St. Patrick High School HBO Documentary Prayer for a Perfect Season

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PRAYER FOR A PERFECT SEASON CHRONICLES THE DRAMATIC 2010-11 BASKETBALL SEASON OF NEW JERSEY POWERHOUSE ST. PATRICK'S High school basketball is the last pure platform of the sport. Where the NBA and even college ball are "just a business," high school basketball is played for school, community, family, friends and love of the game. Directed by Marc Levin (the 1998 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner "Slam"), PRAYER FOR A PERFECT SEASON is a gripping account of the 2010-11 boys' basketball season at St. Patrick's High School, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of Elizabeth, NJ. This feature-length documentary chronicles the extraordinary effort of coach Kevin Boyle and his players, whose journey ends in a winner-take-all showdown for the mythical national championship with archrival St. Anthony's of Jersey City, when it debuts TUESDAY, OCT. 25 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. PRAYER FOR A PERFECT SEASON captures the intersection of two forces -- the soaring media interest in the big game, and the decline of Catholic school programs -- while illuminating the real-life issues players and coaches confront during the season. Coached by Kevin Boyle, the St. Patrick Celtics' 2010-11 team was loaded with talent and plagued by distractions. Star player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (now a freshman at the University of Kentucky) was one of the nation's top performers and his elite skills had cast him in an unrelenting spotlight since grade school. When Kidd-Gilchrist was just two and a half years old, his father was murdered, and he also lost his surrogate father at the beginning of his senior year of high school. Complementing Kidd-Gilchrist, senior shooting guard Derrick Gordon (ticketed for Western Kentucky University) must live with his twin brother's incarceration for aggravated assault. PRAYER FOR A PERFECT SEASON follows the roller-coaster ride of a team on the brink of history, at a school on the verge of becoming insolvent, where the journey to the top of the polls is inspiring, but the future is filled with uncertainty. The quest for the perfect season comes down to the March 9 title game, a prime-time match-up on the campus of Rutgers University before an overflow crowd, as St. Patrick's (26-0) confronts archnemesis St. Anthony's (29-0), led by Basketball Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley. Marc Levin's previous HBO credits include "Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags," the Emmy®-winning "Thug Life in D.C.," "Protocols of Zion" "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock" and "Gladiator Days." PRAYER FOR A PERFECT SEASON is a Blowback Production in association with Overbrook Productions; directed by Marc Levin; produced by Karl Hollandt, Ben Selkow and R. Binky Brown; editor, James Lester; director of photography, Daniel B. Levin. For HBO: executive producers, Shelia Nevins and Rick Bernstein; senior producers, Nancy Abraham and Joe Lavine.

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[SPNJTV]

Fabulous!

[danam312]

What an immense load of BS. Watching this, knowing Picaro and Sr DJ, ugh, turns my stomach.

[MajorRugby]

its closing this is the end of this year and my school to keep going in states has to eliminate them making it the schools last game its gonna be sad either way.

[moini92]

@ukhistorian where can you watch it?

[saints21000]

where can i watch the movie at?

[EliteSports217]

@germinca You maybe right about what you saying but is it a bad thing?

[germinca]

No one would even know about St. Patricks if it weren't for their B-ball program/team & more specifically coach Kevin Boyle from Clark, NJ. Trust me, when people in Jersey hear St. Patricks, they don't think great academics. They think NJ B-ball Powerhouse They owe everything to Boyle. He put that school on the map & gave it state/national noteriety/distinction/prominen­ce. Just like Hurley did @ St. Anthonys. All due to his ability to recruit/attract best players/prospects from that area.

[DaveRuss66]

Great Documentary!

[ukhistorian]

I just watched it. It was best Doc I ever scene. Michael if you read this I just wannna know that BBN got your back.

[packers256]

This was really good. Good luck at UK, MKG!

[Blu3Lotus128]

Nice...