McFarland (film)

McFarland, USA also known as McFarland is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Niki Caro, produced by Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray, written by Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Grant Thompson with music by Antnio Pinto and coproduced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mayhem Pictures. Based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a mainly Latino high school in McFarland, California, the film stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, the schools coach, who leads the team to win a state championship. The film also stars Maria Bello and Morgan Saylor. The film was released on February 20, 2015, received positive reviews from critics, and grossed over 45 million. McFarland, USA was released on DVD and Bluray on June 2, 2015 by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

White starts his new job as the life sciencePE teacher and assistant football coach at school. During Jims PE class, three boys, the Diaz brothers Danny, Damacio, and David, are forced by their mother to leave. During a later PE class, Jim sits on the bleachers and watches the boys run around the track with Jamie joining him. He comments that the boys, particularly Victor and Johnny who got cut from the football team move very fast. Jim goes to Principal Camillo to convince him to let him start a cross country team to compete in the upcoming state championships. Jim also enlists Johnnys help to recruit six more runners for the team, starting with Victor. Johnny asks the Diaz brothers, as well as two other students Jose Cardenas and Thomas Valles. Thomas has gotten in trouble at school for being involved in altercations with other boys that mocked his younger sister for getting pregnant, so Jim negotiates for him to join the team to avoid suspension. Although the boys are initially reluctant, they agree to join the team and run with Jim across the town, with Danny lagging behind as he is the heaviest of the team.After some training, the team goes to their first meet in Palo Alto as boys from the other schools taunt the McFarland team. The race commences, and the McFarland team finishes in last place. Knowing the boys are disappointed, Jim takes full responsibility for the loss to not let them get discouraged. ........

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