Product Details

• Actors: Brian Dennehy, Al Thompson, Benz Antoine, James Lafferty, Michael James Johnson
• Directors: Robert Mandel
• Writers: David W. Rintels, John Feinstein
• Producers: Chet Fenster, David W. Rintels, Joshua Butler, Lewin Webb, Mark Shapiro
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, 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
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000714EM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,207 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the team and its practices, meetings, and huddles.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good and very objective, March 12, 2005

By	David Freydkin (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE COACH FROM HELL - BOBBY KNIGHT!, November 27, 2002

By	Jamie X-Treme (Crossett, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Season on the Brink [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

4.0 out of 5 stars set a new record for FCC violations in a single movie..., March 10, 2008

By	Liz "face for radio" (Chicago area) - See all my reviews

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.