Jac Flanders Movies
- 2002
Originally slated to debut on December 8, 2001, under the title Ultimate Reality, this weekly A&E extreme re-creation series was cancelled in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster of September 11. Finally premiering on July 6, 2002, the newly christened Dream Chasers followed various young and good-looking adventure seekers as they endeavored to fulfill their wildest dreams in an exciting and sometimes dangerous fashion. The first episode set the tone by showing a courageous young man leaping off a Norwegian fjord, then clambering up a Los Angeles skyscraper. The titular Dream Chasers were selected from various entries sent to A&E's website, with ten lucky finalists carrying most of the episodes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1993
In the inspirational two-hour documentary Gridiron Gang, director/co-producer Lee Stanley (Desperate Passage) undertakes an ambitious, and enormously successful, social experiment. Stanley and Coach Sean Porter pull 35 underage convicts (primarily gang members) from Camp Vernon Kilpatrick, a maximum-security juvenile prison in the Malibu area, and shape them into a football team, teaching them -- in the process -- about coordination, cooperation, sharing, working together as a team, and the ethics of good gamesmanship. Stanley's film documents the transformation process, which yields full rehabilitation for the convicts (all of the individuals end up being released, with only five shuttled back to detention) and 35 talented players. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Louis Gossett, Jr.
