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Article: 'Mr. Blockbuster': No New Kid on the Block; And now, wide-screen wizard Jerry Bruckheimer's expanded to the small screen, too
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- Jewish Exponent
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- January 12, 2006
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Elkin, Michael
Jewish Exponent
01-12-2006
ON THE SCENE
It's been an amazing race down "Glory Road" for mega-successful producer
Jerry Bruckheimer.
The man whose "Amazing Race" has captured TV's Emmy Award for reality
series three years running hurdles hits as if he were born with flubber in
his shoes.
"Glory Road," he hopes, is more than the street where he lives; this
Rocky-Goes-for-the-Rebound basketball adventure is the latest addition to a
rsum that scores nothing but net.
And the net profits aren't too bad either.
Opening on Jan. 13, "Glory Road" is based on a true story about basketball
coach Don Haskins and the all-black team he brought to a rainbow
razzle-dazzle championship in college ball ...