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-Samuel
L
Jackson
In
the
tradition
of
LEAN
ON
ME
and
DANGEROUS
MINDS
comes
COACH
CARTER,
an
inspirational
drama
starring
Samuel
L.
Jackson.
Jackson
portrays
real-life
figure
Ken
Carter,
who
graduated
from
California's
Richmond
High
only
to
return
there
years
later,
in
1999,
and
take
over
as
head
coach
of
the
boys'
basketball
team.
Unfortunately,
the
troubled
school
he
remembered
as a
teenager
is
an
even
more
insufferable
place
in
his
adulthood.
Determined
to
make
a
change
in
his
players'
lives,
Carter
makes
each
young
man
sign
a
contract
that
ensures
he
will
maintain
a
2.3
GPA,
attend
every
class,
and
wear
a
jacket
and
tie
on
game
day.
Of
course,
the
players
reject
the
contract
at
first,
but
when
they
realize
that
they
don't
have
any
other
choice,
they
give
in.
And
when
it
appears
that
their
tough-as-nails
coach
is
actually
turning
them
into
winners
on
the
court,
they
embrace
their
coach's
philosophy
even
further.
But
when
Coach
Carter
receives
the
incomprehensibly
awful
progress
reports
of
his
players,
he
does
the
unthinkable:
he
benches
the
entire
team.
Directed
by
Thomas
Carter
(SAVE
THE
LAST
DANCE),
COACH
CARTER
is a
sensitive
drama
that
features
an
impassioned
performance
by
Jackson,
as
well
as
the
impressive
young
cast
(most
notably
Rob
Brown,
Rick
Gonzalez,
and
Robert
Ri'Chard).
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