The 5th Quarter

Plot

Driven by the tragic and fatal car crash that took the life of his fifteen year old brother Luke, and wearing Luke's number 5 jersey, Jon Abbate helps to lead the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to the most successful season in school history.

Release Year: 2010

Rating: 5.0/10 (497 voted)

Director:
Rick Bieber

Stars: Andie MacDowell, Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn

Storyline
In February, 2006, young Luke Abbate accepted a ride home from a fellow student following his high-school team practice. In a severe case of irresponsible and reckless teen-age driving, and over the objections of Luke and the other young passengers, the driver lost control of the car at nearly 90 miles-per-hour, spinning off a narrow road and landing in an embankment some seventy feet below. Luke suffered irreparable brain damage, and died in the hospital two days later – just four days before his sixteenth birthday.

Cast:

Andie MacDowell
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Maryanne Abbate

Ryan Merriman
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Jon Abbate

Aidan Quinn
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Steven Abbate

Andrea Powell
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Bonnie

Anessa Ramsey
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Lynn Garber

Jillian Batherson
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Hailey Scott

Stefan Guy
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Luke Abbate

Bonnie Johnson
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Joan Kinsey

Michael Harding
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Coach Jim Grobe

Maureen Mountcastle
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Pam Steele

Patrick Stogner
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Henry

William Smith Yelton
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Brandon

Alexander Isaiah Thomas
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Lacrosse Player #11

R. Keith Harris
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Dr. Phillips

Kristen Nicole LaPrade
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Susie Simons

Taglines:
From the ashes of great tragedy can come great achievement.

Details

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Release Date: 25 March 2011

Filming Locations: Wake Forest University – 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $6,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $202,342
(USA)
(27 March 2011)
(123 Screens)

Gross: $399,611
(USA)
(10 April 2011)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Canada: 90 min

Quotes:

Josh Gattis:
Luke was with you today, I know he was

User Review

Tries to hit all the stereotypes and fails miserably

Rating: 2/10


This is an amateurish movie. This is a waste of a "based on a true
story" movie. -Acting is halfway decent and is not helped by the poor
dialogue. -The background music/song selection is incessantly annoying
because it feels over the top and forced. -Scenes jump all over the
place and lack cohesion. -Even the sports part is about as unexciting
as you can get. I mean how can you screw that up?

Basically it's a bad movie and this is coming from a guy whose a sucker
for this type of inspirational true story/sports genre.

So in closing, is this a half assed review? Yes it is, but you know
what, I felt compelled to tell the other side after reading the only
other review which is clearly biased.