The Challenge

This article covers the US sports film from 1993. For the US feature film from 2003 see The Challenge , for other films with the title component The Challenge see The Challenge (disambiguation) .

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Movie
German title	The Challenge
Original title	The Program
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1993
length	114 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	David S. Ward
script	Aaron Latham , David S. Ward
production	Samuel Goldwyn Junior
music	Michel Colombier
camera	Victor Hammer
cut	Kimberly Ray , Paul Seydor
occupation
James Caan : Sam Winters Halle Berry : Autumn Haley Omar Epps : Darnell Jefferson Craig Sheffer : Joe Kane Kristy Swanson : Camille Shafer Abraham Benrubi : Bud-Lite Kaminski Duane Davis : Alvin Mack Jon Pennell : Bobby Collins Joey Lauren Adams : Louanne

The Challenge (Original title: The Program ) is an American sports film from 1993 . Directed by David S. Ward , who co- wrote the script with Aaron Latham .

action

Sam Winters coaches an Eastern State University football team that has failed in recent years . His quarterback Joe Kane, son of an alcoholic, has a drinking problem himself. Kane's girlfriend Camille Shafer doubts whether she should continue the relationship. The team includes Alvin Mack, who unsettles the opposing players by making up stories about the sexual life of their loved ones.

The team is expanded to include Darnell Jefferson, who falls in love with the student Autumn Haley. In the end, the team wins an important game.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on September 24, 1993 that the film both celebrated and attacked college sports. Some characters - like that of Sam Winters - are "thin" and barely profound.

Cinema magazine wrote that the film was "full of clichés and stories" . The viewer would be "bored until the obligatory victory (...): drugs, corruption, love, father-son problems and much more" .

The lexicon of international films said: “Problem-laden, clichéd sports film, whose superficial script and banal dialogues give the characters no contours. Because the rules of the game remain incomprehensible for the uninitiated and the foreseeable plot offers no surprises, there is no tension. "

backgrounds

The film was u. a. on the site of Duke University in Durham ( North Carolina ) and on the grounds of the University of South Carolina in Columbia ( South Carolina turned). It grossed approximately $ 23 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• The Challenge - The challenge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Challenge - The Challenge at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• The Challenge - The challenge in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed January 6, 2008
2. ↑ Cinema, accessed January 6, 2008
3. ↑ The Challenge. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
4. ^ Filming locations for The Program, accessed January 6, 2008
5. ^ Box office / business for The Program, accessed January 6, 2008