{"id":11103,"date":"2015-03-01T00:08:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T08:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2015-03-01T00:08:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T08:08:39","slug":"mcfarland-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/mcfarland-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"McFARLAND, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one brings inspirational real life stories to film like Disney, especially when those stories center around sports.\u00a0 Be it horses, baseball, football or any other sport, you know you will be moved, you will be inspired, you will be entertained, but more importantly, you will learn something about a person or lives well lived and hard fought, about overcoming odds and finding that \u201cwinning spirit.\u201d\u00a0 And then there\u2019s Kevin Costner.\u00a0 With the recent \u201c3 Days to Kill\u201d, \u201cDraft Day\u201d, \u201cBlack or White\u201d and now McFARLAND, USA, Costner is at the top of his game.\u00a0 And no one delivers inspirational sports speeches like Costner.\u00a0 Be he Crash Davis, Billy Chappell or McFARLAND\u2019s\u00a0 Jim White, Costner is not only the Jimmy Stewart of the genre, but the embodiment of the men who inspire these stories.\u00a0 And then you put Disney and Costner together with the story of Jim White and McFarland High School\u2019s 1987 cross country team and you get an unstoppable film rooted deep in the ideals of family, faith and an immigrant farmworker community that goes the distance.\u00a0 You get\u00a0 McFARLAND, USA.<\/p>\n

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McFarland, California is located in California\u2019s Central Valley; the heart of the State\u2019s farming community.\u00a0 Primary population is comprised of hardworking migrant farmworkers.\u00a0 The economy is not robust, but the strength of character and community are.\u00a0 Children work in the fields with their parents at sun up and then run to school before heading back to the fields after classes.\u00a0 Generations of a family live together.\u00a0 On the surface, this is their destiny, their fate.\u00a0 Their will be no college, no chance for \u201csuccess\u201d as most perceive it.<\/p>\n

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Enter football coach Jim White.\u00a0 The time is 1987.\u00a0 Having been bounced around from school to school across the country, White never manages to stay in one place too long thanks to \u201cmisunderstandings\u201d with his players, his training methods and school administrators.\u00a0 With all possibilities for employment exhausted but for one, White packs up his wife and two daughters and heads to McFarland High School in California.\u00a0 Hired to teach science, PE and serve as assistant football coach, White is a fish out of water in McFarland.\u00a0 Viewed as a \u201cgringo\u201d by the students and the community, the White family are outsiders and completely unfamiliar with the Hispanic customs, communities or the language.\u00a0 Attempts by some community members to welcome them to the community are misconstrued and rebuffed.\u00a0 The Whites are, quite honestly, afraid.\u00a0\u00a0 And the students have no respect at all for Jim White. But with no other options available to them, Jim White has to step up his game and go with the flow; or does he.<\/p>\n

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Ousted as the assistant football coach over \u201cdebates\u201d with the head coach, White does a little digging and discovers funding is available for a cross-country team at the school.\u00a0 Although tricky thanks to his having no experience in cross-country or track and field or even running,\u00a0 persuading the school principal isn\u2019t that difficult.\u00a0 Finding seven athletes for the team is something else, particularly when considering the grueling schedules the boys keep with work in the fields, school and chores at home.\u00a0 But it\u2019s that very stamina and dedication that White uses to convince the boys they have what it takes to be competitive athletes.<\/p>\n

Focusing on the mutual learning curve of the hardships and benefits of both cultures and the preconceived misconceptions of people, through sport we see the emotional growth of Jim White and his family as they become part of the community, and realize what a good life they have always had and what a better life they now have.\u00a0 And we see young boys turn into young men with futures ahead that will take the outside the bounds of McFarland (and thanks to the credit epilogue, we see where cross-country and Jim White\u2019s guidance took them in the world, and for many, back to the community in mentoring roles).<\/p>\n

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We meet the heart of the McFarland team – the Diaz brothers; David, Damacio and Danny.\u00a0 And then the real athletes of the team, Thomas Valles, Victor Puentes, Jose Cardenas and Johnny Sameniego.\u00a0 When it comes to the Diaz boys, their home life is one of love but with no-nonsense parenting.\u00a0 Thomas\u2019 home life is one of physical abuse at the hands of a father who cannot come to terms with life in the United States and cultural differences.\u00a0 Running is Thomas\u2019 escape.\u00a0 Johnny is a bit of a larcenist who is saved from expulsion by Jim White and thus, \u201cowes\u201d White and joins the team.\u00a0 Jose and Victor are more or less followers, but have great faith in White.<\/p>\n

Capturing the McFARLAND journey over the course of that first cross-country season up through the state championship (which McFarland won), McFARLAND, USA is a testament to the ties that bind and the hopes and dreams that are America.<\/p>\n

