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Lawrence resident Michael Coffey, right, is pictured with "Breaking Bad" actor RJ Mitte at a party in Nashville, where much of Coffey's movie "Triumph" was filmed. Mitte stars in the film, which is about a high school wrestler with cerebral palsy, a condition shared by Coffey.

A film written by a Lawrence resident and starring “Breaking Bad” actor RJ Mitte is now out on multiple streaming platforms.

The film, called “Triumph,” was many years in the making for screenwriter Michael Coffey, who spoke to the Journal-World in 2021 ahead of the film’s theater release.

A promotional poster for “Triumph,” a film written by Lawrence resident Michael Coffey

Coffey described the film as “semifictional” because the story is a little bit autobiographical and a little bit made-up. It’s about a high school student (played by Mitte) with cerebral palsy — a condition that Coffey himself has lived with since birth. Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. (aka Flynn) in the AMC series “Breaking Bad,” also has cerebral palsy in real life — and is an advocate for disability inclusion.

In the film, Mitte’s character strives to become a wrestler despite his physical hurdles.

In addition to Mitte, the film also features actors Terrence Howard (“Iron Man”) Colton Haynes (“Arrow”), Johnathon Schaech (“That Thing You Do!”) and Grace Victoria Cox (“Under the Dome”).

“Triumph” is available on multiple streaming platforms, including Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play and others.

Coffey called his journey from conceiving the story idea a decade ago to the film’s wide release on video “a testament to never giving up.”