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  • Box Office Bomb: Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1,891,936. As mentioned in The Shelf of Movie Languishment, the filmmakers had a tough time finding distribution. It debuted at the Heartland Film Festival in 2009, then got a brief release in 2011, disappearing from theaters in six weeks.
  • Cast the Expert: Several Real Life former college basketball players portray members of the Immaculata team.
  • Dawson Casting: Carla Gugino was 35 when the film was made, while Cathy Rush was just 22 in Real Life when she became the head coach at Immaculata.
  • The Shelf of Movie Languishment: It was made in 2007, but with the 2008 financial downturn, a lot of independent film distribution channels dried up, and the film didn't premiere until 2009, and didn't get a full release until 2011.
  • Working Title: Our Lady of Victory

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