The inspiring true story of the Mighty Mites, an American football team who defied the odds to become a huge success during the Great Depression, 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS is available to Download & Keep and to Rent on Digital from 30 August courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Directed by Ty Roberts and starring Luke Wilson (The Gold Finch, The Royal Tenenbaums), Vinessa Shaw (TV's Ray Donovan), Wayne Knight (TV's Seinfeld, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee), Jake Austin Walker (Stargirl), with Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now, Widows) and Martin Sheen (Badlands, The Departed), 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS is adapted from the bestselling book 12 Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent.
12 MIGHTY ORPHANS tells the true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoe - or even a football - to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The architect of their success was Rusty Russell, a legendary high school coach who shocked his colleagues by giving up a privileged position so he could teach and coach at an orphanage. Few knew Rusty's secret: that he himself was an orphan. Recognizing that his scrawny players couldn't beat the other teams with brawn, Rusty developed innovative strategies that would come to define modern football.
