A Season on the Brink (film)
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A Season on the Brink is a 2002 film. Based on John Feinstein
entitled A Season on the Brink
which detailed the 1985-86 season of Indiana University
's men's basketball
team
, led by the controversial coach Bobby Knight, the film became the first ESPN
television movie
, premiering on March 10, 2002.
The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
, and is notable for its prevalent use of profanity
, intended to accurately represent Knight's tirades. The premiere of the movie was simulcast on ESPN
with the unexpurgated version and ESPN2
with all profanities censored. Future airings were of the uncensored version. The movie was also released on DVD
in late 2002.
John Feinstein
John Feinstein is an American sportswriter, author and sports commentator who wrote the top two best-selling non-fiction sports books in history, A Good Walk Spoiled and A Season on the Brink.-Early life:...
entitled A Season on the Brink
A Season on the Brink
A Season on the Brink is a book by John Feinstein which detailed the 1985-86 season of Indiana University's men's basketball team, led by the controversial coach Bobby Knight...
which detailed the 1985-86 season of Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
's men's basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
team
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Indiana University . The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the NCAA. The Hoosiers play on Branch McCracken Court at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana on the IU...
, led by the controversial coach Bobby Knight, the film became the first ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, premiering on March 10, 2002.
The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and is notable for its prevalent use of profanity
Profanity
Profanity is a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors that are socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, desecrating, or other forms.The...
, intended to accurately represent Knight's tirades. The premiere of the movie was simulcast on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
with the unexpurgated version and ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
with all profanities censored. Future airings were of the uncensored version. The movie was also released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in late 2002.
Cast
- Brian DennehyBrian DennehyBrian Mannion Dennehy is an American actor of film, stage and screen.-Early years:Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Hannah and Edward Dennehy, who was a wire service editor for the Associated Press; he has two brothers, Michael and Edward. Dennehy is of Irish ancestry and was...
- Bob Knight - Al Thompson - Delray Brooks
- Benz Antoine - Joby WrightJoby WrightJoseph Wright is an American former college and professional basketball player who was men's basketball head coach at Miami University and at the University of Wyoming....
- James LaffertyJames LaffertyJames Martin Lafferty is an American actor, director and producer. He currently portrays Nathan Scott on the CW television drama One Tree Hill. In addition to his role on the young adult drama, Lafferty is also known for his appearance as Justin in S...
- Steve AlfordSteve AlfordStephen Todd Alford is a retired American basketball player and the current head coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team... - Michael James Johnson - Daryl Thomas
- Dan Becker - Dan DakichDan DakichDan Dakich is an American college basketball coach, most recently serving as the interim head coach at Indiana University, following Kelvin Sampson's resignation due to NCAA recruiting violations...
- Patrick Williams - Stew Robinson
- Yorick Parke - Andre Harris
- Gary HudsonGary Hudson (actor)Gary Hudson was born on March 26, 1956, in Newport News, Virginia, and raised in historic Hilton Village where his father was also born. He left Virginia in 1977 after attending Christopher Newport College for two years to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles...
- Ron Felling - Mike Weekes - Todd JadlowTodd JadlowTodd Jadlow was center/forward standing at 6-9 for the Indiana University Hoosiers from 1985–89, Jadlow was a member of Knight's junior college recruits and one of Knight's all-time favorites....
- Duane Murray - Kohn Smith
- Thomas Hauff - Ed Williams
- Phoenix Gonzales - Charlene
- Manfred Maretzki - Joseph Wisnofsky
- Chad Bruce - Elisberg
- James D. Kirk - Pat KnightPat KnightPatrick "Pat" Knight is an American college basketball coach for Lamar University. He became the coach of the Lamar Cardinals basketball team on April 5, 2011. He was previously the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team until March 7, 2011...
- Digger PhelpsDigger PhelpsRichard "Digger" Phelps is a former American college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team from 1971 to 1991. Since 1993, he has served as an analyst on ESPN.-Career:...
- Himself - Jessica Scott - Beth
- Jeff France - Super F
- loraine defarce - hamer