McFarland, USA Page #2

Synopsis: A struggling coach and teacher who has had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.
Director(s): Niki Caro
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  4 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG
Year:
2015
129 min
Website
7,128 Views


That's a linebacker's number.

It's not the size of the dog

in the fight, coach.

It's the size of the fight in the dog.

Depends on how big the dog is.

Big dog.

Huddle up! Huddle up!

They aren't really good, are they?

Let's give them a chance, hon.

Maybe Dad will lose it again

and then we'll get

to move somewhere else.

Stop it.

I don't wanna hear another word.

Go, Johnny!

Hut!

Wow.

Nothin'!

Did you see that hit?

All right. Return.

Good job, guys!

Good hit! Good hit!

Nice clean hit.

Johnny. Johnny.

How many fingers am I holding up?

September.

What?

Look, it's Friday, man, okay?

Okay, special teams!

No, no, no, no.

Sit down. No. You're done.

Hey, coach, we only got 10!

We need one more! We need one more!

Sameniego, get in here!

No.

I mean it. Sit down.

Cortez, let's go.

Seriously!

What time is it?

I'm guessing dawn.

- Dad.

- What?

Wring its neck.

Please.

I will.

Welcome to McFarland.

For me?

Thank you.

Well, I see you kept it.

Kept what?

Well, knowing where you live,

and knowing la Seora Soto as I do,

I'm thinking she offered you a chicken.

And since you're in here buying feed

instead of barbeque sauce,

I'm thinking you kept it.

Smart move, hombre.

It shows you got manners.

Thanks, Mr...

Sammy Rosaldo.

Open every day on

Sherwood Avenue since '62.

Jim White.

Cliff Avenue for about a week,

but it sounds

like you already know that.

I know a lot of things about McFarland.

Do you know anything about a plant

that can make my garden look better?

You don't need a plant. You need a tree.

A tree?

Sonia!

The way that lot faces,

the sun's too hot.

Fries up your little verduras.

Lucky for you,

I have a little tree I can sell you.

In 5 years, seor,

you're gonna have a nice yard

with some nice shade.

Five years?

I don't think so.

You know, they got sodas in the store.

Water is free, White.

How long have you guys been at it?

Since five.

Five?

5:
00 a.m., White.

"AM" means morning, ese.

Not the radio.

Hey, White. Chop and channel your Jeep,

glass finish it, crank up the bass,

hop up and down... You'll fit right in.

Yeah, when pigs fly. Who's the driver?

That's Javi.

Victor's uncle.

He just got out.

Out? What do you mean "out"?

Out.

Victor polished that rig

every day Javi was inside.

Where's his father?

He's still in there.

See you later, White.

Come in.

Right, I wanna get right to this.

Coach Jenks tells me

that you and he had

an altercation at the game.

- A what?

- An altercation.

Well, I wouldn't...

I wouldn't call it that.

Well, whatever it was,

Coach Jenks doesn't think

this arrangement is gonna work out,

and he's asked for you to step down.

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