Coach Carter
It begins on the streets. It ends here.
Overview
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Revenue
- $76,669,554
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions
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Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Ken Carter
Rob Brown
Kenyon Stone
Robert Ri'chard
Damien Carter
Rick Gonzalez
Timo Cruz
Nana Gbewonyo
Junior Battle
Antwon Tanner
Worm
Channing Tatum
Jason Lyle
Ashanti
Kyra
Texas Battle
Maddux
Denise Dowse
Principal Garrison
Debbi Morgan
Tonya
Mel Winkler
Coach White
Vincent Laresca
Renny
Octavia Spencer
Mrs. Battle
Sonya Eddy
Worm's Mother
Gwen McGee
Kenyon's Mother
Paul Rae
Guardian
Eugene Lee
Team Parent
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
Dominique
Dana Davis
Peyton
Crew
- Director
- Thomas Carter
- Writers
- Mark Schwahn,John Gatins
- Cinematography
- Sharone Meir
- Composer
- Trevor Rabin
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The Movie Mob
November 26, 2022
**Coach Carter allows its powerful true story to shine through Samuel Jackson’s performance and the focus on the lives of the young men Coach Carter coached.** Coach Carter is the inspiring true story of a coach that cared much more about the lives and future of his players than winning a game. Samuel Jackson was the perfect choice to play no-nonsense but compassionate Coach Ken Carter that believed in his players while holding them to standards that changed their lives. While the movie is ab…
CinemaSerf
November 17, 2024
When the eponymous coach (Samuel L. Jackson) arrives at Richmond High School, he inherits a disparate group of guys who play basketball as they take life - casually with little responsibility. Their grades are low and so their futures unlikely to break the cycle of poverty and lack off opportunity. He decides to try and break that by insisting that they sign contracts before they can play. These require perfect attendance, no late-coming and grade averages that will ensure they graduate. There's…