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Join an All-Star cast in this Telly Award-winning and overwhelmingly acclaimed documentary of the man who led The University of Texas Longhorns to three National Championships and continues to remain the state's most legendary football coach -- Darrell Royal!

Narrated by Matthew McConaughey. Hosted by Cactus Pryor. Told by Coach Royal and his long-time friends...including Willie Nelson, Earl Campbell, George W. Bush, Larry Gatlin, Keith Jackson, Ed Marinaro and many more.

  • Winner, 1999 Telly Award for Best Sports Documentary.
  • Winner, 2000 Communicator Award of Excellence.
  • Winner, HBO/Peabody Grant Award.

    Produced by none other than Richard Hull of SportsHollywood.com!

    Currently airing on PBS, DirecTV's new College Sports Television Network (CSTV) and Fox Sports Net. Videos of the award-winning documentary can be purchased at www.texassports.com, www.amazon.com or by calling 888-497-9898 (or click on Parker, below).

    A portion of the proceeds from each tape will establish the University's Coach Mike Campbell Scholarship Fund.


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    "A must-see!"
    --Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

    "Inspiring!"
    --Matthew McConaughey

    "If you're a sports fan and you don't own 'The Story of Darrell Royal'...then you're not really a sports fan."
    -- Bill Schoening, KVET Radio, Austin

    "This is perhaps the most touching, heart-felt and well-done story ever told from the ranks of national college football."
    --Norm Hitzges, KLIF Radio, Dallas

    "I thought it was great!"
    --Earl Campbell

    "UT football faithful are apt to feel as many chills as when 'The Eyes of Texas' is played...and best of all, the documentary gets to the good stuff in less than one-third the time it takes to sink the Titanic."
    -- John Anders, Dallas Morning News

    "Boy, was this a good one!"
    --Gil Brandt, Former Vice President, Dallas Cowboys, KLIF Radio, Dallas

    MORNING BRIEFING

    He Gave Reporters the Royal Treatment

    By Larry Stewart, L.A. Times Staff Writer

    Usually when one thinks of quotable football coaches, Lou Holtz or the late John McKay come to mind. Former Texas coach Darrell Royal ranks high as well. Here are some examples of "Royalisms" from a TV show and videotape, "The Story of Darrell Royal," narrated by Matthew McConaughey and produced by Richard Hull:

    • "We're gonna dance with who brung us," after a reporter suggested that Royal make some changes on offense.
    • "The sun don't shine on the same dog's rear end every day."
    • "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
    • "The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose is in your hearts."
    • "There's a heckuva fight going on out there in the Cotton Bowl, boys. Why don't you get in on it?" (From halftime speech when Texas trailed Oklahoma at halftime, 7-0. The Longhorns rallied to win, 9-7.)

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    Betty at the Aeon Flux premiere.

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    MOVIES FOR BASEBALL SEASON

    Field of Dreams: Buy the movie that started all the bitter rage, envy, and jealousy detailed on this web site. The DVD contains a documentary that details ongoing saga of the ballpark set that is the tourist attraction today. Starring Kevin Costner and our favorite actors, Steve Eastin, Michael Milhoan and Art LaFleur. If you've seen the film, buy the book: Shoeless Joe.

    Bull Durham is about minor league baseball, romance, sex, poetry, and metaphysics--though not necessarily in that order. Susan Sarandon plays a loopy lady who just loves America's national pastime, and the men who play it. At the opening of every season, she attaches herself to a promising rookie and guides him through the season. Unfortunately, the player she bestows her favors upon does not really deserve it. She knows it, and veteran Kevin Costner knows it. Her choice, "Nuke" (Tim Robbins), is the only one who doesn't know it. The film is written and directed by Ron Shelton, a former minor league player, who based the Nuke character on his old teammate, Steve Dalkowski.

    The Natural: Baseball as Arthurian Legend, mixing the Knights of the Round Table with anecdotal baseball lore and urban legend... and somehow it works!!! Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anybody's ever seen -- although the right people haven't seen him yet. On his way to the majors, he is cut down by a mysterious black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes. Finally, he reemerges sixteen years later, and lands a spot with the New York Knights team (get it?) and begins tearing up the league with his Excalibur-like bat. Based on the Bernard Malamud novel. Barry Levinson directs. But the best thing about this movie is the amazing musical score by Randy Newman.

    Come on -- admit it -- you liked it!!!

    Pride of the Yankees: Producer Samuel Goldwyn's Hollywood epic starred Hollywood Stars owner Gary Cooper as New York Yankee legend Lou Gehrig, whose career was cut short by disease. Sam Wood directed, from a script by Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane). It's a touching story of Gehrig's love of baseball from childhood, his friendship with Babe Ruth (who plays himself in the film), his marriage, career triumphs, and eventual resignation from the game. Teresa Wright is wonderful as Gehrig's supportive wife. Cooper's heartbreaking re-creation of Gehrig's farewell speech to Yankee fans is a magnificent moment. ("People all say that I've had a bad break. But today...today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.") At Academy Award time, the film received 11 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Cooper), and Best Actress (Wright), but would only win for Best Editing (Daniel Mandell). Shot at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. NOTE: Avoid colorized versions!!!


    Baseball
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