coach Terry Eidson and Alexander Ludwig as running back Chris Ryan, is about the record-setting 151-game 1992–2003 high school football winning streak by De La Salle High School of Concord, California. The film is an adaptation of the 2003 book of the same name by Neil Hayes about the streak. De La Salle head coach Bob Ladouceur retired in January 2013 after winning his last Open Division state championship in December 2012.
Direction Thomas Carter
Cast Jim Caviezel · Alexander Ludwig · Laura Dern · Michael Chiklis · Clancy Brown · Joe Massingill · Matthew Daddario · Stephan James · Anna Margaret · Teri Wyble · Jessie T. Usher · Richard Kohnke · Payton Bourgeois · Deneen Tyler · Ser'Darius William Blain · Gavin Casalegno · Terence Rosemore · Jesse Moore · James DuMont · Damon Lipari · J.D. Evermore · Christopher Berry · Mike Kimmel · Jim Klock · Judd Lormand · Dane Rhodes · Ricky Wayne · Billy Slaughter · Donna Duplantier
Soundtrack John Paesano
Screenplay Scott Marshall Smith · David Zelon · Neil Hayes
Cinematography Michael Lohmann
Original title When the Game Stands Tall
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