Carter High

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Movie Info

The 1988 CARTER HIGH Cowboys were noted as being the best High School football team in Texas High School football history. They had it all but the team was met with a concerted effort by media and powerful Texas high school athletics alliances off the field, in an attempt to disrupt their season. Through it all, the Cowboys managed to overcome all the adversity and win the Texas State Championship. But it's what happened after the season that would rock the sports world. Nine of the record eighteen Division 1 scholarship players would commit a string of robberies that led one judge to say, "they committed more robberies than Bonnie and Clyde". Prior to their freshmen collegiate seasons the players were caught.

Rating:

PG-13 (for thematic elements, some strong language and suggestive material)
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Arthur Muhammad
Written By:

Arthur Muhammad
In Theaters:

Oct 30, 2015 limited
Box Office:

$146,040
Runtime:

110 minutes
Studio:

Play Now Enterprise

Cast

Charles S. Dutton
as Coach James

David Banner
as Royce West

Pooch Hall
as Coach Vonner

Reggie Hayes
as Mr. Russeau

Vivica A. Fox
as Mrs. James

Sheril Rodgers
as Court Reporter

LeeAnne Locken
as Anchor #2

Robert Hayes
as Gary

Aundre Dean
as Derric

Nicole Holt
as Lady in Taco Bueno

Lynn Andrews III
as Keith

John Alan Nelson
as College Football Recruiter

Craig Cole
as Robert

Larry Jack Dotson
as Judge Kendall

Marcus M. Mauldin
as Officer Benson

Aaron Maynard
as Student Football Player

Josh Durham
as Dan Henderson

Brandon Winnfield
as Big Rob/exausted lineman

Michael W. Green
as Mr. Edwards

Kerry McCormick
as Mrs. Armstead

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Critic Reviews for Carter High

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)

It's a narrative ready-made for the big screen -- the flipside to the feel-good story that was Friday Night Lights, in which the Carter Cowboys played a major role as the big-city villains who wrested away Odessa Permian's rightful title.

Oct 29, 2015 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Robert Wilonsky
Dallas Morning News
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Football tale preaches personal responsibility; some cursing.

Jan 10, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Brian Costello
Common Sense Media