A Season on the Brink

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A Season on the Brink

R

2002

1h 36m

Drama

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Bobby Knight (Brian Dennehy) causes controversy as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers college basketball team.

Phil Gallo

Variety

Hoosier coach Knight's media profile has been so high for so long, his portrait is complete; Season on the Brink fails to build on that media-created persona.

Mar 3, 2019

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Howard Rosenberg

Los Angeles Times

A Season on the Brink is a movie on the brink, as it ploddingly follows Knight and his Hoosiers during the 1985-86 season.

Jan 24, 2018

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John A. Nesbit

ToxicUniverse.com

Feinstein's source book provides sufficient detail to humanize the controversial coach and explain his philosophy, but ESPN goes for the cheap shot instead and doesn't even reach the rim.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 13, 2002

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Audience Member

Overly dramatic representation of an already overly dramatic man.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Overly dramatic representation of an already overly dramatic man.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Dennehy plays Bobby Knight.. I think he does a great job portraying him. Watch the R rated version.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Not a bad film, it was good. I only watched it to see James Lafferty from One Tree Hill, but the film itself ended up being worth watching too, and not just for James.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

I remember when this came on ESPN. It was the beginning of their string of terrible "original movies" series. There wasn't a whole lot to it except for a lot of cursing and yelling.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Dennehy's portrayal is spot-on!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Robert Mandel

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Brian Dennehy

Bobby Knight

Duane Murray

Kohn Smith

Benz Antoine

Joby Wright

Gary Hudson

Ron Felling

Dan Becker

Dan Dakich

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Synopsis

Bobby Knight (Brian Dennehy) causes controversy as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers college basketball team.

Director: Robert Mandel
Producer: David W. Rintels, Lewin Webb
Screenwriter: David W. Rintels
Rating: R, TV-MA (L)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Dec 3, 2002
Runtime: 1h 36m