From the Rough

From the Rough (2013)

The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

Data lansării
2013-06-08
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (17)
Durată
1 h 37 min
Genuri
Dramă
Regizor
Pierre Bagley

Distribuție

Curiozități

  • Filmat în: New Orleans

From the Rough is a 2011 American sports drama film based on the true story of Catana Starks, a former Tennessee State Tigers swim coach, who became the first woman ever to coach a college men’s golf team. With drive, passion, and guts, she took an unruly group of mismatched kids from around the world and guided them to an all-time record at the PGA National Collegiate Minority Championship.

Production

Executive producer Michael J. Critelli discovered the story that is the basis for the film in 2004, and spent over five years and "several hundred thousand dollars" acquiring the rights to film it and getting a screenplay, which was co-written by his son Michael A. Critelli.

Principal photography began in New Orleans on October 4, 2010, using the Dillard University campus as the main location. Principal photography was completed in early 2011.

On July 1, 2011, the film had a preview screening at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans; it was also shown on Labor Day weekend at the "2011 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion" in Orlando, FL and October 5, 2011 at the International Black Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee; It was originally scheduled for a February 3, 2012 theatrical release

The movie is dedicated "In Loving Memory of Michael Clarke Duncan".

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