Jayhawkers

Jayhawkers (2014)

They Changed More Than A Game

A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that would transform the entire American society.

Date of release
2014-03-07
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kevin Willmott

Casting

Interesting facts

Jayhawkers is a 2014 American sports drama/biographical film directed by Kevin Willmott, following the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen, and the 1956–57 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Former Kansas basketball player Scot Pollard portrays B. H. Born in the film.

Production

A portion of the budget was raised through the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, with over $54,000 raised.

Shot in Lawrence, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, and Leavenworth, Kansas, the film stars then-current Kansas Basketball player Justin Wesley as Chamberlain. The 6-foot-9 forward was recommended for the role by KU coach Bill Self to Willmott.

A teaser trailer was shown at Late Night in the Phog 2012, The film premiered in Lawrence, Kansas, on February 14, 2014, and made its public debut on February 28, 2014 at Liberty Hall near the University of Kansas campus.

Willmott, a film professor at the University of Kansas, cast multiple alumni of the school in the film, including Kip Niven, Jay Karnes, Trai Byers, and former basketball players Scot Pollard and Justin Wesley.

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