When the Game Stands Tall is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Thomas Carter and starring Jim Caviezel as Coach Bob Ladouceur, Laura Dern as Bev Ladouceur, Michael Chiklis as assistant coach Terry Eidson and Alexander Ludwig as running back Chris Ryan. The plot concerns the record-setting 151-game 1992–2003 high school football winning streak by De La Salle High School of Concord, California. The film is an adaptation of the 2003 book of the same name by Neil Hayes, published by North Atlantic Books. De La Salle head coach Bob Ladouceur retired in January 2013 after winning his last Open Division state championship in December 2012. The film was released on August 22, 2014.
| Director | Thomas Carter |
| Produced by | David Zelon |
| Writer(s) | Scott Marshall Smith |
| Starring | Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Laura Dern |
| Music | John Paesano |
| Cinematography | Michael Lohmann |
| Edited by | Scott Richter |
| Production, company | TriStar Pictures, Affirm Films, Mandalay Pictures |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Released | August 04, 2014 (Hollywood premiere), August 22, 2014 (United States) |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $30.1 million |
About When the Game Stands Tall
This film follows a legendary football coach as he leads a hapless team to an epic winning streak, based on the true story of coach Bob Ladouceur and his De La Salle High School team's streak from 1992 to 2003.
Achievement of When the Game Stands Tall
The film was inspired by a book of the same name written by Neil Hayes and published in 2003.
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Latest information about When the Game Stands Tall updated on July 28 2021.
