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War eagle, arkansas is about a young mans choice of whether to leave his family. Ive identified it as the producers movie, which is a violation ofthe usual. Based on a true story war eagle, arkansas is a characterdriven drama about a young mans choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. War eagle, arkansas is a characterdriven drama about a young mans choice of whether to leave his family based on a true story war eagle. War eagle, arkansas is about a young mans choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or to stay and redeem his struggling community. Inspired by a true story, war eagle, arkansas follows the emotional journey of a talented young athlete wrestling with the difficult decision to leave his workingclass town and pursue a career in baseball, or remain at home and continue to be the glue that holds his community together.
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In the town of war eagle, arkansas, enoch luke grimes is a shy high school pitcher with a stuttering problem. War eagle, arkansas is a feature film based on two reallife friends, tim ballany and vincent insalaco iii, growing up together in arkansas and facing a crossroads in life as they graduate from high school. It simply was what it was, a story about friendship and the pull between dreams and limitations. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after enoch casss senior year, and is set against the backdrop of arkansas beautiful ozark.
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