Facing the Giants [Blu-ray]

Director: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick

Overview

A failing high-school football coach finds that in order to succeed he must convince his team that there's more to sports than fame and glory in an inspirational tale of courage on the gridiron and the power of God's word. Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) has been coaching the Shiloh Eagles for six years, and he has yet to realize his dream of a winning season. When the team's star player transfers schools, the first three games of the new season show no promise for improvement, troubles at home begin to take their toll, and a plot among the player's fathers to have him fired finds his future in football looking bleak, Coach Taylor is faced with the prospect of either cutting his losses and admitting defeat or turning his life over to God in an attempt to test the true power of faith. With his job on the line and nothing left to lose, Coach Taylor convinces his determined team of underdogs that there's nothing they can't accomplish with a little faith -- including the miracle of a winning season when all hope seems lost.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/29/2009
UPC:	0043396263314
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:51:00
Sales rank:	26,928

Special Features

Filmmaker Commentary; Fumbles, Funnies & Other Fun Stuff; (Outtakes & Bloopers); Deleted Scenes; Behind the Scenes of Facing the Giants; Interview with Mark Richt; A Musical Tribute to the Volunteers; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alex Kendrick	Grant Taylor
Shannen Fields	Brooke Taylor
Steve Williams	Larry Childers
Bailey Cave	David Childers
Jason McLeod	Brock Kelley
Tracy Goode	Brady Owens
Chris Willis	J.T. Hawkins Jr.
Mark Richt	Himself
James Blackwell	Matt Prater
Jim McBride	Bobby Lee Duke,Jonathan Weston
Ray Wood	Mr. Bridges
Mark Willard	Composer

Technical Credits

Alex Kendrick

Alex Kendrick	Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer
Michael Catt	Executive Producer
Jim McBride	Executive Producer
Terry Hemmings	Executive Producer
David Nixon	Producer
Lisa Arnold	Casting
Nick Palladino	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

A technically proficient, low-budget drama obviously intended to serve the emergent niche market for Christian-themed entertainment, Facing the Giants offers rewarding and uplifting entertainment for the whole family. Director Alex Kendrick takes the central role of Grant Taylor, an underpaid, overworked football coach who worries not only about his job security -- his team has endured six losing seasons -- but also about the financial pressures facing him and his wife, Brooke (Shannen Fields), and the recent discovery that in all likelihood he'll never be able to father children. In his darkest hour, Grant finds comfort and inspiration in the Bible and rededicates himself to God. As a result, things begin to turn around -- both personally and professionally. The worst we can say about Facing the Giants is that it lacks dramatic tension: Once Grant is born again, the obstacles facing him seem to melt away one after another. But the performances of a largely amateur cast are winningly sincere, and the football-game sequences are invigorating.