NATASHA AND JESSICA BACK OVER

TO YOU.

THERE IS A NEW MOVIE OUT

TODAY THIS HAS A LIEUTENANT OF

BEHIND THE SCENES LOCAL FLAVOR

TO IT.

FOR STARTERS MOVIE DIRECTOR,

PLAYING FOOTBALL AT UNIVERSITY

OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE LATE

80ES A.

AFTER DOING FILMS LIKE

MIRACLE AND WARRIOR, GAVIN

O'CONNOR HAS A KNACK FOR

SPORTS MOVIES AND RELATING

THIS EM TO REAL LIFE IN THE

WAY BACK THERE IS A

CORRELATION TO THE REAL LIFE,

OF THE LEAD ACTOR.

UKEE WENT TO THE PALESTRA TO

GET A PREVIEW.

I GO THE THIS, JUST NOW

HEAR YOUR VOICE YES OR NO.

YES, COACH.

THIS FILM IS NOT

NECESSARILY A BASKETBALL

MOVIE, BUT IT HAS A MESSAGE

THROUGH BASKETBALL.

YEAH, OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

AND ODDS.

REPORTER: IT IS ALSO AVERT

IMITATING LIFE.

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEN

AFFLECK PLAYS FORMER STAR

PLAYER AND COACH NOW JACK

CUNNINGHAM.

WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE

HAPPY AGAIN REPORT REPORT MAN

STRUGGLING WITH LOSS,

CHARACTER SUFFERS FROM

SOMETHING AFFLECK HAS A DEEP

UNDERSTANDING OF, ADDICTION TO

ALCOHOL.

WHEN IT COMES TO BEN, HIS

WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUES HOW

POWERFUL HAS HIS FILM BEEN,

HOW MUCH DOES HE WANT THIS.

QUIZZER CONVERSATION WE HAD

WE MET FOR DINNER, HOW HE WAS

ABLE TO CONFRONT HIS

ALCOHOLISM AND HOW WILLING IS

HE GOING TO BE TO OPEN UP THE

BOX AND LET DEMONS OUT.

I NEEDED TO BELIEVE HE WAS

WILLING TO GO THERE AS AN

ARTIST AND TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH

TO DO IT AND HE WAS.

REPORTER: IT TOOK COURAGE

TO PLAY AT LET YOU CAN SIDE OF

THIS CHARACTER AS WELL,

AFFLECK WAS A THEATER KID

GROWING UP NOT A GYM RAT.

WE SPENT MONTHS UPON

MONTHS, FEEDING HIM VIDEO OF

COACHES.

DO YOU NECESSITY WHO COACH OF

PENN STATE IS.

CHAMBERS, PATRICK CHAMBERS.

I WAS WATCHING VIDEO OF

PATRICK.

HE HAD A SUIT ON.

I NEVER SEEN THAT.

I GOT SNEAKERS IDEA WATCHING

PATRICK CHAMBERS.

NERVOUS, FORGET ABOUT IT.

THE TRUTH IS, MORE TALENTED

THEN YOU.

THAT IS WHY YOU GOT A BETTER

COACH.

I PROMISE THEY ARE IN THE A

BETTER TEAM.

ACCORD TO GO GAVIN THERE IS

NO BETTER MESSAGE THEN THE ONE

HE IS TRYING TO PRESENT.

LOOK I AM A BELIEVE INNER

THIRD CHANCES AND FOURTH

CHANCES I BELIEVE YOU DON'T

GIVE UP ON PEOPLE.

IF I GET INCOME DOWN YOU

GET BACKUP AGAIN.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

TO FIGHT.

WE JUST CANNOT CHANGE THE

PAST, JACK BUT WHAT WE CAN DO

IS CHOOSE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY GOOD

MOVIE.

UKEE SAID IT WAS GOOD.