The Junction Boys (2002)
1h 33m
Running Time
December 14, 2002Release Date
The Junction Boys (2002)
1h 33m
Running Time
December 14, 2002Release Date
Plot.
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction. There, Bryant runs the equivalent of a POW camp, brutalizing an oversized, underdeveloped bunch of rowdy young men and tormenting those who seek medical attention for cracked spines and deadly heat exhaustion. Berenger delivers a warts-and-all performance as the vulgar, monstrous, yet much-respected Bryant, and the direction by seasoned television vet Mike Robe is brisk and almost explosively charged. Whatever one thinks of Bryant's punishing methods, the film does not flinch from telling its powerful tale. --Tom Keogh
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tom Berenger
Paul 'Bear' Bryant
Bernard Curry
Johnny Haynes
Fletcher Humphrys
Skeet Keeler
Nick Tate
Smokey Harper
Ryan Kwanten
Claude Gearheart
Mike Robe
Director
Ryan Johnson
Mike Hess
Jim Dent
Writer
Ewen Leslie
Luke Mason
Michael O. Gallant
Producer
Sabrina Plisco
Editor
John H. Williams
Producer
Orly Adelson
Executive Producer
Steve Dorff
Composer
Jonathan Eskenas
Co-Producer
Mark Shapiro
Executive Producer
Stephen Andrich
Cinematography
James Dalthorp
Executive Producer
Eric M. Bennett
Co-Producer
Adam J. Sher
Co-Producer
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The Junction Boys is a 2002 American made-for-television sports drama film written and directed by Mike Robe, based on Jim Dent's 2001 book of the same name. It is about the Junction Boys, and stars Tom Berenger as Bear Bryant. It aired on ESPN on December 14, 2002.