Rebound (film)

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Rebound

Directed by	Steve Carr
Produced by	Robert Simonds
Written by	Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Starring	Martin Lawrence, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Breckin Meyer
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 1, 2005 (USA)
Running time	103 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Rebound (2005) is a comedy starring Martin Lawrence. The film was directed by Steve Carr who has directed several other films including for Next Friday, Dr. Dolittle 2, and Daddy Day Care. In addition to Lawrence, Rebound also has an additional cast of Breckin Meyer, Horatio Sanz and others.

The film was released in July 2005 and was savaged by critics and audience members alike. It made just over $6 million in revenue after its opening weekend and went on to gross only $16 million at the U.S. box office. This makes it Martin Lawrence's poorest performing film to date, in terms of revenue made.

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Coach Roy McCormick (Lawrence) was once college basketball's top mastermind. His attention began to turn on what endorsement contracts he could secure instead of actually coaching his team. Also, Coach McCormick has a quick temper. He lets his temper get the best of him in most situations, and after accidentally killing an opposing teams mascot during a game, he is banned from coaching college basketball (again) until he can show that he can control his anger.

McCormick waits for a coaching position, yet nobody calls. Eventually he receives only one offer: the Mount Vernon Junior High School is looking for somebody to coach their basketball team, the Smelters. Roy reluctantly accepts the offer, hoping that a few weeks at the school will prove his good intentions and restore him to his high-living ways as a celebrated college coach. As McCormick begins coaching the squad, he gets into a situation that he has never been in before and doesn't know what happened to him. He eventually starts teaching the concepts of basketball to his new team. With the teaching and learning done between the two, the Smelters eventually start having success. The success leads Coach McCormick to find what he has been missing all this time, not a big coaching gig, not a high-dollar endorsement, but his simple love of the game.

Tagline

A comedy where old school ...meets middle school

[edit] Cast

Martin Lawrence as Roy McCormick/Preacher Don
Wendy Raquel Robinson as Jeanie Ellis
Breckin Meyer as Tim Fink
Horatio Sanz as Mr. Newirth
Oren Williams as Keith Ellis
Patrick Warburton as Larry Burgess
Megan Mullally as Principal Walsh
Eddy Martin as One Love
Steven Christopher Parker as Wes (Steven C. Parker)
Steven Anthony Lawrence as Ralph
Logan McElroy as Fuzzy
Gus Hoffman as Goggles
Tara Correa-McMullen as Big Mac (Tara Correa)
Amy Bruckner as Annie
Beau Billingslea as NCBA Board Member
Alia Shawkat as Amy
Cole Evan Weiss as Opposing Player #2
Cody Linley as Quinn

[edit] Trivia

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The working title for this movie was Rage Control.

The film was shot entirely in California, even though it was based in Ohio. It was shot primarily in Los Angeles with filming also occurring at 20th Century Fox studios as well. The gym scenes were shot at Eliot Middle School in Pasadena.

Tara Correa-McMullen, who played the role of Big Mac in this film, was tragically killed in what is believed to be a gang shooting. She sustained several gunshot wounds and was killed on October 21, 2005 at an apartment complex in Inglewood, California. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.