{"id":937,"date":"2014-08-23T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T20:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=937"},"modified":"2014-10-11T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T20:12:41","slug":"when-the-game-stands-tall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/when-the-game-stands-tall\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

151. That\u2019s the number of games the De La Salle High School Spartan football team won – consecutively.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 In a row.\u00a0 Without a loss.\u00a0\u00a0 A 12-year winning streak.\u00a0 It\u2019s a record that will stand for the ages.\u00a0 It\u2019s a record that no professional sports team, no college team, no other high school team, no Pop Warner or Little League team, no international team – in any sport – has even come close to touching.\u00a0 And it was all done under the leadership of De La Salle head coach Bob \u201cCoach Lad\u201d Ladouceur and assistant coach\/athletic director, Terry Eidson.\u00a0 But before you think this is \u201cjust another football or sports movie\u201d, think again.\u00a0 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL is the story behind the story.\u00a0 This is a story that is not only a character study of a man, but a character study of men;\u00a0 how a man rises above the challenges of life, rises above adversity, meets life head on and moves on with strength, dignity and even, redemption.\u00a0 In short, character counts.\u00a0 And with WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL there is plenty of character, ethics and integrity to go around.<\/p>\n

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Based on a the book by sportswriter Neil Hayes who provided up close and personal coverage of the Spartans and Coach Lad for the Contra Costa News, we meet the De La Salle Spartans at the height of their winning streak.\u00a0 As season 12 of the streak ends on a high, the dedicated and proud seniors pass the torch to the younger classmen on the team, the second string who now move up to first string, the young men who now carry the weight of history and high expectations on their shoulders.\u00a0 But, you know from the start, the load is heavy as the mindset of several players looking to be superstars breaks the cohesive \u201clook out for the other guy\u201d design of Coach Lad\u2019s philosophy while parental pressure brutalizes the spirit of others.\u00a0 \u201cArrogance and apathy\u201d become the watchwords of the day and if you haven\u2019t already heard about the Spartans tragedies and triumphs through sports coverage over the years, you know the Spartans are in for an uphill battle in the Fall.<\/p>\n

During the summer, tragedy strikes the Spartans.\u00a0 Coach Lad is felled by a heart attack and although on the mend post-surgery, is ordered by his physicians not to coach.\u00a0 With tensions already high among the boys, Coach Eidson, now serving as \u201chead coach\u201d during Coach Lad\u2019s recovery, is losing faith and has his doubts as to what the new season will bring.\u00a0 The well grounded philosophies that have served as the core of the Lad-Eidson coaching methods aren\u2019t working.\u00a0 Chris Ryan, the team\u2019s new quarterback and under constant pressure of his die-hard somewhat abusive fanatic of a father, lacks the leadership skills of his predecessors, worrying more about impressing Pops than looking out for the guy next to him on the field.\u00a0 Tayshan Lanear has an ego larger than the Spartan 12-year win streak while poor Beaser is just looking for some guidance and leadership from his teammates, leadership on the field that isn\u2019t materializing. Adding fuel to the frustration is Coach Lad\u2019s own son Danny who has can\u2019t seem to find a happy medium in his relationship with his father.\u00a0 Having always wanted more quality father-son time in the past, now Danny is angry that his father can\u2019t coach him on the football field.\u00a0 Also weighing on Eidson is the Fall Schedule.\u00a0 Ridiculed by many coaches as having their remarkable win streak due to playing \u201cweak teams\u201d, Eidson has opened up the field by adding the toughest teams in California – and by extension, the nation – to the roster, with an eye towards a #1 ranking if they can beat Long Beach Poly.<\/p>\n

