Do the films The Big Green and McFarland, USA both revolve around children playing sports?
McFarland, USA McFarland, USA (also known as McFarland) is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Niki Caro, produced by Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray, written by Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Grant Thompson with music composed by Antônio Pinto. The film was co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mayhem Pictures. Based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a mainly Latino high school in McFarland, California, the film stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, the school's coach, who leads the team to win a state championship. The film also stars Maria Bello and Morgan Saylor.
High School Big Shot High School Big Shot is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman as Marv Grant, a smart high school student whose plans for getting a college scholarship are threatened by his alcoholic father played by Malcolm Atterbury, and his relationship with the most popular girl in school. The plot is remarkably similar to that of Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing", released only three years previous. "High School Big Shot" was featured on an episode of the popular comedy series "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Filmed in 1958 under the title "Blood Money", executive producer Roger Corman released the film as a double feature with "T-Bird Gang" in his first Filmgroup release.