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KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX
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TED DANSON STARS IN THE INSPIRING TRUE STORY OF
AN INNER-CITY TEACHER WHO TAUGHT HIS STUDENTS TO BE CHAMPIONS.
AN A&E
ORIGINAL MOVIE,
KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX,
DIRECTED BY ALLEN HUGHES.
WORLD PREMIERE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6
8-10 PM ET/PT |
New York, NY, October 12, 2005 – A&E Network will debut KNIGHTS
OF THE SOUTH BRONX starring Ted Danson, premiering Tuesday,
December 6, 8-10pm ET/PT. Danson stars as English teacher
David MacEnulty in this true story of heroism and inspiration.
KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX depicts one man’s struggle to better the
lives of underprivileged children from the South Bronx. By teaching
these children chess, he transforms their lives and the lives of
thousands of other kids, their families, and their neighborhoods. A&E
Network will co-produce the film with Fox Television Studios (FtvS). |
L-R: Brian Markinson, Ted Danson
Photo: L. Pief Weyman |
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KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX is a heroic story of a man who came into
a broken-down school, taught a group of aimless inner city children how
to play chess, and took them out into the elitist world of championship
chess competition. David MacEnulty strenuously argued that chess was
not just a game but a set of mind skills that would enable children to
face challenges they would encounter in their lives. They not only
learned the art of competition, but triumphed by beating private school
teams across the entire country.
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| Emmy Award winner Ted Danson has enjoyed a career
spanning television, film and the stage and is beloved for his portrayal
of womanizing, recovering alcoholic barkeep Sam Malone in Cheers
(1982-93) and as the crusty physician Becker (1998-2004), His
feature film credits include The Onion Field, Three Men and a Baby,
Body Heat, Creepshow, Cousins, Made in America, Dad, Mumford and
Saving Private Ryan. Among his television films are Something
About Amelia, When The Bough Breaks and Gulliver’s Travels. |
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Malcolm David Kelley is best known for portraying Walt
on ABC’s Emmy Award winning LOST, and starring with Denzel
Washington in the feature film Antwone Fisher. He also starred
with Steve Harvey in You Got Served. TV guest starring roles
include Judging Amy, Malcolm in the Middle, For Your
Love, Girlfriends, Party of Five, and Eve.
Appearing with Danson and Malcolm David Kelley will be Kate Vernon (Malcolm
X), Brian Markinson (Angels in America), Clifton Powell (Ray)
and Keke Palmer (Barbershop II: Back in Business).
Acclaimed filmmaker Allen Hughes’ landmark features include Menace
II Society, Dead Presidents, From Hell starring Johnny
Depp, all made in tandem with his twin brother Albert. He has also
co-directed music videos, produced movie soundtracks and is executive
producer of the television series Touching Evil. |
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KNIGHTS OF
THE SOUTH BRONX is directed by Allen Hughes. The executive producer is
Diane Nabatoff. Co-producer is Perri Peltz. Delia Fine serves as the
executive producer for A&E Network and Emilio Nunez is the
supervising producer. David Madden and Lisa Demberg will supervise for FtvS.
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DAVID MacENULTY
(on whom Knights is based)
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David MacEnulty has been teaching chess in New York City
for the past fifteen years. Following a year of working as an instructor
for the American Chess Foundation, he took on the task of teaching chess
to children at a large elementary school in the southwest Bronx,
Community Elementary School 70. In his third year, his students won
first place team trophies at both the New York City and the New York
State Chess Championships, a feat they duplicated every year for the
next five. Competing frequently, his students won over two hundred
trophies a year, and were consistently among the top five teams in the
nation, winning three first place trophies at the national level, and
placing second four times. |
During the summers,
David appears regularly at chess camps around the country. David is the
author of three books for Random House, The Chess Kids Book of Tactics, The
Chess Kids Book of the King and Pawn Endgame, and The Chess Kids Book of
Checkmate. He also wrote six e-books (two in collaboration with Grandmaster
Miron Sher) for the Official US Chess Federation Software, Think Like a
King, and produced three videos of chess instruction, two featuring Bruce
Pandolfini, Opening Principles and Understanding Chess, and a third, Chess
for Children, showing the moves and rules, in which he appears as teacher.
Currently, David is teaching at the Dalton School. He is still in contact
with many of his former students, and he still does assist them from time to
time when help is needed.
View a PDF file containing A Curriculum Guide for Scholastic Chess, by
David MacEnulty.
Picture credits: L. Pief Weyman,
Andrew Eccles.
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