Full Court Miracle Page #4

Synopsis: An African American college basketball star becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's struggling basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a knee injury forces him to leave the game. Based on the true story of Lamont Carr.
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Director(s): Stuart Gillard
Production: Daniel L. Paulson Productions
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
TV-G
Year:
2003
90 min
277 Views


Big Guy.

T.J.:
There Is

No Way That Is

Judah Maccabee.

I Mean, It Doesn't

Even Look Like Him.

You Know What Judah

Maccabee Looks Like?

Well, I'm Pretty

Sure He Wasn't 6'5",

African-American.

Joker:
Oh, I Know.

Why Don't We Ask Him?

Excuse Me, Tall Guy,

You Wouldn't Happen To Be

A Jewish Military Hero

Who, Uh, Started Hanukkah

And Has Been Dead

Over 2,000 Years?

Look, All That Matters

Is That When We Needed

A Coach,

This Really Amazing

Player Shows Up

At Our Very Park.

What Are The Odds?

I'm Gonna Go

Talk To Him, Ok?

You Guys Start Playing

And Try To Look...

Not Terrible.

Hey, It's Me Again.

Yo, Splot.

Schlots.

That's My Practicing Over There.

T.J., Joker, Stick,

And Big Ben.

My Sympathies.

You Know, We Haven't

Won A Game In 2 Years.

Really? Only 2 Years?

Well, We Got This Big

Tournament Coming Up.

Less Than A Month.

You Think You Can

Help Us Win?

Hey, Man,

We're Not That Bad.

Ok, We're That Bad, But

That's Why We Need You.

I Mean, Don't You

Believe In Helping

The Less Fortunate?

Best Help I Can

Find Them

A Different Hobby.

Look, You Don't

Have To Come To Any

Of Our Games,

Just, You Know,

Coach Us Here.

Look, Kid, Even If

I Wanted To, I Just--

Don't Have The Time.

I Say You Do.

Pardon Me?

I Checked You Out

On The Web.

You What?

Your Name's Lamont Carr.

You Played For The

University Of Virginia.

After Playing

For The Cavaliers,

You Went To

The Continental

Basketball Association,

Where You Played

For 5 Years.

Till You Wrecked

Your Knee And Had

To Have 3 Surgeries.

Knee's Better, Ok?

And I'm Here Waiting For

A Tryout With The Sixers.

Not Baby-Sit

A Bunch Of Kids.

Look, We Need A Coach,

Not A Baby-Sitter.

You're Just Waiting.

You Got Time

To Help Us Out.

You Know, You're Wasting

Your Time On Basketball.

You Should Be A Lawyer.

So, You'll Do It?

No.

I'm A Player.

Coach Is For Has-Beens

And Wannabes.

We Can Pay You.

How Much?

Only 20?

And 20 More After.

You Bought Yourself

An Hour, Not A Second More.

Tomorrow At 4:
00.

Where's Dad?

He Had To Leave Early.

He's Showing

The Bender Condo.

Again.

So...

You're Cooking?

Yeah.

I Wanted To Do

Something Special

For You.

I Know How Much

You Like Waffles.

Is This Because I Did

Something Bad?

Kidding. You Want

Something From Me?

Can't I Just Treat You

'Cause You're My Son,

And I Love You?

[Sighs] All Right.

There's This Program

At The Hospital.

Students Shadow Doctors

Around For A Week,

See How They Like

The Profession.

If You're Interested,

I Can Speak To One

Of My Colleagues.

Ohh.

There.

[Clicks Tongue]

[Clatters On Plate]

Ok, Here's The Deal:

You Promise

To Think It Over,

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Joel Silverman

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