A Season on the Brink (2002)

Directed by

Robert Mandel

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical television film about the 1985-86 season of the Indiana University men's basketball team. It focuses on the team's relationship with their intense coach Bobby Knight during a turbulent year.

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What happens

A Season on the Brink is a 2002 made-for-television sport drama film directed by Robert Mandel. Based on a book by John Feinstein entitled A Season on the Brink which detailed the turbulent 1985–86 season of Indiana University's men's basketball team, led by coach Bobby Knight, the film became the first ESPN television film, premiering on March 10, 2002. The production was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The premiere of the movie was simulcast on ESPN with the unexpurgated version and ESPN2 with all profanities censored. Future airings were of the uncensored version. The movie was also released on DVD in late 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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