EXCLUSIVE: Mucho Mas Media and Bonniedale Entertainment are teaming to launch Julio Quintana’s sports drama The Long Gamestarring Jay Hernandez and Dennis Quaidon April 12 in theaters across the country.
The film made its opening night at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award and notched 75% fresh evaluations on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie associates Quintana and Quaid’s reunion after the success of their very first movie, Netflix’s true-story sports drama Blue Miracle.
The Long Game, influenced by Humberto G. Garcia’s Mustang Miraclefollows the real story of 5 young Mexican American caddies in 1955 who developed their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas brush nation. Regardless of out-of-date and inferior devices and no expert direction to start with, they would go on to contend versus rich, all-white groups and win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.
“We are enjoyed share this effective and inspiring movie with audiences throughout the nation who can come as a household to commemorate this real underdog story. Making this movie with an all-star Latino cast and team and incredible partners like Bonniedale sets an interesting plan for Mucho Mas Releasing,” stated Javier Chapa, co-founder of Mucho Mas Media.
“I might not be more happy with The Long Game and put it in the exact same vein as The Rookie and Breaking AwayIt’s a real and motivating story perfectly put to screen by Julio Quintana. Fantastic sports motion pictures go beyond the sport itself– this is an American dream story and exhibits the sort of stories Bonniedale looks for to inform,” stated star and manufacturer Dennis Quaid.
The Long Game Stars Cheech Marin, Julian Works, Paulina Chavez, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, and Oscar Nuñez. Quintana likewise composed the script together with Paco Farías and Jennifer Stetson; produced by Javier Chapa, Ben Howard, Dennis Quaid, Marla Quintana and Laura Quaid; executive produced by Hernandez, Phillip Braun, Christian Sosa, Simon Wise, Colleen Barshop and Vincent Cordero.