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Pride (Full Screen Edition)

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UPC: 031398215431

Format: DVDMultiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled

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A feel-good film set in 1970s Philadelphia, Pride offers hope and inspiration via athletic competition. But it's not football or basketball that gives these urban youths self-esteem and pride: rather, it's swimming. Never mind that (as Bernie Mac points out in the movie), "Brothers don't swim." In this film--which is based on Jim Ellis' real-life experiences coaching the swimmers at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation--Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) portrays Ellis as a quiet, earnest, and honest man who wants to give children the opportunities that were denied to him. One of the few black competitive swimmers during that era, Ellis' career ended in college thanks in part to racism.…    
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List Price: $14.98
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Actors: Terrence Howard Bernie Mac 
Size: 7.1000" x 5.4200"
Weight: 0.3700 lbs.
Language: English, Spanish, English, English