The film is based on the true story of David MacEnulty,[2] who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level, eventually winning New York City and the New York State Chess Championships. The screenplay portrays whistle-blowing and a mid-life crisis that combine to remove Richard Mason (played by Ted Danson) from his old life. He becomes a substitute teacher and is assigned to a fourth-grade class in a South Bronx school. In the class are students with parents who are drug addicts or in jail or just scrambling to pay the bills. Few of them see a purpose in school other than meeting society's requirements, and he struggles, mostly in vain, to reach them.
Then a student whose father is in jail sees Mason in the park playing a simultaneous exhibition, and beating fourteen opponents at once. He asks to learn the game. One thing leads to another, and soon the entire class is interested in the game. Mason convinces them that on the chessboard it doesn't matter how much money you have or what clothes you're wearing or where you come from, and that it's only the moves you make, then and there. The class forms a team to compete in ever-larger tournaments.
The film was announced in January 2004, under the working title Chessmates.[3] Filming took place in Toronto. David MacEnulty, the inspiration for the film's main character, taught the basics of chess to the child actors.[4]
References
^"Knights of the South Bronx review". chessdetective.education. 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
knights, south, bronx, 2005, american, drama, television, film, directed, allen, hughes, written, jamal, joseph, dianne, houston, based, true, story, stars, danson, teacher, helps, students, tough, south, bronx, elementary, school, succeed, teaching, them, pla. Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 American drama television film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston Based on a true story it stars Ted Danson as a teacher who helps students at a tough South Bronx elementary school to succeed by teaching them to play chess 1 It aired on A amp E on December 6 2005 Knights of the South BronxGenreDramaScreenplay byJamal Joseph Dianne HoustonStory byJamal JosephDirected byAllen HughesStarringTed Danson Malcolm David Kelley Brian Markinson Kate Vernon Yves Michel Beneche Yucini Diaz Antonio Ortiz Eugene Clark Keke Palmer Clifton PowellMusic byStephen EndelmanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerDianne NabatoffProducersAllen Hughes John M EckertProduction locationTorontoCinematographyDerick UnderschultzEditorConrad GonzalezRunning time90 minutesProduction companiesA amp E Networks Tiara Blu Films Fox Television StudiosDistributorA amp E NetworksReleaseOriginal networkA amp EOriginal releaseDecember 6 2005 2005 12 06 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Production 4 References 5 External linksPlot summary EditThe film is based on the true story of David MacEnulty 2 who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level eventually winning New York City and the New York State Chess Championships The screenplay portrays whistle blowing and a mid life crisis that combine to remove Richard Mason played by Ted Danson from his old life He becomes a substitute teacher and is assigned to a fourth grade class in a South Bronx school In the class are students with parents who are drug addicts or in jail or just scrambling to pay the bills Few of them see a purpose in school other than meeting society s requirements and he struggles mostly in vain to reach them Then a student whose father is in jail sees Mason in the park playing a simultaneous exhibition and beating fourteen opponents at once He asks to learn the game One thing leads to another and soon the entire class is interested in the game Mason convinces them that on the chessboard it doesn t matter how much money you have or what clothes you re wearing or where you come from and that it s only the moves you make then and there The class forms a team to compete in ever larger tournaments Cast EditTed Danson Mr Richard Mason Malcolm David Kelley Jimmy Washington Brian Markinson Arnie Kate Vernon Pat Mason Yves Michel Beneche MD Duprais Yucini Diaz Renee Antonio Ortiz Dawson Eugene Clark Gene Keke Palmer Kenya Russell Clifton Powell Cokey Devon Bostick Darren Sandi Ross Principal Nettie Weston Karen LeBlanc Dolly Philip Akin Asst Principal Allen Hill Alex Karzis Kasparov Nicholas Carpenter Dawson s OpponentProduction EditThe film was announced in January 2004 under the working title Chessmates 3 Filming took place in Toronto David MacEnulty the inspiration for the film s main character taught the basics of chess to the child actors 4 References Edit Knights of the South Bronx review chessdetective education 2006 Retrieved 22 January 2020 Chessville news Dempsey John January 5 2004 Original strategy Variety Retrieved October 15 2022 Byrne Bridget December 4 2005 Ted Danson makes inspirational move to South Bronx Associated Press Retrieved October 15 2022 via Star Banner External links EditKnights of the South Bronx at IMDb This article related to an American television drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knights of the South Bronx amp oldid 1116295487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
