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Gridiron gang uses football as the pivotal point, but due to the presence of a fine script by jeff maguire who adapted jac flanders documentary film, and cohesive poignant direction by phil joanou who knows how to move a large cast around and keep it personal, and most of. It is a story about a highly technical building nicknamed the gridiron, which becomes selfaware and tries to kill everyone inside, confusing real life with a video game. Gridiron gang this film was very inspirational film that really should make everyone think anyone can change no matter how deep of trouble they are in. The juveniles must give up their gang rivalries on the gridiron to unite as a team. Thousands of copies of earlier editions 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004 are widely available, but this new 6th edition 2006 includes even more information. The chicago crime commissions gang book publication is an acclaimed compilation of current gang trends. Gridiron gang 2006 a counselor the rock at a juvenile detention facility decides to turn the young inmates in his charge into a football team to give them a sense of selfrespect and social.
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain selfesteem by playing football together. Kool and the gang for corporate events, private parties and public concerts is easy with booking entertainment. Invincible is the inspiring true story of vince papale, an ordinary guy who, against extraordinary odds, gets a oneinagazillion shot at living every sports fans wildest fantasy. Books and publications recommended by the national gang crime research center. Punctuated by rough action scenes, gridiron gang is a familiar sports saga with kids in need of guidance and a coach in need of support from his institution. It is loosely based on the true story of the kilpatrick mustangs during the 1990 season. This article explains how the documentary was turned into a hollywood feature film 16 years later.
The movie is based on a true story of a juvenile detention camp probation officer sean porter dwayne the rock johnson, who is frustrated by the 75% recidivism rate of the teenage felons that he is responsible for at camp kilpatrick. It was distributed by sony pictures releasing and columbia pictures. Porter decides the way to reform his wards is to get them to bond together and find selfworth via playing football. I learned that willies real name was michael black. Gridiron gang stars dwayne the rock johnson as juvenile probation officer sean porter. Jan 21, 2008 street corner society is a great sociological book about the inner workings of gangs. I rated this 5 stars because, well, its gridiron gang. Sep 15, 2006 weve been through soccer, baseball, tennis, dance, track and football. The film was released in the united states on september 15, 2006. A worker at a juvenile detention center tries to start a football team to help kids from rival gangs learn how to overcome their differences. It also gave me the insight that no matter who you are or where you come from you can be part of something bigger. Gridiron is a science fiction novel written by british author philip kerr.
Gridiron gang is a 2006 american sports drama films. Ive thought of adapting a key on my computer so that i just have to bang it and it types out the words plays an idealistic disciplinarian who becomes the footballbasketball. Sean porter true story gridiron gang movie and documentary. At once uplifting and banal, based on a true story and codified not to say disneyfied, the formula is also apparently endlessly profitable. The gridiron gang is a limited time multistage questline in fallout shelter available in september. While most of the gang escaped to canada, several were caught and executed, while one of the leaders, moses doan, died in a spectacular shootout. Jade yorker willie weathers kelvin owens david thomas used the name mustang. Inspired by filmmaker jac flanders 1993 documentary of the same name, gridiron gang features a screenplay penned by in the line of fire scribe jeff maguire, and features a supporting cast that includes leon rippy, kevin dunn, and detroitborn rapperturnedactor xzibit. Teens, youth and violenceteen nonfiction, gangs, violence.
Gridiron gang star dwayne the rock johnson picks up the pigskin once again for this sportsthemed family comedy concerning a football superstar who abandons the gridiron to answer the call of fatherhood. Dwayne the rock johnson plays a man who works in a camp to help juvenile delinquents, and he gets them all together as a team, working together, when most of them hated each other at the beginning. There are countless books on the topic of gangs, hip hop, prisons, and the ghetto, but streetgangs. Her life can be described just like the movie cinderella, except of course she hasnt had a happy ending yet. Was the movie gridiron gang filmed at the real juvenile detention camp. It is very difficult to find a copy of the original documentary.
Blood meridian, or the evening redness in the west by cormac mccarthy, perfect chemistry by simone elkeles, the outsiders by s. Meet the real sean porter and learn the gridiron gang true story about the camp kilpatrick mustangs. Gridiron gang is loosely based on a tv documentary about a real program started by a detention officer named sean porter dwayne. This book emphasizes and espouses to the principle of what generations of generations, successfully, used in the past the biblical authorization of the applied science of mild spankingin the parenting of children. Gridiron gang is a 2006 american sports drama film directed by phil joanou, and starring dwayne johnson, xzibit, l. He went to washington state and played for seattle and another team. Welcome to street gangs book club, a centralized place to gain information on books that discuss urban culture, specifically gangs. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Gridiron gang featuring dwayne johnson as sean porter is a heartwarming tale of redemption based upon a true story. See real sean porter photos, and pics of the real malcolm moore, junior palaita, and others from the gridiron gang documentary. Dwayne the rock johnson stars in this gritty and inspirational movie based on a true story of a group of teenage delinquents given a second. Gridiron gang 2006 pg 2h 5m football movies in this moving drama, a probation officer at a detention camp for juvenile delinquents hopes to mold teenage inmates into a. Theme 2 this movie was inspired by football, mostly college football another theme this movie can have is just to try your hardest and. And so with gridiron gang, we see a continuation of that same theme.
Sep 15, 2006 in his autobiographical book entitled the rock says, johnson is at once humble, honest about his shortcomings, and frowns on the adultery that is present in the circuit when the wrestlers go on the road. Gridiron gang by phil joanou phil joanou, the rock, jade. Booking entertainment makes it easy to book kool and the gang or any other alist entertainer for your corporate event, private party, fundraiser or public event worldwide. Feb 01, 2007 gridiron gang i t is rare to find a film that sticks so faithfully to the genre script that you feel as if you could walk through it blindfolded. Gridiron gang interviews this is a clip from porters red carpet interview when he attended the premiere of gridiron gang. I did not expect to enjoy it, and at times it6 did have some soso moments, but when you see it, you can see that the film has a driving message of hope. Appalled by the 75 percent rate of recidivism among juvenile delinquents, sean convinces the authorities to let him create a football team, the mustangs, for some of the troubled teens. Relates to the horse, plane, and car which were american made.