The Junction Boys 21 years old
Victory is the prize, Pain is the price.
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction. There, Bryant runs the equivalent of a POW camp, brutalizing an oversized, underdeveloped bunch of rowdy young men and tormenting those who seek medical attention for cracked spines and deadly heat exhaustion. Berenger delivers a warts-and-all performance as the vulgar, monstrous, yet much-respected Bryant, and the direction by seasoned television vet Mike Robe is brisk and almost explosively charged. Whatever one thinks of Bryant's punishing methods, the film does not flinch from telling its powerful tale. --Tom Keogh
Credits
The Junction Boys Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ryan Kwanten He was 26, now 47 years old | as Claude Gearheart |
| Ewen Leslie He was 22, now 44 years old | as Luke Mason |
| Tom Berenger He was 53, now 75 years old | as Paul 'Bear' Bryant |
| Nick Tate He was 60, now 82 years old | as Smokey Harper |
| Bernard Curry He was 28, now 50 years old | as Johnny Haynes |
| Ryan Johnson He was 18, now 39 years old | as Mike Hess |
| Fletcher Humphrys He was 26, now 48 years old | as Skeet Keeler |
The Junction Boys Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| John H. Williams as Producer. He was 49 (now 71) years old | Production |
| Sabrina Plisco as Editor. She was 40 (now 62) years old | Editing |
| Orly Adelson as Executive Producer. She was 45 (now 67) years old | Production |
| Jonathan Eskenas as Co-Producer. | Production |
| Steve Dorff as Music. He was 53 (now 75) years old | Sound |
| Mike Robe as Director. | Directing |
| Mike Robe as Writer. | Writing |
| Michael O. Gallant as Producer. | Production |
| Mark Shapiro as Executive Producer. He was 35 (now 57) years old | Production |
The Junction Boys (21 years)
Victory is the prize, Pain is the price.
- Release day: Saturday, December 14, 2002
- Runtime: 93 minutes