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Coaches

Paul Cowan

1976 57 min

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Coaches is about four people preparing their teams for the Pre-Olympics. Their distinctive approaches emerge during the fights, the good times, and those critical post-game sessions when feelings are raw or jubilant. It is a film about human growth.

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Coaches is about four people preparing their teams for the Pre-Olympics. Their distinctive approaches emerge during the fights, the good times, and those critical post-game sessions when feelings are raw or jubilant. It is a film about human growth.

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Credits

• director
  Paul Cowan
  
• writer
  Paul Cowan
  
• producer
  Tom Daly
  
• executive producer
  Colin Low
  
• photography
  Bill Casey
  
• sound
  Hughes Mignault
  
• editing
  Ian Rankin
  
  Paul Cowan
  
• sound editing
  Malca Gillson
  
• additional photography
  David De Volpi
  
  John Dyer
  
• re-recording
  Jean-Pierre Joutel
  

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