Watch: Pride 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation..
Plot: In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia’s first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
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6.2/10 Votes: 6,610 | |
47% | RottenTomatoes | |
55/100 | MetaCritic | |
N/A Votes: 45 Popularity: 7.243 | TMDB |
Solid Sports Flick – Terrible Ad Campaign
It’s obvious that a lot of people giving PRIDE a “1” are reacting to the trailers and radio ads that make this movie come off as a “black vs. white” thang. In reality, the movie it self is much more nuanced and filled with universal themes. It’s been said that the achievement in sport by people of color is responsible more than anything to bring a semblance of equality in America. In sports, it’s mathematical. A strike is a strike, a touchdown’s a touchdown no matter who throws it. PRIDE is worth supporting because it shines light on a real-life person who used sports to teach young kids there’s a bigger world past the playground, and if you develop your talents you won’t have to fall back on the race card to catch breaks. Pride is a solid sports flick with strong performances by all that will suffer because of some unimaginative and lazy marketing. If you like Terrence Howard or Bernie Mac or even Kimberly Elise, make this one worth your time. Otherwise, wait for the Mark Gastineau story.
Akeelah and the Pool
Pride is MUCH better than the 2.6 rating – yes, it does wear its heart firmly on its sleeve, but a turkey it most definitely is not. We loved Akeelah and the Bee last year and would put this in the same sense of journey: the ad campaign and tag line should be:”The waves they created changed their world forever…”It does what sport movies should do – gives you the training, the sport, the lift. Of course you know the step by step play but that doesn’t alter the fact that this is watchable.
I’m afraid I don’t get the objections on ground of race – I would imagine being poor, black, and impoverished and the first in my sport in 1974 would be realistically unbelievably tough.
If you like your films to be about values – then is is definitely worth the view.
IMDb voters should be ashamed – this is not the worst film of all time by a long shot – or all our hearts dead?
Ignore the vote – and view with an open heart – we found it decent, inspiring, and all together a satisfying view.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min), 1 hr 44 min (104 min) (USA), 1 hr 44 min (104 min) (European Film Market) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama, Sport
Director Sunu Gonera
Writer Kevin Michael Smith, Michael Gozzard, J. Mills Goodloe
Actors Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise
Country Germany, United States
Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arriflex 435, Cooke S4 Lenses, Moviecam Compact, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Modern VideoFilm, Burbank (CA), USA (video dailies), Technicolor Digital Intermediates, Los Angeles (CA), USA (digital intermediate), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length (6 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI), D-Cinema