12 Mighty Orphans
"Based on the true story of the team that inspired a nation."
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Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
🎬 DirectorTy Roberts
📅 Release2021-06-18
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioGreenbelt Films, Santa Rita Film Co., Sony Pictures Classics
🗳 Votes248
🔥 Popularity2
💵 Revenue$3,615,193
🎭 Cast
Luke Wilson
Rusty Russell
Vinessa Shaw
Juanita Russell
Wayne Knight
Frank Wynn
Martin Sheen
Doc Hall
Jake Austin Walker
Hardy Brown
Scott Haze
Rodney Kidd
Levi Dylan
Fairbanks
Jacob Lofland
Snoggs
Rooster McConaughey
Pop Boone
King Orba
Remmert
Treat Williams
Amon Carter
Larry Pine
President Roosevelt
Lillie Fink
Betty
Josie Fink
Betty
Slade Monroe
Wheatie
🎥 Crew
Director of Photography
David McFarland
Screenplay
Kevin Meyer
Executive Producer
Ekaterina Baker
Executive Producer
Matt Barr
Line Producer
Dominic Cancilla
Co-Producer
Anne Fleitas
Co-Producer
Lane Garrison
Executive Producer
Ryan R. Johnson
Producer
Ty Roberts
Executive Producer
Ryan Ross
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🏷 Keywords
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💬 Reviews
Luke Wilson is quite effective here as a football coach (Rusty) who, with his teacher wife (Juanita) and his daughter arrive at a run down orphanage, home to 150 children of all ages abandoned by their parents in the midst of the Great Depression. Pretty quickly, they get the general idea that those in the establishment are considered more like the inmates of a prison, and those running it are at …
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