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Golf is big in Texas - particularly high school golf. The new underdog drama topping the movie charts on Netflix, The Long Game, is an inspiring true story of five Mexican-American teenagers and their coaches in segregated south Texas who took on the racist and cultural appropriation of the 1950s and came out the other side as champions. Based on the 2010 novel Miracle Mustangs by Humberto G. Garcia, the film stars Jay Hernandez as Jb Pea, a man who refused to accept that he and his Latino students from San Felipe High School should be relegated to being caddies and refused admittance into the best country clubs in Southwest Texas. Julio Quintana directs an emotional story that co-stars Dennis Quaid as Frank Mitchell, the pro golfer who will bend over backward to see that Pena and his rag-tag group of young golfers get every opportunity to prove that they belong,...

The Long Game features a talented ensemble cast that brings the true story of the San Felipe Mustangs to life with award-worthy performances. The pacing and camaraderie between characters set The Long Game apart from typical sports movies, making it a standout in the genre. Critics have praised The Long Game for its positive reviews, largely attributing the success to the cast's performances and the engaging storyline.

Julio Quintanas sports drama, The Long Game, features an ensemble of talented actors. The sports movie, which is based on real-life events, recounts the true story behind the San Felipe Mustangs. The Long Game might follow the typical sports movie trope where the underdog ends up taking the prize, but the pacing and the camaraderie between its characters makes the movie stand out.

The Long Game has received positive reviews from critics and the cast is largely to thank for that. The Long Game...

Dennis Quaid shines in The Long Game, a true story about five Mexican-American friends defying discrimination to pursue golf success. The underdog tale of The Long Game resonates with viewers, highlighting the importance of rooting for those facing injustice. The wonderful cast brings depth and authenticity to the film, making it a captivating and heartwarming viewing experience.

Dennis Quaid, who has over 100 acting credits to his name and is best known for his role in The Day After Tomorrow or his appearance in Far From Heaven, is certainly no stranger to the industry. He continues to appear in various movies, but one of his recent successes is due to his portrayal of Frank Mitchell in the sports drama The Long Game. Despite the movie's captivating storyline and the fact that it is actually based on a true story, the reception upon its theatrical release could have been much better.

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The Long Game, Dennis Quaid's 2024 film, becomes a global Netflix hit, ranking sixth with four million views. Like The Hill, The Long Game flew under the radar in theaters but found success on Netflix. Quaid's history of sports movies includes hits like The Rookie, hinting at more to come.

The Long Game, Dennis Quaid's 2024 film that flew under the radar, becomes a global Netflix hit. The Long Game tells the true story of the San Felipe Mustangs, a group of five Mexican-American caddies from Del Rio, Texas who, rejected from a local all-white country club, overcame immense prejudice to become the Texas state golf champions in 1957. Quaid plays Frank Mitchell, a member of the exclusionary golf club, alongside a cast that also includes Jay Hernandez, Julian Works, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, Oscar Nuez, Paulina Chvez, Gregory Diaz IV, Jos Julin, and Cheech Marin.

Now, shortly after its streaming debut,...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for The Long Game.

The Long Game highlights Mexican-American discrimination in the 1950s through golf, with an inspiring true story of overcoming obstacles. The film features a diverse cast and an uplifting storyline, emphasizing the importance of racial equality both in the past and present. Jb's rules for the Mustangs create a complex dynamic, reflecting the struggle of fitting in versus staying true to oneself.

The Long Game tells the story of the San Felipe High School golf team who overcame all obstacles, including discrimination, to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship in a happy, emotional ending. The Long Game is based on the true story of the San Felipe Mustangs, who still hold important high school golf records over 65 years later. The movie is an adaptation of Humberto G. Garcias 2010 novel Mustang Miracle, featuring an inspiring story with deeper meanings that make...

The Long Game released April 12, 2024.

Dennis Quaid is a man I grew up with. As a child I watched his films on repeat with a select few being near weekly viewings. In a way, he was my unconventional babysitter. Through Jaws 3D, Inner Space, Enemy Mine and Dragonheart I was whisked away to magical lands and instilled with a lifelong fear of sharks that haunts me to this day. So, when I was given the opportunity to speak with him about the positively charming The Long Game, I jumped at the chance.

Based on the novel Mustang Miracle, the film tells the true story of the San Filipe Mustangs. They were a group of Mexican-American teenagers in the 1950’s who stood up to racism through their love for the sport of Golf. Dennis Quaid plays the team’s coach, Frank Mitchell. You can check out my review of the film here.

When filming The Long Game, major golf enthusiast Dennis Quaid learned something about making a golf movie the the hard way.

“You don’t get to play that much golf at all,” Quaid tells Den of Geek during a visit to our 2023 SXSW studio.

Directed by Julio Quintana, The Long Game is based on the 2012 book Mustang Miracle by Humberto Garcia. Both the book and now the film recount the real life story of the 1955-1957 San Felipe High School Mustangs golf team in Del Rio, Texas, which made up exclusively of Mexican-American players – a first for the sport.