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But before the Spartans can even get to SoCal, more tragedy strikes as former Spartan T.K. Kelly is murdered.\u00a0 Days away from heading off to college he is gunned down by a 15-year old while sitting in his car waiting to pick up a friend who had called him for a ride.\u00a0 The entire De La Salle community feels the loss and all eyes turn to Coach Lad for comfort and inspiration.\u00a0 The good news\u00a0 is that the doctor releases Coach Lad from medical leave and allows him to return to coaching.\u00a0 The bad news, the team is still all about the \u201cI\u201d and not the \u201cwe\u201d and it doesn\u2019t take long for the boys to get their comeuppance.\u00a0\u00a0 At the hands of a little known team from Bellevue, Washington, the Spartans get their asses handed to them in a 39-20 loss, the most points racked up against De La Salle in Coach Lad\u2019s 25+ year coaching history.\u00a0 The streak that stood since December 7, 1991 is gone.\u00a0 Can they redeem themselves and each other?\u00a0 Losing yet another game after Bellevue, the showdown with Long Beach Poly is next.<\/p>\n

With the clock ticking, battling brutal 100+ degree heat in the air and 120+ degree heat on the field, out-muscled and out-manned, the De La Salle-Long Beach Poly face-off is a true David versus Goliath battle.\u00a0 It\u2019s time for each Spartan to show himself, and the world, what he\u2019s truly made of; it\u2019s the time WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL.<\/p>\n

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Having met and interviewed Bob Ladouceur and Terry Eidson themselves, more perfect casting could not have been found than Jim Caviezel and Michael Chiklis, respectively.\u00a0 Ladouceur is a man of few words with a calm and kind reticence about him.\u00a0 Eidson on the other hand, is gregarious, upbeat with a sassiness to him that is fun and light-hearted.\u00a0 Apart, each feels as if half of a whole. Together, the circle is complete.\u00a0 And this is exactly the chemistry and emotion that Caviezel and Chiklis create.\u00a0 Caviezel is tacit strength and calm.\u00a0 And let\u2019s face it.\u00a0 Could there be a more perfect casting for a man with the moral code and compass of Ladouceur than Caviezel, the man who played Jesus Christ in \u201cPassion of the Christ\u201d?\u00a0 Chiklis is exuberant fun and just strengthens the foundational guidance of the film and the philosophies of Coach Lad.<\/p>\n

So, just what are Coach Lad\u2019s philosophies that have proved so effective over the decades?\u00a0 A theology teacher at De La Salle, and as shown in the film, one would expect the script and some intense monologues to be filled with scripture and heavy religious bent.\u00a0 Such is not the case.\u00a0 According to Coach Lad, \u201c[Our school] is good about humility.\u00a0 It\u2019s good about [the idea] there\u2019s always something bigger than yourselves and the collective spirit of a group is much, much better than one standing alone.\u00a0 We believe that.\u00a0 We try to promote that and live that.\u201d\u00a0 Not missing a beat, Eidson points out that even when the duo started coaching at De La Salle back when they were in their 20’s, \u201c[W]e started that even though we were hard on them, they knew that we had their best interests in mind and that\u2019s always been our philosophy.\u00a0 Lad\u2019s always said, \u2018I\u2019m not your buddy.\u00a0 I\u2019m your coach.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t care about you and I don\u2019t love you.\u2019\u00a0 We\u2019ve always taken that approach with the kids.\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s exactly what comes across in the film.<\/p>\n

