I knew a movie involving one of the biggest disappointments in my youth might be made someday. Still, my heart began to sink when a screening of “McFarland, USA” rolled around to its climax.

The water was blamed and now, many years later, researchers are still ... in the movie. But McFarland didn't have low riders back in 1987, White said. But runners did get shot by gunfire and ...

"It was very, very important to me that we shot in McFarland itself, in the Central Valley," said Carro. "And I'm so proud of the movie. The way it's shot, it looks so beautiful, but it looks so real.

“The movie made me a better person,” Puentes ... many of whom, like himself, still live in McFarland. Unlike many of his former teammates, Puentes no longer runs, but he misses it.

The movie has already had an impact on the city, where scenes were shot in fall 2013 ... White, who still lives in McFarland, says the story only grows bigger after that season.

Kevin Costner returns to the sports movie genre in this inspirational story of an underdog cross country team. By Stephen Farber McFarland USA Still - H 2015 At first glance some might object to ...

[Laughs.] We did really enjoy it because I think the movie captures what we felt. And Kevin Costner as me? That was wonderful. Do you still coach? What’s the McFarland team like today?

Ashly McFarland, 11, was killed and a woman was ... California's Largest Reservoir Approaches Milestone Not Hit in 13 Years Movies Over 4 Hours That Are Worth Every Minute Trump locks in future ...

McFarland is in the heart of California farm country, a town of "pickers," Hispanic descendants of migrant workers who have settled there, many of them still picking and barely getting by.

Kevin Costner returns to the sports movie genre in this inspirational story of an underdog cross country team. By Stephen Farber McFarland USA Still - H 2015 At first glance some might object to ...