In a time where golf reserved for wealthy and connected white men, five young Mexican-American caddies broke major cultural barriers by assembling a team to compete against (and ultimately defeat) their white peers. Jay Hernandez (Magnum P.I.) stars as the team’s teach and coach Jb Peña and Quaid as...

The Long Game documentary follows the true-life story of five teenage Mexican-American caddies who wanted to learn how to play golf. They created their own golf course in the South Texas desert and, without formal training, managed to compete and win against wealthy teams in the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship. In the film, Dennis Quaid plays Frank Mitchell, the boy’s assistant coach.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Jaina Lee Ortiz discussed the message of the film.

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“The message would be to walk away feeling inspired and motivated and to always remember to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in and to stand up for what’s right when you are faced with adversity and discrimination,” she said. “Like it’s 2022 but we love I love that...

The Long Game documentary follows the true-life story of five teenage Mexican-American caddies who wanted to learn how to play golf. They created their own golf course in the South Texas desert and, without formal training, managed to compete and win against wealthy teams in the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.

Dennis Quaid plays Frank Mitchell, the boy’s assistant coach, in the film.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the South By Southwest premiere of the film in Austin, Texas, Paulina Chávez discussed her favorite scene.

“Oh my goodness, ok so there’s a scene where we go to like water towers and that was so much fun,” she said. “It was so high but the view is so beautiful and it was just great and we had stunt doubles and we had people with harnesses having us walk on the things and everybody was so nervous but I had a blast.

The Long Game documentary follows the true-life story of five teenage Mexican-American caddies who wanted to learn how to play golf. They created their own golf course in the South Texas desert and, without formal training, managed to compete and win against wealthy teams in the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.

Dennis Quaid plays Frank Mitchell, the boy’s assistant coach, in the film.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the South By Southwest premiere of the film in Austin, Texas, Quaid revealed what it’s like working on a golfing movie as a golfer.

“I was just really enjoying being on the golf course every day because I play golf,” he began. “But what I’ve found out, is you really don’t get to play much golf when you’re doing a golf movie. I play only once a day. But even for anybody who doesn’t play golf,...

Set in 1956 and ’57, The Long Game abounds in spectacular vintage cars, pristine and gleaming and a signal of the tidy shape of the movie’s narrative. That’s not to say there are no ups and downs, no setbacks and reversals in the drama that unfolds, but director Julio Quintana (The Vessel) has tailored it to reassure, using gentle comic strokes and zingy visuals to explore a true story of sports underdogs and their triumph against bigotry. Jay Hernandez provides the grounded enthusiasm as a high school administrator with a passion for golf and a vision of better things for Mexican Americans like him and his students. Together, he and his coltish team, dubbed the Mustangs, take on the country-club set, with Dennis Quaid providing effortless old-timer charm as a key ally and Cheech Marin on hand as a wiseass Yoda.

Hernandez plays Jb Peña, a veteran of World War II who,...

Shirley Mitchell, who played Lucy Ricardo’s friend Marion Strong on the classic CBS sitcom I Love Lucy, died Monday. She was 94. Remembered as Lucy’s friend with the funny laugh, Mitchell appeared in three episodes of I Love Lucy after joining the cast in 1953. She was believed to be the last recurring adult cast member following the deaths of Doris Singleton in 2012 and Peggy Rea in 2011. Mitchell appeared on numerous TV shows in the 1950s and ’60s including Bachelor Father starring John Forsythe, Please Don’t Eat The Daisies as neighbor Marge Thornton, Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies. She also appeared as Clara Appleby, the wife of henpecked husband George Appleby (Red Skelton) on The Red Skelton Hour. In 1972, she voiced Laurie Holiday on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series The Roman Holidays and last year voiced Betty White in Betty White & The Huntsman. On the film side, Mitchell appeared...

Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (photo: Madeleine Carroll and Jeanne Crain in ‘The Fan’) (See also: "Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.") Unlike her characters in Margie, Home in Indiana, State Fair, Centennial Summer, The Fan, and Cheaper by the Dozen (and its sequel, Belles on Their Toes), or even in the more complex A Letter to Three Wives and People Will Talk, Jeanne Crain didn’t find a romantic Happy Ending in real life. In the mid-’50s, Crain accused her husband, former minor actor Paul Brooks aka Paul Brinkman, of infidelity, of living off her earnings, and of brutally beating her. The couple reportedly were never divorced because of their Catholic faith. (And at least in the ’60s, unlike the humanistic, progressive-thinking Margie, Crain was a “conservative” Republican who supported Richard Nixon.) In the early ’90s, she lost two of her...

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There was a time when superheroes were not very popular. They were not grossing $1 billion at the worldwide box office. They were not inspiring Pulitzer Prize-winning novels. They were not getting attention for their sexual orientation. In the late ’90s, following the catastrophic burst of the comic book bubble, the whole industry that created superheroes seemed to be flailing towards extinction.

But in the last decade, costumed crimefighters haven’t just become popular again. They have colonized the mainstream. Once pure geek fodder, the tropes of superherodom — the origin story, the superpowers, the costume(s), the various conflicting interpretations — have...