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When veteran basketball actor Ken Reeves sustains a career-ending injury, he accepts a pursuit as basketball manager during a Los Angeles inner-city high school. Now, in his second year during Carver High, he realizes he's spin some-more than only a basketball coach. He's a chairman his players can spin to when things go wrong during home, or when things get tough out on a street. Clashes still arise highlighting a differences between a universe Coach Reeves knows and a tough neighborhoods where his players live, though eventually a bond between manager and actor is strengthened—and a daily hardships they face spin a loyal training knowledge for all.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #56967 in DVD
- Brand: Team Marketing
- Released on: 2006-03-21
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 4
- Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, Spanish
- Dubbed in: English
- Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .54 pounds
- Running time: 1173 minutes
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16 of 18 people found a following examination helpful.
More "Fast Times At Carver High"
By Eric Pregosin
Ken Reeves (Ken Howard) and a basketball group of Carver High School returned for a second deteriorate of antics on and off a court. In this season, a lot some-more personal issues were dealt with, such as Gomez traffic with a father who when he wasn't gambling was physically abusing his family, Thorpe traffic with VD since he and Coolidge were both physically concerned with a same girl, and Jackson training his forsaken out ex partner became a prostitute. The array reaches a consummate in a finish as several group members are about to connoisseur only after winning a city championship, one will not live to see his top and robe (I'll be good and not give any some-more away). A few changes were finished to a cast, Ken's sister and hermit in law, a Donahues were solemnly altered on. Russell Phillip Robinson assimilated adult as group apparatus manager Phil Jeffers, and John Mengatti in a occasional purpose of Salami's (Tim Van Patten) cousin from New York (and new player) Nick Vitaglia (he will join a opening credits in a final deteriorate that will hopefully be out shortly after this one). As we pronounced before in my examination of deteriorate 1, this was a array we grew adult with during Junior High (and it helped ready me for a life of a high propagandize kid). we am looking brazen for this set (and when it comes out deteriorate 3 as well) to arrive in my DVD library.:-)
9 of 10 people found a following examination helpful.
I'll Overlook a Cover. The Shows More Than Make Up For It!
By K. Palmer
I desired The White Shadow when it had a TV run when we was a teen in a late 70s. The storylines were flattering engaging and a cast, that contained a brew of decent actors (Thomas Carter as Hayward, Kevin Hooks as Thorpe, Ken Howard as Reeves) and lousy actors (pretty many everybody else) though nonetheless had good chemistry together. That's substantially because people are so dissapoint over a use of a 3rd deteriorate expel as a cover of a 2nd deteriorate discs. The expel from Seasons 1 and 2 are a one that fans remember a most. The Season 3 expel finished adult bringing a uncover down in a outrageous hurry.
But I'll disremember this outrageous mistake as we trust these 24 episodes from Season 2 were some riveting television. we watched all a episodes in reduction than a week (if we didn't have a job, we would have substantially finished it in about 2 to 3 days). There was frequency a clunker in a bunch. Personal favorites are a episodes where Hayward considers avenging a genocide of a cousin from a drug overdose, a part where Salami was seduced by his clergyman (which seems forward of a time deliberation there are a lot some-more stories about this function currently than approach behind when this uncover came out) and a genocide of Curtis Jackson during a teams prep for a city championship.
The humorous thing about examination these episodes in a brief volume of time is how out of method things are. For example, in a initial part of Season 2 we see a new impression "New York" Vitalgia in diversion movement with Coach Reeves yelling during him. A few episodes later, Salami introduces "New York" Vitalgia to Coach Reeves and asks him if he can try out for a team. A integrate of episodes after Reeves asks Vitalgia how he pronounces his name. Plus it seemed like Carver played "South" about 4 or 5 times that season.
Extras on a DVD set are a brief documentary on Bruce Paltrow, a creator of a uncover (yes, he was Gwynneth's dad), another documentary on how 3 of a players (Thomas Carter, Kevin Hooks and Tim Van Patten) have turn reputable directors. Also, many of a players contribue a fun explanation on a part with a Globetrotters (they give a good reverence to Nathan Cook, who played Milton Reese, who upheld divided roughly 20 years ago).
I know a lot of folks are going to contend they won't buy Season 3 when it comes out on DVD, though it looks like there is going to be a good documentary on a array in this set (according to a preview of it on a disc). My theory is a DVD producers know it substantially won't sell good of a possess accord, so they need to supplement a sweetener. I'll be shopping it.
2 of 2 people found a following examination helpful.
This Season Improves Upon The First .....
By Edward A. Egins
Another propagandize year during Carver High and while some things have altered many has remained a same. The early episodes of this deteriorate still has Coach Reeves attempting to win a finish trust of his players. However, outward forces, such as an ill-natured and wronged black student,attempt to harm a players-coach relationship. Another glorious part is when a new actor unexpected dies during use shortly after creation a team. These are only a integrate of examples of how The White Shadow was forward of a time when it came to radio series' about high school. The immature era might consider this uncover is antiquated though if we grew adult examination this uncover as we did, you'll conclude and reminisce.
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