About this title: Inspired by the true-life tale of a dedicated elementary-school teacher who inspired his inner-city students by teaching them the game of chess, Allen Hughes' uplifting made for television feature marks a noted departure from such previous efforts as From Hell and Menace II Society. Richard Mason (Ted Danson) was middle-aged and unemployed when he decided to take up teaching inner-city students, and though most of the kids in his classroom couldn't have cared less about their education in the beginning, something curious happened as time went on. Realizing that he wasn't getting very far with ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
UPC:783722273999
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Allumination
Date: 10/30/2007
UPC:783722273999
Description: Tom Slater (III), Brian Markinson, Michael Rawlins, Stephen Suckling, Ted Danson. New. 2005 Run time: 90. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: BRAND NEW. Middle-aged and recently unemployed, Richard Mason (Ted Danson) decides to return to his first love: teaching. He finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade. Richard discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students through the game of chess. Against all odds, he inspires his students to become champions, not only at chess, but in life. This heartwarming story based on true events co-stars Keke Palmer (Akeelah And The Bee) and Malcolm David Kelley (Lost). read more
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