Movie
23 Blast
Overview
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-10-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Toy Gun Films, Touchdown Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Hapka as Travis Freeman
- Bram Hoover as Jerry Baker
- Stephen Lang as Coach Farris
- Max Adler as Cameron Marshall
- Alexa PenaVega as Ashley
- Dylan Baker as Larry Freeman
- Kim Zimmer as Mary Freeman
- Becky Ann Baker as Patty Wheatley
- Timothy Busfield as Duncan
- Fred Thompson as Coach Powers
- Kevin Cooney as Coach Burley
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Dr. Connelly
Crew
- Dylan Baker - Director
- Bram Hoover - Writer
- Toni Hoover - Writer
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