Showing posts with label John Terry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Terry. Show all posts

THE BIG GREEN (Released to Theaters USA 1995)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì 

The Big Green—formula story—provides suitable, clean family entertainment. Expect a linear, shallow story that runs on the concept that starting a small town sports team can save the day when everything is going quite wrong. Most of the actors are little to not known. The movie is similarly written to Angels in the Outfield where a miracle is needed but this time the miracle is formed through hard work and effort rather than divine intervention. 

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Storyline

 A British exchange teacher brings life to a small Texas town by starting a soccer team.

 Additional Thanks

 Thank you to  Holly Goldberg Sloan for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Roger Birnbaum, and Producer Dennis Bishop for making the film possible. Cast includes Steve Guttenberg, Olivia d'Abo, Jay O. Sanders, John Terry, Chauncey Lapardi, Patrick Renna, Billy L. Sullivan, Yareli Arizmendi, Bug Hall, Jessica Robertson, and Anthony Esquivel. 


Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Maybe. It re-tells an old story with a different stage setting and characters. It's a simple, suitable watch that can be a good family share  movie.

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IRON WILL (Theatrical Release USA 1994)

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì 

Iron Will—all around good watch—almost becomes a classic movie story. It is interesting to see the different racers’ well-defined personalities, the organized system that backs them, as well as how a third page newspaper story can be raised to front page news that inspires readers to track. It’s wonderful to see a good story not ruined by a bad presentation. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline 

A young man enters a sled dog race in hopes of winning enough money to free the family property from repossession. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Charles Haid for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Patrick Palmer and Robert Schwartz for making the film possible. Cast includes: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg, Brian Cox, George Gerdes, John Terry, Penelope Windust, Jeffery Alan Chandler, Michael Laskin, James Cada, Rex Linn, Allan R.J. Joseph, Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak. 


Buy a ticket
? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. This watch is a good family share movie. It sends a good message about finishing what one starts and deserves its place in the family home video library. It serves at a little higher plane of entertainment than White Fang. It has good presentation, good storyline, and educates about dog races…especially the cooperation needed between animals and humans when work needs to be done. 

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