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A Season on the Brink [VHS]

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I thought this movie was really good in its objectivity. It neither portrays Bobby Knight as a hero nor a villain, but shows both his good qualities as well as his negative ones. It takes place during a season of the Hoosiers back in the 80s.

Now it does have scenes of Coach Knight lashing out at players. One scene at the start is very effective when he gets angry and loses his temper with Daryl Thomas, literally chewing him out in front of the team. There are other scenes in the movie when he yells at the team when they're not performing up to his expectations.

However, there are an equal number of scenes, which show his nice side. He often helps his players personally, to overcome their problems both on and off the court through guidance and advice. He raised funds to help support a former player of his (Landon Turner) after he got paralyzed. Coach Knight is also shown as a good and dedicated father to his son.

After watching "A Season on the Brink", one could conclude that Bobby Knight is not a bad guy, but a contraversial coach who really should learn how to harness his temper. It is possible to state your disagreement with someone without lashing out at them or putting them down.

The DVD has some good extra features such as an interview with Bobby Knight and a making-of documentary.

I watched this movie on ESPN some time ago, and despite the strong language, I really enjoyed this film. It was a bit depressing at times seeing Bobby Knight struggling as the coach of an underdog Indiana basketball team (the Hoosiers). He had a very bad temper, but all he wanted was to be a successful coach and make his basketball team play better. And for some reason that just didn't happen. This film is somewhat exhausting at times but enjoyable nonetheless. Sure, it contains a lot of profanity, but I still liked it. I can't wait to buy it on home video. If you wish to know the true story of Bobby Knight, then get this video. The adult language is surely not for the entire family, but basketball fans of this sort of thing will probably like it. It just depends on your taste for movies. I'm not a basketball fan at all, but I still found this movie to be quite interesting. Bobby Knight, love him or hate him, will go down in history as one of the most greatest hard-boiled basketball coaches of all time. "If you wanna be liked, then don't be a coach" - Bobby Knight.

The product came in perfect condition and it was sent out very quickly and efficiently.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY is how one would describe Bobby Knight. Brian Dennehy gave us an excellent performance. Unfortunately ESPN ran out of money to hire actors after they got Dennehy, making this movie more akin to a one man play. They used actual footage of games as fillers. It was done poorly as you could tell when they were using stock film and when they were shooting the movie, especially during the second Michigan game when the film all of a sudden had a cheap digital look. This led me to believe this whole thing was filmed with a "cheap" $3,000 digital camera with special lenses to make it look like a major production and during the filming of the second Michigan game, they forgot the lens at the deli, and decided, "what the heck, film it without it, the stupid sport's and won't know the difference." I admit I am not a Bobby Knight fan. I believe in treating people with dignity and maturity, even ball players. In my opinion, the movie appeared to be fair to Bobby as a person, but as a coach, I thought it was more of a dis on his accomplishments. This movie is for basketball fans only and not recommended as a date movie, unless you are dating a cow from Indiana. And Tammy, if you are reading this, yes I mean you.

This is an excellent movie for the sports buff! Denehy captures the inspiration and volatility of this controversial coach. A must see for any basketball fan!

I saw the original airing on ESPN when I was in college...the ESPN2 censored version was just plain ridiculous.

It was entertaining, and for a minute I also got to see a side of Bobby Knight that didn't involve the 60+ FCC violations I tallied on a notepad throughout the movie.

I liked it, but I don't know enough about the Hoosiers' season in question to rate it any higher than four stars. Overall, it wasn't bad.

Knight is nothing but a bully and a lunatic. He's proof that you can do whatever the hell you want as long as you win and make $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Typical America these days.
When he got fired from Indiana I had a parade down my street.

A Season on the Brink was ESPN's first orginal movie. Even though ESPN has never made a movie before this one, and though they don't air movie either. They made this movie. And like 9-11 Commertive Edition the MPAA gave this movie a rating. And this got a R rating for language. And the 9-11 movie got a PG rating. This movie was based on a book called "A Season on the Brink a year with Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers". I watched this movie on ESPN 2 tonight. A Season on the Brink takes place during the 1985-1986 basketball season. And that season Bobby Knight's basketball team opened its season against Norte Dame in December of 1985. Bobby Knight (Brian Dennehy) has come off a losing season and wants his team to win. They beat Norte Dame but then trouble happens one of the basketball has pictures taken for a caldendar. And when Bobby Knight sees the caldendar, it angers him a rule by the NCAA has been broken and the player (I think he was Steve Alford) got suspened for one game and that came is against Kanas in whcih Indiana loses the game. Bobby was Indiana for a long time before he was fired in 2000. ANd now he coaches basketball for Texas Tech. If you love to buy made for tv movies, this is one to get. But please remember this movie was rated R.