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Christopher Joseph Ford (born January 11, 1949 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player and head coach. A 6-foot-5 (1.96 m) guard, he played high school basketball at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, before continuing on to Villanova University.
He played 10 seasons (1972–1982) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics. Ford is credited with scoring the NBA's first three-point shot for the Boston Celtics on October 12, 1979 in a game against the Houston Rockets at Boston Garden. After winning a championship with the Boston Celtics, he ended his playing career in 1982 with 7,314 total points.
Ford later served as a head coach for the Celtics (1990–95), the Milwaukee Bucks (1996–98), the Los Angeles Clippers (1998–2000), and the Philadelphia 76ers (2003–04). He coached the Eastern All-Stars in the 1991 NBA All-Star game. He also served as an assistant with the Celtics and Sixers.
In addition to coaching at the professional level, Ford spent two seasons (2001–2003) as head basketball coach at Brandeis University, a Division III school in Waltham, Mass.
Actors: Greg Tresan (miscellaneous crew), Danny Lerner (producer), Michael C. Smith (miscellaneous crew), Milo Ventimiglia (actor), John Travolta (actor), Lonnie Ramati (miscellaneous crew), Avi Lerner (producer), Robert De Niro (actor), Boaz Davidson (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), Christopher Young (composer), John Thompson (producer), Ray Tamayo (miscellaneous crew), Stephanie Beman (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Gallichet (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: SHRAPNEL tells the story of two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the Appalachian Mountain wilderness. FORD is a former American soldier who fought on the front lines in Bosnia. When our story begins, he has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, trying to escape painful memories of war. The drama begins when KOVAC, a former Serbian soldier, seeks Ford out, hoping to settle an old score. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game in which Ford and Kovac fght their own personal World War III, with battles both physical and psychological. By the end of the flm, old wounds are opened, suppressed memories are drawn to the surface and long-hidden secrets about both Ford and Kovac are revealed.
Keywords: abandoned-church, antler, appalachia, axe, based-on-comic-book, beard, begging-for-death, belgrade-serbia, bosnian-war, bosnian-war-veteranActors: Pete Middleton (producer), Daniel Ings (actor), James Spinney (director), James Spinney (editor), Oliver Stevens (writer), Oliver Stevens (actor), Oliver Stevens (writer), Jack Mooney (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Short-tempered film actor Chris Ford is preparing to record the audiobook version of his autobiography. The task of committing the notoriously volatile Ford to tape has fallen on young sound engineer Stuart Taylor, who finds himself struggling against uncomfortable frequencies.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,