Coach Carter

Coach Carter (2005)

Timing: 2:16 (136 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2005-01-14

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Paramount, MTV Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$76 669 554

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Director

Thomas Carter

Actors

Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, Ashanti, Texas Battle, Lacey Beeman
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Brian Robbins, Michael Tollin, David Gale, Van Toffler, Thomas Carter, Caitlin Scanlon, Sharla Sumpter

Operator

Sharone Meir

Composer

Trevor Rabin

Artist

Audition

Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Hiller

Editing

Peter E. Berger
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• Channing Tatum had never played basketball before filming the movie, so he had to train individually with coaches to reach the level of play of the other actors.
• The speech delivered by Tim Cruz (Rick Gonzales) in response to the question "What is your biggest fear?" is an excerpt from Marianne Williamson's book "Return to Love" (1992).
• The real Ken Carter was present on set every day. According to him, Samuel L. Jackson portrayed him with 98.5% accuracy.
• When Ken Carter was asked who should play him in the film, he named only one person: Samuel L. Jackson.
• Octavia Spencer, who plays Mrs. Battle, is only 10 years older than Nana Gbewonyo, who played her son.
• The real players of the Richmond Oilers team were present in the film's final scene as fans in the stands.
• Game scenes were filmed multiple times from different angles, resulting in a single game being shot a couple of hundred times.
• The actors' roles in the game were assigned based on their strengths and weaknesses. For example, Robert Richard (Damien Carter) is very fast, while Channing Tatum (Jason Lyle) is a good defender.
• The track "Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz — Get Low" plays during the school party scene. The film is set in 1999, whereas this track was released only in 2002.
• The speech delivered by Tim Cruz (Rick Gonzalez) in response to the question "What is your biggest fear?" is an excerpt from Marianne Williamson's book "A Return to Love" (1992).
• Real players from the "Richmond Oilers" team were present in the film's final scene as fans in the stands.
• The track "Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz — Get Low" plays during the school party scene. The film is set in 1999, while this track was released only in 2002.