Documentary, Music
The 94 minute documentary film “From the 50 Yard Line” presents the football field not only as a sports venue but also as a stage for the marching band. The viewer goes on an exciting adventure through band camp, auditions, the marching season, and the regional and national competitions in 2006. You see the great rewards of disciplined practice, the overlooked technical artistry of the group endeavor, and the important life changing effects of instrumental music education. Another layer delves into the misconceptions about marching band, showing "band nerds" in a whole new light.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Five Heartbeats
Prey for Rock & Roll
Yesterday Was Everything
American Satan
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman
Linda Linda Linda
Junk Story
Given
Green Day: The Early Years
The Marching Band
Soldier
Blues Brothers 2000
Fubar
Mr. Holland's Opus
A Hard Day's Night
Lu Over the Wall
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
There We Were, Now Here We Are... The Making of Oasis
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Five Heartbeats
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 1991
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.Prey for Rock & Roll
IMDB 4.8 | Sep , 2003
In late 1980s Los Angeles, Jacki and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy, are trying to make it big. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot at the big time is unsuccessful, she will give up her dreams of stardom.Yesterday Was Everything
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2016
A band struggles to reconcile for a reunion tour a decade after a contentious break-up and a fatal accident.American Satan
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2017
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 2014
A personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal - whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, begging the question - is this really worth it?Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman
IMDB 6 | Jul , 2017
Documentary that chronicles the career of the legendary Australian punk band Radio Birdman.Linda Linda Linda
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2005
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".Junk Story
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2015
A look back at the life and career of Japanese guitarist hide, who died under questionable circumstances in 1998.Given
IMDB 8.3 | Aug , 2020
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.Green Day: The Early Years
IMDB 8 | Mar , 2017
"Green Day: The Early Years" chronicles the rise of the world's most influential punk band, from their origins playing shows at Berkley's notorious Gilman Street venue in the late 80s, through the release of the platinum-selling Dookie in 1994.The Marching Band
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2024
Diagnosed with leukemia, a successful orchestra conductor learns that he is adopted, and his younger brother is in a village marching band. The conductor decides to help them win a regional contest.Soldier
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2017
A young man decides to join the army. He becomes the drummer in the military band, and his everyday life is now a combination of military training and music. What does the Argentine Army do these days, more than thirty years after the dictatorship? What does it mean to be a soldier in a country without wars?Blues Brothers 2000
IMDB 5.3 | Feb , 1998
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.Fubar
IMDB 6.2 | May , 2002
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian Ferral Mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship, the fragility of life, growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man.Mr. Holland's Opus
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1995
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.A Hard Day's Night
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 1964
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.Lu Over the Wall
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2017
In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2020
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2010
Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition – featuring newcomers Luke and Dana. In a sensational battle of the bands, with Camp Rock's future at stake, will Camp Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win out, or will Camp Rockers prove that music, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?There We Were, Now Here We Are... The Making of Oasis
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2004
A documentary made for television that looks back on the development and rapid rise of Oasis from being a band practicing nightly in the Boardwalk to one the biggest British bands of the last thirty years. Building from the formation of the band (with Liam apparently just fed up waiting for other bands to release records and decides to do something himself), the film uses contributions from key people really well to tell the story in an engaging way.