DVD Wins High Praise from Critics and Audience

The Heart of the Game DVD won 3.5 out of 4 stars from USA Today as well as:

4.5 out of 5 stars from Amazon users
5 out of 5 stars from iMovie users
4 out of 5 stars from Netflix users
7.3 out of ten stars from IMDB users.

Original Movie Posters Available

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Heart Wins Billie Jean King Award

The Heart of the Game won the top Entertainment Award from the Women's Sports Foundation in Los Angeles on April 11th. Hosted by Geena Davis and treated to a performance by Elton John, over 750 people attended the gala at the Beverly Hills Hilton, saw clips of the movie and applauded Ward on stage.

A Summary of Heart's Awards and Notable Screenings

• Winner Best Documentary
  — Portland International Film Festival
• Winner Best Documentary (tie with An Inconvenient Truth)
  — Maui International Film Festival
• Winner Billie Award Best Entertainment
  — Women's Sports Foundation
• Nominee Best Documentary Screenplay
  — Writer's Guild of America
• World Premiere
  — Toronto International Film Festival
• Opening Night Feature
  — IDA/Discovery/Silver Docs Festival, Washington, DC
• Runner up Best Documentary
  — Seattle International Film Festival

DVD Release in February 2007

The Heart of the Game DVD, with over an hour of extra features, was released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in February 2007. With high school basketball playoffs in high gear and March Madness right around the corner, the long awaited DVD hits the streets. Featuring over a dozen deleted scenes, interview and scenes with Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and a 24-minute "Making Of" featurette, the DVD will be a favorite for any fan of the movie.

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Rave Reviews

The Heart of the Game is among the very top critically acclaimed movies of 2006.

Bill Resler's New Book

Bill Resler, coach of the Roughriders and star of the movie, has written a book with Casey McNerthney, The Heart of the Team: Life Lessons On and Off the Court (Sasquatch Books). The book includes lots of stories not included in the movie. Hardcopy 256 pages with pictures.

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Study Guide Available for Teachers

To support the educational outreach of The Heart of the Game we have created a downloadable curriculum guide for teachers and counselors.

Coming to Colleges, Schools and Libraries

The Heart of the Game is available for screenings on college campuses and classrooms as well as for high schools and libraries. With powerful themes of women's empowerment, and race and gender issues it is ideal for the classroom. Swank Motion Pictures handles all requests for screenings from colleges, for college courses, K-12 use and library ordering.

Heart Goes Overseas

Dream Entertainment is distributing The Heart of the Game to all countries outside of the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

New Zealand and Australia sales are handled by Rialto Films.

Soundtrack Available

The Angel composed a fantastic score for The Heart of the Game. It includes the song "Believe it" by The Angel featuring Mystic. Order from iTunes.

Miramax Gets Heart

After a highly successful series of world premiere screenings at the 30th annual Toronto International Film Festival, Miramax acquired the North American rights to The Heart of the Game.

"This is a dream come true," says Director Ward Serrill. "Seven years ago when I walked into a girls' high school gym with my little video camera, there is no way I could envision anything like this. I am beyond thrilled. To think that millions of people are going to see this story."

While no schedule has been set, expectations are the film will be released in theaters by early summer 2006.

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For a full description of The Heart of the Game, download Production Notes below.

1. Coach Bill Resler and Roosevelt Roughriders star point guard Darnellia Russell in The Heart of the Game, directed by Ward Serrill

2. Coach Bill Resler and the Roosevelt Roughriders girls basketball team celebrate a win in The Heart of the Game, directed by Ward Serrill

3. Coach Bill Resler, star point guard Darnellia Russell, and the Roosevelt Roughriders girls basketball team in The Heart of the Game, directed by Ward Serrill

4. Darnellia Russell and filmmaker Ward Serrill in The Heart of the Game

5. Director Ward Serrill, The Heart of the Game

6. Director Ward Serrill, The Heart of the Game