Jim Smith, Dolores Fylak, Marie Tierno, Kitty Harmon, Raymond Lee, Gwen Fisk, Dennis Dragotti, Joyce Luiken, Veronica Scran, Margaret Scarlat, Rosemarie Flora
John Matassa, Barbara Robinson, Elizabeth Corcoran, Lynda Radulich, Paula Fasulo, Pat Defrancis, Barbara Carroll, Helen Gazdowicz, Anna Werner, Evelyn Franceschini, Tom Pegut
The source material for When the Game Stands Tall seems rich with detail: The movie is adapted from the 408-page book of the same name by Neil Hayes, a sportswriter who covered Californias De La Salle Spartans high-school football team during their unprecedented 151-game winning streak. The 12-year
from that tone-deaf title (also the title of the 2003 book by Neil Hayes on which the film is based) to the canned sports-movie cliches of writers Scott Marshall Smith (The Score) and David Zelon (Soul Surfer), the film, directed by Thomas Carter (Coach Carter), is a completely banal enterpris
tands Tall" is the story of the De La Salle High School football team in Concord, Calif., which won 151 consecutive games from 1992 to 2004. Had director Thomas Carter, whose film is based on the book by Neil Hayes, simply chronicled the Streak, as it was known, it would have been one win after another.
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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'When the Game Stands Tall' review: Humorless, but with worthwhile messages
Based on the book by Neil Hayes, "When the Game Stands Tall" is unusual among sports movies for valuing teamwork, brotherhood and sacrifice (and not merely paying lip-service to them). Ladouceur, a onetime religious studies teacher, could have made a mint by defecting to a major university. "That's
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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'When the Game Stands Tall': Football story fumbles
Neil Hayes book, When the Game Stands Tall, about the record-shattering 151-game win streak by De La Salle, a private Catholic high-school football team in Concord, Calif., is mostly about its 2002 season. But Hayes includes an epilogue about the 2004 team that finally lost a game. (To Bellevue,
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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Coach's son says movie depicts De La Salle football well
The movie, based on Neil Hayes' book and starring Jim Caviezel as Bob Ladouceur and Michael Chiklis as defensive coordinator Terry Eidson, has had multiple Bay Area viewings. The reviews by players, coaches and alumni are positive.
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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Supremacist gets 26 to life in killing of molester
Charles Francis Gaskins, 48, was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest in March for the killing of Neil Hayes in 2009. A probation report said Gaskins was a member of a supremacist group that required its members to attack anyone with a history of child molestation.
Date: May 04, 2013
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Supremacist gets 26 to life in killing of molester
The Sacramento Bee reports ( http://bit.ly/17D3Y4l) that 48-year-old Charles Francis Gaskins was sentenced Friday for the killing of Neil Hayes in 2009. A probation report says Gaskins was a member of a supremacist group that required its members to attack anybody with a history of child molestatio