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Abigail Brooks (Thomas) has spent her lifetime trying to win an Olympic rowing medal, sacrificing friendship, love, and a "normal life" along the way. When she is named an alternate on the Olympic team she quits in haste. Defeated, Abi moves back home with her widowed, workaholic mother (Margaret Colin, CAMILLA DICKONSON, Gossip Girl). Tension builds as Abi's mother urges her to "move on" from the rowing life that Abi's father, a coach, introduced her to. Unable to do so, but needing an immediate job, Abi seizes an open crew coach position at her alma mater, Union High. There, the head of athletics is her old boyfriend, Geoff (James Van Der Beek, Don't Trust the B____ in Apt.23, Dawson's Creek). Abi trains her high school rowers in an obsessive fashion, taking two girls, Hannah (Alexandra Metz) and Susan (Meredith Apfelbaum), under her wing. After the girls lose an important regional race, Abi reinvents herself as a coach, and, in the process, learns to have fun again both on the water and off. BACKWARDS is an intimate look at the personal sacrifices and complex choices facing competitive Olympic hopefuls. It is also a film about dreams -- young adults pursuing their dreams... and finding that sometimes a missed opportunity can become an introduction to an entire new life.
Original Release
09/21/2012
US Release
09/21/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Megan Thomas | Abi Brooks |
James Van Der Beek | Geoff |
Glenn Morshower | Coach Spriklin |
Margaret Colin | Mrs. Brooks |
Wynn Everett | Reba |
Alexandra Metz | Hannah |
David Alan Basche | Cox |
Ellis Walding | Preston |
Alysia Reiner | Meghan |
Meredith Apfelbaum | Susan |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Megan Thomas | Abi Brooks |
James Van Der Beek | Geoff |
Glenn Morshower | Coach Spriklin |
Margaret Colin | Mrs. Brooks |
Wynn Everett | Reba |
Alexandra Metz | Hannah |
David Alan Basche | Cox |
Ellis Walding | Preston |
Alysia Reiner | Meghan |
Meredith Apfelbaum | Susan |
Armen Badkerhanian | Bartender |
Brea Bee | Giselle |
Brian Cheng | Loud Cashier |
Nicole Colina | Rude Waitress |
Jennette Daley | Kelsey |
Liz Holtan | Beth |
Marceline Hugot | Mrs. Atkinson |
Traci Law | Waitress |
Christopher Mann | Man |
Alexa Salamé | Vanessa |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sarah Megan Thomas | Executive Producer |
Alysia Reiner | Producer |
Brian David Cange | Producer |
David Hoffman | Producer |
Katie McNabb | Producer |
Tony Schneider | Producer |