TOUCHBACK

By Don HANDFIELD

TRAVELING PICTURE SHOW COMPANY - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2011

A man looks back 20 years to the injury that ended his career as a promising high-school football player.

    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Don HANDFIELD
    • Writer(s)
    • Don HANDFIELD
    • Producer(s)
    • Brian PRESLEY (Freedom Films), Kevin MATUSOW, Carissa BUFFEL
    • Synopsis
    • Former high school football star turned farmer and family man, Scott Murphy (Brian Presley) finds himself with a unique opportunity to revisit his glory days during the Ohio State championship game where he permanently injured his knee in a game·winning play. Given a second shot at his destiny, Scott seeks counsel from Coach Hand (Kurt Russell), Scott's longtime mentor on and off the field, to help him decide whether to let his fate unfold, or follow a path that will change his future.
      Written and Directed by Don Handfield, Touchback also stars Melanie Lynskey (Up In the Air, Sweet Home Alabama, CBS' "Two and a Half Men"), Mark Blucas (Knight and Day, The Jane Austen Book Club) and Christine Lahti (Smart People, CBS' "Chicago Hope").
    • Partners & financing
    • Freedom Films