Product Details

• Actors: Bob Gunton, Bruce Dern, Jeffrey Donovan
• Directors: Robert Collector
• Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Gaiam
• DVD Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012K1BIM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,189 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Believe In Me (Director's Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn t want. A town that doesn t support girl s sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his girls, the Lady Cyclones, refuse to let him quit.
This inspiring tale of perseverance, character and redemption pits Coach Driscoll (JEFFREY DONOVAN, Hitch) against the school board President Ellis Brawley (Oscar® nominee BRUCE DERN, Coming Home) who has the school board and the town in his pocket. You ll cheer these strong-willed young women and their hard-headed coach as they fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self-doubt in this heart-warming true story of a team, a town and a man who wouldn t give up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Based on a true story, January 4, 2008

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Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Believe In Me (DVD)

A young man shows up at a small-town Oklahoma high school, expecting to coach the boys' basketball team. Instead, he is informed that he will be coaching the girls' team. The girls' team has never done well in this town, but the new coach decides that he is going to treat them as if they are boys. That plan comes under some fire from his wife, but eventually the coach gets it right and the girls begin to win some games. This is an inspiring story of a man who thinks that girls deserve the same opportunities to play sports and to be successful at it as boys do. Unfortunately, not everyone in the small Oklahoma town agrees with him, but that just makes the story more interesting. This is an enjoyable and inspiring movie.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solidly grounded, September 8, 2007

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mtmanner - See all my reviews

This review is from: Believe In Me (DVD)

This movie is solidly grounded in the story of a real coach and a real team. At the end of the movie, the actual person who inspired the film is shown being showered with the devotion of his players decades after they were on the basketball court together. Donovan, Mathis, and the young women who play ball are entertaining as well as in touch with the heart of this true story. Well-worth the purchase price.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't get enough play, October 25, 2007

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Diego F. Mera "Diego" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Believe In Me (DVD)

What a shame that this movie did not get the advertizing that it deserved. This is a movie that I want to own and recommend to anyone of any age. I particularly liked watching the extras on the DVD which gets into the real people that are depicted in the movie.