Movie Description
The Junction Boys
(2002)Overview
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
Featured Crew
- Director : Mike Robe
- Producer : John H. Williams,Michael O. Gallant
- Writer : Jim Dent,Mike Robe
- Editor : Sabrina Plisco
- Cast : Tom Berenger,Bernard Curry,Ryan Kwanten,Fletcher Humphrys,Nick Tate,Ryan Johnson,Ewen Leslie
Cast
Paul 'Bear' Bryant
Johnny Haynes
Claude Gearheart
Skeet Keeler
Smokey Harper
Mike Hess
Luke Mason
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Facts
Original TitleThe Junction Boys
Status Released
Release Information
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2002-12-14
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesESPN Original Entertainment
Genres
- Drama
- TV Movie