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For Kevin Costner, playing Jim White seemed fated.\u00a0 \u201cI had read about [McFarland and Jim White] in Sports Illustrated.\u00a0 And I remember being very taken with it.\u00a0 I had lived in the Central Valley in Visalia.\u00a0 I actually played McFarland in high school baseball. . .I was taken with the story, and then of course closed the page and moved on with my life.\u00a0 And then this movie came up. . . [T]here\u2019s these men and women all over America who are affecting our young people.\u00a0 And relationships that coaches establish with young people is something that carries through their life if it\u2019s done right.\u00a0 There\u2019s not a lot of Jim Whites, but there are Jim Whites, and he represents the best, really, of the best.\u201d\u00a0 Calling White a \u201ca very graceful, very quiet man, who somehow let them know what was possible\u201d, Costner \u201cwas proud to play the essence of Jim White\u201d.\u00a0 As mentioned, no one does inspiration like Kevin Costner and here is no different.\u00a0 Costner allows us to see the flaws of the man, flaws of the human spirit and human condition and takes us on that emotional journey of redemption, acceptance and growth, earning the respect of the audience for not only his performance, but for the man that is Jim White.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Costner-Clip-One.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n

Listen to Kevin Costner talk about tackling the role of Jim White<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But as strong a performance as Costner gives, and as emotionally compelling and resonant, the real story of McFARLAND and the performances that stand the tallest come from “the team”.\u00a0 These actors\/non-actors\/athletes turned actors are just incredible.\u00a0 These are not performances.\u00a0 They are so strong, so real, you feel the truth of the story and each young man coursing through their respective individual and collective DNA.<\/p>\n

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Particularly effective and real standouts are Carlos Pratts as Thomas Valles and the oh-so-adorable Ramiro Rodriguez as Danny.\u00a0\u00a0 Pratts, an accomplished actor had no athletic experience, trained from the ground up to be the superstar runner of the McFarland team.\u00a0 Under the watchful eyes of Disney go-to sports training guru, Mark Ellis, Valles and the other boys would start their days in \u201cSanta Clarita and I would run like five or six miles with these guys, and I cried more than I cried when I saw Bambi.\u00a0 But you know, Sergio being a runner from McFarland really helped me out, and \u2013 as well as Hector and Johnny and everyone. . .Then we would go to the studio and rehearse the film.\u00a0 But wanting to push himself farther, Valles would then drive to Redondo Beach and \u201cgo through a lot of pain from the great people at Brick Fitness – thank you, Brian Gwen – and he would just help with the strength and the nutrition and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Truer words were never written, or spoken, than those echoed by Costner as White saying that Danny is the anchor of the team.\u00a0 The character of Danny is the anchor of the film – in this one character we have the embodiment of hopes, dreams, courage, strength and miles and miles of heart.\u00a0 He is the metaphor of the community, of the kids.\u00a0 Ramiro Rodriguez who plays Danny was neither a runner or an actor when he began the process for McFARLAND, USA, but rather a champion soccer player.\u00a0 And as luck would have it, his counselor at school had been none other than his real-life counterpart, Danny Diaz.<\/p>\n

The other two members of the Diaz family are Damacio, played by Michael Aguero and David, played by Rafael Martinez.\u00a0 Aguero is an actual runner, but again Martinez had no athletic or acting experience and, in fact, cut school, to audition for the film.<\/p>\n

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According to Michael Aguero, \u201c[I]t was all intimidating up until we met these guys [the Diaz brothers]. . .They made their personalities like stand out, and it was easy to read them. [They] just pretty much gave us something to go off of, rather than just sitting and not giving us anything.\u201d\u00a0 Echoing Aguero, Rafael Martinez also found it \u201cvery intimidating\u201d to play real life individuals.\u00a0 \u201cA lot of trepidation portraying a real person.\u00a0 Because it\u2019s very scary.\u00a0 You never want to, you know, offend anybody, or just you always want to remain true. . . But like I said, like Michael was saying, as soon as I met\u00a0 – or we met our counterparts – it was just easy from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Victor, Sergio Avelar brought a real truth to his performance.\u00a0 An actual runner with the McFarland and with the real Thomas Valles as his track coach, Avelar found the whole experience \u201c just so surreal, especially filming out there\u201d especially when the community would come to watch the filming.<\/p>\n

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A casting shortcoming is Maria Bello.\u00a0 There is an uncomfortableness to her performance and her specific casting in this character.\u00a0 No matter how good or how strong an actress she is, she cannot overcome her own strength as a woman or the persona that is \u201cMaria Bello\u201d.\u00a0 It never rings true with her as Cheryl White saying, “Whatever you want, Jim.\u00a0 Whatever decision you want to make, Jim.\u00a0 I’m with you.”\u00a0 The delivery of the lines was more exasperation and acquiescence than wifely support.<\/p>\n

