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Learning
Difficulties Major 
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TITLE |
One
Special Victory (1991) (TV Film) |
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DISABILITY |
Learning
Difficulty |
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NOTES |
A man who
sells houses lives beyond his means, flirts, and |
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One day he
gets drunk and smashes up a house resulting in |
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50 hours
community service and a $2000 fine. |
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His service
is as basketball coach to a group of people with |
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learning
difficulties. On seeing them he walks out and gets a |
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On his
return he gets into the spirit of things, the group take to |
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him very
quickly and they begin to 'improve'. When his 50 |
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hours is up
he volunteers. He has in fact lost his real estate |
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A romance
blossoms with the recreational therapist and the |
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group get to
a basketball final. Though they do lose everyone |
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is happy at
having got so far. |
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This isn't
as bad a film as it might sound despite the usual |
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clichés.
Resulting mainly from the performance of John |
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LaRoquette
and some attention to character. And there is a |
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The group he
is coaching live in a home/hostel and they do |
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operate as a
group discussing important matters. |
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I don't know
if these are actors with real learning difficulties |
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but that is
a possibility. |
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Notes
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