Against the Grain (1993)
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Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.
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John TerryEd Clemons
Donna BullockMaggie Clemons
Ben AffleckJoe Willie Clemons
Vanessa EviganJenny Clemons
Stephen TobolowskyNiles Hardeman
Shiri ApplebyClaire
Wayne KnightFroggy Wilson
Julia ArkosWanda
Jon ClairClint Mays
Kimberly CullumTanyaLindsey FieldsThelma
Candace HutsonFayeMovie DNA
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What is Against the Grain about?
Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.
How long is Against the Grain?
Against the Grain has a runtime of 45 minutes.