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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Heart of Champions
"Talent wins races. Courage creates champions."
2021 1h 59m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 92
Drama
Synopsis
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During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.
“Talent wins races. Courage creates champions.”
Cast
Michael Shannon
Jack Murphy
Alexander Ludwig
Alex
Charles Melton
Chris
Alex MacNicoll
John
Andrew Creer
MJ
Ash Santos
Nisha
Lilly Krug
Sara
Caroline Cole
Lili
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Mailer
- Writers
- Vojin Gjaja
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 5 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Michael Shannon and Alexander Ludwig and Charles Melton carry the top of the cast.
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AWARDS
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Marketing tagline: "Talent wins races. Courage creates champions.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt10314548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 92 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Mailer directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 5 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Michael Shannon and Alexander Ludwig and Charles Melton carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Talent wins races. Courage creates champions.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt10314548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 92 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 11 themes, including "affectation", "rowing", "calm", "candid".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $32,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
Also by
Michael Mailer
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Mahmoud_Amin
This is a good film !
Production companies
Who made it
Vertical
US
- EI
Eightboat Productions
Construction Film
DE
- DI
Divisadero Pictures
- GR
Green Light Pictures
120dB Films
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- affectation
- rowing
- calm
- candid
- cautionary
- inspirational
- casual
- admiring
- empathetic
- enchant
- familiar
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2021-10-29PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- SwingDE
- Pressure PointGB
- Pressure PointAU
- Corazón de CampeónMX
- Сърца на шампиониBG
- ВзмахRU
