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Going to the Mat

Going to the Mat

There's more to winning than meets the eye.

20046.71h 36m

Overview

Jace Newfield has a problem. 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. Joining the wrestling team just might work.

Directed by Stuart Gillard
Written by Chris Nolan, Steve Bloom, Laurie Nolan
Produced by Tom Sullivan, Don Schain
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Top Cast

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

Jason 'Jace' Newfield

Khleo Thomas

Khleo Thomas

Vincent "Fly" Shu

Alessandra Torresani

Alessandra Torresani

Mary Beth Rice

Billy Aaron Brown

Billy Aaron Brown

John Lambrix

Brenda Strong

Brenda Strong

Patty Newfield

Brian Wimmer

Brian Wimmer

Tom Newfield

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Coach Rice

Wayne Brady

Wayne Brady

Mason Wyatt

Marcus T. Paulk

Marcus T. Paulk

Peter Bate

B

Brett Yoder

Mike Mallon

Themes & Keywords

high schoolwrestlingblindwrestling team

About Going to the Mat

Going to the Mat is a tv movie, drama, family film released in 2004 exploring themes of high school, wrestling, blind, wrestling team. Directed by Stuart Gillard, it stars Andrew Lawrence, Khleo Thomas, Alessandra Torresani. Jace Newfield has a problem. 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. Joining the wrestling team just might work.

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