Facing the Giants

"Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith."

2006 1h 51m EN

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Synopsis

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A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.

“Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith.”

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Cast

Alex Kendrick
Grant Taylor
Shannen Fields
Brooke Taylor
Bill Butler
Neil Prater
Bailey Cave
David Childers
Steve Williams
Larry Childers
Tracy Goode
Brady Owens
Jim McBride
Bobby Lee Duke
Tommy McBride
Jonathan Weston

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alex Kendrick
Writers: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $10M — a 103.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alex Kendrick. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alex Kendrick and Shannen Fields and Bill Butler carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0805526 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Alex Kendrick directs. Alex Kendrick scores. Alex Kendrick cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $10M — a 103.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Original score by Alex Kendrick. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alex Kendrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Alex Kendrick and Shannen Fields and Bill Butler carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith.".
8IMDB entry: tt0805526 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "underdog", "sports", "faith", "american football".

The technical file

Original score: Alex Kendrick
Editing: Alex Kendrick
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $100,000
Box office: $10,307,987
Return: 10308% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Facing the Giants (2006)

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chtfn2013-01-02
★ 0.5/10
Terrible Christian propaganda movie. The story is ridiculous, the jokes are bad. We nervously laughed while watching it because we could not believe it. A sort of gross USA caricature.

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