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Movie Info
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Director -
Peter Berg -
Screenwriter -
Buzz Bissinger , David Aaron Cohen -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Imagine Entertainment -
Rating -
PG-13 (Rough Sports Action|Language|Sexual Content|Some Teen Drinking|Thematic Issues) -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 8, 2004, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Feb 12, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$61.2M -
Runtime -
1h 57m -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby SRD , DTS , Surround
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