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Watch: Woodlawn 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – When Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Alabama is controversially desegregated in 1973, Tony Nathan, a gifted black high school football player, joins the school’s predominantly white football team along with several other black players. The coach, Tandy Gerelds, tells the team to use their shared anger to unite them, but black and white players clash on and off the field. After a riot at the school, Gerelds consents to allowing traveling sports chaplain Hank Erwin to speak to the team as a “motivational speaker”. Hank’s speech moves nearly the entire team to accept Hank’s invitation to commit their lives to Jesus Christ, and join together in prayer. Gerelds does not accept the invitation, and is unsure what to make of the event…
Plot: Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 7,375
	73% | RottenTomatoes
	57/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 159 Popularity: 27.539 | TMDB

Reviews:

Speed Review
Woodlawn is easily the best faith-based film I’ve ever seen (one not based on a bible story, that is). The film details the true story of the Woodlawn High School football team in 1973 Birmingham, Alabama, the year the school integrated, and how this team helped bring the whole school together by all of the players accepting Christ. This is a story that could have easily been ham-fisted, but the Erwin Brothers (the directors of the film) manage to keep the film from ever being too sappy or preachy. All of the preaching of the film comes naturally from the characters and who they are, which is a problem with most faith-based films. Characters will often transform into philosophical sages when the filmmakers feel it is time to preach, and I think that just comes across as cheesy and not authentic to non-believers and some believers. Luckily, Woodlawn avoids that pitfall in its script, which could have been a little stronger in some areas (in particular in character depth and their motivations), but unlike most faith-based films, the good outweighs the bad here. Featuring some truly moving moments and a slew of well-realized football sequences, Woodlawn is a faith- based film I actually want to recommend.

I give Woodlawn an 8 out of 10!

Faith and football co-exist. See what happens when God shows up!!
WOODLAWN is a fact and faith based drama directed by Andrew and Jon Erwin. Jon helps co-write this narrative of a struggling high school coach Tandy Gerelds(Nic Nishop)as he tries with all his resources to bring a newly integrated football team together. Birmingham, Alabama in the early 1970’s is suffering racial tension and strife weighing heavily on a football team yearning for a championship and a school just trying not to be dismantled for good.

Coach Gerelds is asked by a motivating sports chaplain Hank(Sean Astin)for permission to talk to the entire team with a radical idea; a ten minute talk became a two hour session that had the majority of the team give themselves over to the word of Christ. Challenges are being met and racial tensions on the team tone down with the team actually becoming winners. One player in particular, running back Tony Nathan(Caleb Castille), becomes confident that God has a special plan for him. The team becomes explosive with Nathan’s playing exploits which are noticed by Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant(Jon Voight).

Christianity will play a major role in this story as the team begins to succeed and racial barriers are broken down; that in turn helps Gereld’s struggle with the secular school board. Tony’s star will shine brighter and brighter. To be exact, Nathan ended up playing for Coach Bryant at Alabama.

Real nice hard hitting football action along with a decent soundtrack featuring “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan and “Jesus Is Just Alright” by the Doobie Brothers.

Also in the cast: C. Thomas Howell, Richard Kohnke, Blake Burgess, Kelly Grayson, Harry Alexander, Joy Brunson and Stephen Chester Prince.

NOTE: Tony Nathan would go from playing four years for the Tide to the NFL Miami Dolphins from 1979 to 1987. He would establish himself an allusive running back and pass receiver.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 3 min (123 min)
Budget 12000000
Revenue 14394097
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Writer Jon Erwin, Todd Gerelds, Quinton Peeples
Actors Caleb Castille, Sean Astin, Jon Voight
Country United States
Awards 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera RED DRAGON
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW (6K)
Cinematographic Process (anamorphic) (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format N/A