Pride (2007) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	March 23, 2007
On DVD:	June 26, 2007
Genre:	Drama, Sports
Director:	Sunu Gonera
Writer:	Mike Gozzard, K. Michael Smith
Cast:	Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Regine Nehy
AKA:	P.D.R.
Studio:	Lionsgate
Official site:	pridefilm.com
Running Time:	104 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG for thematic material, language including some racial epithets, and violence

Based on the true story of inner city Philadelphia swim coach Jim Ellis. The story revolves around Ellis' fight to build a swim team in one of Philly's toughest neighborhoods in the 1970s. Ultimately, Ellis leads the swimmers to the state championships. ("P.D.R." stands for Philadelphia Dept. of Recreation)....

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Pride is a movie that never appealed to me when I saw the previews for its theatrical release. After all, it looked like yet another black man underdog sports movie where a bunch of ragtag kids are pulled together and taught the meaning of success under a passionate coach, face a bunch of racial conflicts along the way, and eventually come out victorious at the end. There have been plenty of movies like this in recent years and over the last several decades; Pride just replaces football or basketball with swimming.

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