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The Mighty Macs

The Mighty Macs

2009Movie⏱️ 1h 39mG
DramaSport
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,996 votes

In the early '70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach of a tiny girls' Catholic college that has no gym and is in danger of being sold, and she determines to steer her team to their first national championship.

Director
Tim Chambers
Writers
Tim Chambers, Anthony Gargano
Stars
Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn
Release Date
October 21, 2011
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
📋 3.0K
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🎭 Top Cast

Carla Gugino
Carla Gugino
as Cathy Rush
Marley Shelton
Marley Shelton
as Sister Sunday
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
as Mother St. John
David Boreanaz
David Boreanaz
as Ed Rush
👤
Katie Hayek
as Trish Sharkey
Kim Blair
Kim Blair
as Lizanne Caufield
👤
Meghan Sabia
as Jen Galentino
Margaret Anne Florence
Margaret Anne Florence
as Rosemary Keenan
Kate Nowlin
Kate Nowlin
as Colleen McCann
👤
Taylor Steel
as Mimi Malone

💰 Box Office

$1,891,936
Worldwide Gross
$1,891,936
Domestic Gross
$963,221
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Immaculata University, Immaculata, Pennsylvania, USA
Production
Quaker Media

🏷️ Keywords

young womanchallengefriendshipfriendship between womencoach

🎯 Categories

BasketballDramaSport

⭐ Featured Review

Really nice inspirational basketball movie which tells a true story.
by TxMike2012-05-12

"First let me confess, I fell in love with Carla Gugino in the first 'Spy Kids' movie. She is absolutely beautiful and she can act, too! Here she is Cathy Rush , only 23 and just married. Her husband is an NBA referee thus travels a lot. Cathy had played some basketball but no coaching experience. To give her something to do, rather than just stay home when her husband was on the road, she applied for the girls basketball coaching job at a small Catholic girls college in the Philadelphia area. This is the true story of how she took this rag-tag bunch of girls, taught them principles ..."

💡 Did You Know?

During the Cathedral scene, when Kathy comes in late and passes the recruiting poster down the row, all the nuns passing the poster are members of the 1972 Immaculata Championship team.

📖 Synopsis

In the early '70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach of a tiny girls' Catholic college that has no gym and is in danger of being sold, and she determines to steer her team to their first national championship.