Woodlawn

2015
6
2 Std. 3 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

7989

IHRE BEWERTUNG

trailer wiedergeben1:03

49 Videos

68 Fotos

Football Biography Drama History Sport

Ein begabter Highschool-Footballspieler muss sein Talent und seinen Glauben einsetzen, als er sich mit Rassenkonflikten auf dem Spielfeld und außerhalb auseinandersetzen muss.Ein begabter Highschool-Footballspieler muss sein Talent und seinen Glauben einsetzen, als er sich mit Rassenkonflikten auf dem Spielfeld und außerhalb auseinandersetzen muss.Ein begabter Highschool-Footballspieler muss sein Talent und seinen Glauben einsetzen, als er sich mit Rassenkonflikten auf dem Spielfeld und außerhalb auseinandersetzen muss.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

7989

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Sean Astin's character "Hank" is actually a composite of three people: Wales Goebel, a former house builder who began reaching out to area high schools; Hank Erwin, father to co-creators Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin, who was the team's chaplain for two years; and Mike Huckabee, whose experience at Explo 72 informed some of the dialogue.

Patzer
During the game between Woodlawn and Banks where it is pouring with rain, the Woodlawn sideline players and coaches are seen to be wet. However, the Banks sideline players and coaches are dry with dry hair and clothing. The rain can be seen falling in front of them.

Zitate
Tandy Gerelds: Adversity is the crucible for greatness.

Verbindungen
Featured in One: The Woodlawn Study: Who Is Your Team? (2016)

Soundtracks
Sweet Home Alabama
Written by Edward King, Gary Rossington, and Ronnie Van Zant
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy of The MCA Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Benutzerrezensionen73

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Speed Review

Woodlawn is easily the best faith-based film I've ever seen (one not based on a bible story, that is). The film details the true story of the Woodlawn High School football team in 1973 Birmingham, Alabama, the year the school integrated, and how this team helped bring the whole school together by all of the players accepting Christ. This is a story that could have easily been ham-fisted, but the Erwin Brothers (the directors of the film) manage to keep the film from ever being too sappy or preachy. All of the preaching of the film comes naturally from the characters and who they are, which is a problem with most faith-based films. Characters will often transform into philosophical sages when the filmmakers feel it is time to preach, and I think that just comes across as cheesy and not authentic to non-believers and some believers. Luckily, Woodlawn avoids that pitfall in its script, which could have been a little stronger in some areas (in particular in character depth and their motivations), but unlike most faith-based films, the good outweighs the bad here. Featuring some truly moving moments and a slew of well-realized football sequences, Woodlawn is a faith- based film I actually want to recommend.

I give Woodlawn an 8 out of 10!