Plot

Based on actual events, when 15-year-old Luke Abbate dies in a car accident caused by a teenage driver after lacrosse practice in February 2006, Luke's older brother Jon Abbate

Jon Abbate

Jon Abbate is an American football linebacker, most recently on the roster of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League...

 is motivated to have the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest plays its home football games at BB&T Field....

 team be successful in their upcoming season

2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, in his fifth season at the school, and played its home games at Groves Stadium...

.

Cast

• Ryan Merriman
  Ryan Merriman
  Ryan Earl Merriman is an American actor. He began his acting career as a child actor during the mid-1990s and has appeared in several feature films and television shows.-Background:...
  
   as Jon Abbate
  Jon Abbate
  Jon Abbate is an American football linebacker, most recently on the roster of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League...
  
  
• Aidan Quinn
  Aidan Quinn
  -Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...
  
   as Steven Abbate
• Andie MacDowell
  Andie MacDowell
  Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell is an American model and actress. She has received the Golden Camera and an Honorary César.-Early life:...
  
   as Maryanne Abbate
• Andrea Powell as Bonnie
• Stefan Guy as Luke Abbate
• Jillian Batherson as Hailey Scott
• Michael Harding
  Michael Harding
  Michael Harding is an Irish short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, born in County Cavan. He lives in Westmeath. He has published three novels Priest and The Trouble With Sarah Gullion' and'Bird in the Snow' 2008 He became a member of Aosdana, the National Academy for Creative Artists, in...
  
   as Coach Jim Grobe
  Jim Grobe
  Jim Grobe is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Wake Forest University, a position he has held since the 2001 season. From 1995 to 2000, Grobe served as the head coach at Ohio University...
  
  
• Anessa Ramsey as Lynn Garber
• Patrick Stogner as Henry
• Bonnie Johnson as Joan Kinsey

Production

Filming took place at Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

from October 15 to November 20, 2008.

Soundtrack

1. "Mind On Your Music" by Mama's Gravy
2. "I Don't Wanna Know" by Mama's Gravy
3. "Right At Home" by Mama's Gravy
4. "Something More" by SupaPhat
5. "Less Than Zero" by Black Mercies
6. "Taken It All Away" by Katy J.
7. "Man Of Conviction" by Mama's Gravy

External links

• making the 5th quarter [an interview with rick bieber] at BibleDude.net