Disney Movie Blind Wrestler
Despite being blind jace newfield never lets anything stand in his way.
Disney movie blind wrestler. The incredible story of young wrestler who is overcoming the odds to find success on the mat. Going to the mat 2004 tv movie starring andrew andy lawrence wayne brady d b. Suchorsky took to the crowdsource funding site kickstarter to ask for help from the wrestling community to finish the movie.
Directed by stuart gillard. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he s a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school.
It was also one of the highest rated disney channel movies on imdb and also holds a 73 approval rating on rotten tomatoes. Blind wrestler doc reaches goal of 40k in 4 days. Joining the wrestling team just might work.
Thinking that his talent on the drums is his ticket to fit in he shows off in music class only to find out that his teacher is also blind. Jace is the new kid at school and he s also blind. Sweeney brenda strong brian wimmer t j.
Soon he takes up wrestling and with the help of his teachers strives to master his skills and guide his team to the championships. Parents need to know that going to the mat is a sports drama disney tv movie about a blind teenager who joins the school wrestling team as way to make friends the movie handles jace newfield s andrew lawrence blindness sensitively and positively with jace excelling at wrestling at first he finds it difficult to fit in but this is more to do with his snobby and arrogant attitude rather than. Going to the mat is one of the most critically acclaimed disney movies garnering a directors guild award for stuart gillard and a humanitas award writing nomination for chris and laurie nolan.