And as for Caviezel and Chiklis in their character portrayals it\u2019s only right to ask the men whom they are representing?\u00a0 For Eidson, \u201cBob and my wife told me that Michael Chiklis had me spot-on and so they know me the best.\u00a0 I thought he did a great job for me.\u00a0 The sarcastic humor that is me during games and things, and our relationship [Ladouceur & Eidson], I thought they did a great job with that.\u00a0 I thought it was amazing how they picked up on our opposite personalities.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coach Lad felt the same about Caviezel\u2019s performance.\u00a0 \u201cI thought Jim did a really good job.\u00a0 I thought out demeanors are very close and our personalities are real close.\u00a0 I kind of approach kids in a very subtle way and one-on-one usually, mostly. . . I thought they did a real good job of portraying us the way we were and the way we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Exceptional performance comes from Alexander Ludwig.\u00a0 A composite of several players, as Chris Ryan, Ludwig brings an authenticity to the role that mirrors his own growth on screen as he has gone from \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d to \u201cVikings\u201d.\u00a0 He finds a strong foothold in the emotional arc of Ryan, particularly when going toe-to-toe with Clancy Brown who brings a frenetic ferocity to the role of Ryan\u2019s father.\u00a0 According to Ludwig, \u201cwe pushed the envelope and went for it.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t hold back.\u201d\u00a0 Some brutally honest and intensely emotional scenes between the two you may find a bit shocking, but it was important to Ludwig and Brown that \u201cwe make it real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Making it real with palpable emotion are Ser\u2019Darius Blain and Stephan James as best friends and college-bound graduates Cam Colvin and TK Kelly.\u00a0 Dynamic, emotional, their connection resonates and embodies the Ladouceur principles.\u00a0 A personal fave and real breakout is Joe Massingill who steals the game and your heart as Beaser.\u00a0 Although appearing in a few prior films and as a semi-regular on the small screen in \u201cHart of Dixie\u201d, Massingill stands tall here.\u00a0 Be on the lookout for him.\u00a0 Rounding out the principals is Laura Dern who does a serviceable turn as Ladouceur\u2019s wife, Bev, but appearing more or less as a reference point for Coach Lad\u2019s conscience and as a touchstone to family life.<\/p>\n

Directed by Thomas Carter and adapted for the screen by Scott Marshall Smith, WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL has it all.\u00a0 As if the 151 game winning streak of the Spartans isn\u2019t enough to warrant immortalization on film, Bob Ladouceur\u2019s story most certainly is.\u00a0 For those that don\u2019t know, De La Salle High School is a Roman Catholic private school in Concord, California.\u00a0 With its motto \u201cMen of Faith\u201d, one would think that WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL would be hammering us over the head with scripture.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 Where Carter and Smith excel is at capturing the observational aspects of Coach Lad and allowing us to see these young men and life itself through his eyes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a delicate balance that sets WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL apart from other films.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t to say you won\u2019t find religious cliches and sports cliches, because you do, but it\u2019s the understated foundation of faith and the over-riding principles of integrity, ethics, the idea there\u2019s always something bigger than yourselves, the collective spirit of a group that elevate the story.<\/p>\n

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Standout is the athletic aspect of the film, starting with the intensive training of not only the actors, but second unit players who all have a football background.\u00a0 Enduring extensive and intensive training under the guise of well known boot camp trainer Duke Rousse, actors, stunt doubles and players alike all went through the same training and integrated their play and work amongst each other.<\/p>\n

Serving as sports coordinator and working hand in hand with cinematographer Michael Lohmann is Allen Graf.\u00a0 The best in the biz with sports lensing, Graf brought in NFL Films camera operators to capture the action.\u00a0 Scott Richter dazzles with his handling of the insanity of seamless editing of the action on and off field, immersing us in the midst of play, in the middle of the field, on the goal line, in the ebullient and even tear-filled locker rooms.\u00a0 With Thomas Carter\u2019s vision and staying true to the story of De La Salle and Bob Ladouceur, the integration of game footage and the synergy of the technical excellence of Graf and his team, Richter and Lohmann is mind-blowing.\u00a0 Key is that Carter keeps his eye – and ours – on the ball, focusing on the players and the coaches.\u00a0 A bit short on goal, however, is the sound design.\u00a0 While appreciated and effective so as to further intensify the \u201cyou are there\u201d feeling, some of the Foley with bone crushing sounds on the football field are a bit too intense, leading to distraction.<\/p>\n

Stay through the credits.\u00a0 There\u2019s some great locker room footage as well as game footage of Bob Ladouceur and his Spartans over the years, as well as some moving footage of the real TK Kelly and the aftermath of his murder.<\/p>\n

A true family film founded on principles that can make us all stand tall, WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL is aspiring, inspiring and heartwarming.<\/p>\n

Directed by Thomas Carter<\/p>\n

Written by Scott Marshall Smith based on the book by Neil Hayes<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Clancy Brown, Laura Dern, Ser\u2019Darius Blain, Stephan James,\u00a0 Joe Massingill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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