Life of a King Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Jan. 27, 2015

Life of a King

Release Date: Friday, January 17, 2014 Limited

Director: Jake Goldberger

Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr. • Dennis Haysbert • LisaGay Hamilton

PG-13 N/A

3.8 / 5

49% WILL SEE 51% WON'T SEE

Coming Soon On Amazon

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: The unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had – a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and reentry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Life of a King.

C
Cuba Gooding Jr.
... Eugene

Lee Daniels' The Butler, Norbit
D
Dennis Haysbert
... Searcy

Send Help, Ted 2
L
LisaGay Hamilton
... Sheila King

Beastly, The Last Full Measure

Crew Behind the Film

The Life of a King behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jake Goldberger last directed Almost Friends and Don McKay. The film's writer Jake Goldberger last wrote Almost Friends and Don McKay.

Director: Jake Goldberger
Screenwriter: Jake Goldberger

Studio: Alchemy
Production Companies: —

Production Details

What we know about the Life of a King movie production.

Key Facts

The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2013.

Production Updates for Life of a King

Dec 2013

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic elements, some drug content and brief violent images - all involving teens
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Life of a King was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, January 17, 2014. There were 13 other movies released on the same date, including Ride Along, The Nut Job and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. As a limited release, Life of a King was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

Life of a King was released across all major streaming and cable platforms on Friday, January 17 , 2014. Digital rental or purchase allows you to instantly stream and download to watch anywhere and anytime on your favorite devices.

Movie Theaters

2014-01-17 Limited

United States

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On DVD, Blu-ray / 4K

2014-02-11 DVD
2014-06 Estimated Release DVD

Buy/Rent on Digital (Ultra HD)

2014-01-17 Digital
2014-01-17 Apple TV+
2014-01-17 Prime Video

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Added the US soundtrack release date of February 25, 2014

Sun., Jan. 19, 2014 2014-01-19