The Junction Boys 22 years old

Victory is the prize, Pain is the price.

The Junction Boys

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 48 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 40 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 63) 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
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The Junction Boys (22 years)

Victory is the prize, Pain is the price.

  • Release day: Saturday, December 14, 2002
  • Runtime: 93 minutes