Release Date
March 23, 2007
DVD Release Date
June 26, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Sunu Gonera
Writer
Mike Gozzard, K. Michael Smith
Cast
Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Regine Nehy
Studio
Running Time
104 minutes
MPA 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).... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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