President George H. W. Bush Presented a Special Private Screening of Walt Disney Pictures Presents GLORY ROAD

President George H. W. Bush Presented a Special Private Screening of Walt Disney Pictures Presents GLORY ROAD

WHO: President George H. W. Bush and invited guests. Invited guests
include David Lattin player from the original 1966 Texas
Western team, Clyde Drexler former player on the Houston
Rockets, and local college basketball teams.

WHAT: President George H. W. Bush hosted a private screening in
Houston to celebrate the historic significance of the 1965-1966
Texas Western NCAA basketball team. In 1966, Texas Western
College (now known as UTEP) broke race barriers by starting
five black students in the finals of the NCAA basketball
tournament, defeating an all-white Kentucky team for the
national championship. This historic event is depicted in Walt
Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' GLORY ROAD, opening in
theatres nationwide on January 13, 2006.

Preceding this special screening, President George H. W. Bush
addressed the audience and introduced the film.

WHEN: Thursday, January 12th at 7:00pm

WHERE: Regal Edwards Marq*E Cinema
7600 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77024

SYNOPSIS: GLORY ROAD, from Walt Disney Pictures' and Jerry Bruckheimer
Films, tells the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas
Western basketball team whose drive to win superceded some of
the most bruising and difficult challenges during a point in
U.S. history of massive cultural and philosophical turmoil. It
was a time when, against all odds, the first all African
American starting lineup of players took the country by storm
and, in a surprise turn of events, won the 1966 NCAA tournament
title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall of Famer Don Haskins, the
passionately dedicated college basketball coach that changed
the history of basketball and, in turn, helped change the
course of history.

Walt Disney Pictures' GLORY ROAD is rated PG and opens nationwide
January 13, 2006.

PRNewswire -- Jan. 13

Source: Walt Disney Pictures

CONTACT: Local Press, Margaret Stratton, +1-713-459-4557, or National
Press, Dora Candelaria, +1-818-560-4651, both for Walt Disney Pictures

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