Directed by New Zealander Niki Caro, hers is not the first name one would think of to direct McFARLAND, USA, but on seeing the final product, and listening to her passion, there is no question she was the right director for the job.\u00a0 Working with Chris Cleveland on the script, Caro was \u201cinspired, simple as that. [A]nd not only and just by Jim White and the original team and the scale of their achievement, and the legacy that they left and the legacy that goes on.\u00a0 But I was really inspired by the people, by how hard they work, by the commitment to their families, their faith, their community.\u00a0 And it was great for me to be able to light that up. . .You drive to McFarland [and then] you\u2019ll see a bunch of people you see on screen.\u00a0 It\u2019ll look like it does on screen.\u00a0 That\u2019s deeply satisfying to me to go in and tell a story that is not only meaningful, but is true and real, and tell it with the real people.\u00a0 And then if that weren\u2019t enough, to go in with the likes of these people.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 To achieve the visual and emotional bandwidth of this story of \u201cfamily, faith, farming\u201d, for Caro, \u201cThat comes from going there and observing.\u00a0 Eyes, ears, heart open.\u00a0 Mouth shut.\u00a0 I can only speak for myself as a filmmaker, but it would be arrogant and stupid to assume that I know better than those guys what their life is like.\u00a0 It makes it very easy for me as a filmmaker to go and observe what life is like.\u00a0 THEN I bring my skill in to express that in a way that hopefully an audience can appreciate it in the same way that I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Listen to Niki Caro talk about her desire to direct McFARLAND, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Key to the truth of this storytelling lies beyond the performance, beyond the McFarland legacy and embraces the technical aspects and attention to detail of the film; particularly Adam Arkapaw\u2019s cinematography.\u00a0 A testament to Caro and Arkapaw is the film\u2019s beauteous imagery.\u00a0 A culturally immersive film, the visuals are evocative and telling.\u00a0 While we see the dusty patina and less than glimmering look of the town, that is contrasted with its beauty; e.g., a setting sun as backlight, and those little wisps of sunbeam floating on air or the striking beauty of a lone runner high atop a hill capturing the grace of a body in motion, or the vibrancy of the green fields and cohesiveness and camaraderie of the people working almost as one.\u00a0 According to Caro, \u201cWe also discussed photographing McFarland in a way that it was a very hostile place to being with and the deeper Jim White and his family got immersed into that environment, the more beautiful that became.\u201d\u00a0 And off course, celebratory is that McFARLAND, USA was shot on film, adding just another layer of period perfect grain.\u00a0 Camerawork amazes in scope and intimacy at the climactic final race covering 400 runners throughout the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n

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Production design excels with many of the speciality scenes such as a Quinceanera which Costner\u2019s White gives to his daughter (after missing her birthday dinner).\u00a0 But perhaps one of the proudest moments for Caro, and a very telling aspect of the culture is a low rider procession.\u00a0\u00a0 Not part of the original McFARLAND story, Caro took a bit of literary license with this addition to the film.\u00a0 \u201cThe low riding elements of the movie did not exist before I came in.\u00a0 Low riding is kind of a big part of my life because my husband\u2019s very big into that world and we\u2019ve always had those cars.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t have brought that to this movie if it hadn\u2019t been very authentic to that place.\u00a0 The Central Valley?\u00a0 Bakersfield?\u00a0 Very big low riding.\u00a0 Particularly in the 80’s.\u201d\u00a0 Contacting the car club Canales Unidos in the area, sourcing the cars to be period specific and accurate was key.\u00a0 \u201cThe cars are so authentic and so specific.\u00a0 We could have used sexier cars but the sexier cars weren\u2019t there then.\u00a0 So those cars actually came from a car club in North Hollywood – The Glass House. . .It\u2019s just a nice, glamorous colorful element in the movie, but it also, for me, was important to make the point that low riding in Hollywood movies is usually shorthand for gangster.\u00a0 My experience is that car clubs – all those guys are all about family, they\u2019re all about community. . .So I wanted to bring that.\u00a0 The little speech [in the film] – \u2018We\u2019re a car club.\u00a0 We love these cars.\u00a0 They\u2019re our babies.\u2019 – That\u2019s what I understand about low riding culture.\u201d\u00a0 And of course, hand in hand with the beauty and gloss and sleekness of those cars is the metaphoric touchstone to the beauty of a cross country runner in motion.<\/p>\n

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By the end of McFARLAND, USA, what we see and feel is what every town in America should see and feel – the courage to stand up, stand tall and go the distance. McFARLAND, USA does just that.<\/p>\n

David Coulson\u2019s editing is smooth and emotionally paced, interweaving and creating visual metaphor between the physicality of the athletes and their bodies and challenges with the physical challenges of the landscape that is life in McFarland.\u00a0 One jaw-dropping example are scenes of the boys running up and down almond mounds, something unique to the region.<\/p>\n

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By the end of McFARLAND, USA, what we see and feel is what every town in America should see and feel – the courage to stand up, stand tall and go the distance. McFARLAND, USA does just that.\u00a0 As Kevin Costner opined, with McFARLAND, USA and Jim White, we see what\u2019s possible.\u00a0 \u201cAnd Jim White, in just kind of putting the goal out in front of them, look what happened.\u00a0 Champions. [They] exceeded beyond their expectations, so it\u2019s a great lesson to us, McFarland, that if we give our children, our young men, our young women goals, we let them see what\u2019s possible, they can exceed beyond their own wildest expectations.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a very good lesson, this movie.<\/p>\n

Directed by Niki Caro
\nWritten by Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson
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