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Genres:
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Drama /
Sport
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Director:
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McG
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Actors:
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Tommy Cresswell,
Christian Kanupke,
Kevin Atkins,
Mark Patton,
Matthew McConaughey,
Matthew Fox,
Anthony Mackie,
David Strathairn,
Ian McShane,
Kate Mara,
January Jones,
Kimberly Williams-Paisley,
Arlen Escarpeta,
Brian Geraghty,
Nina Jones
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Duration:
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12 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)103
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Plot Summary:
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In November, 1970, effectively the entire football yoke and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) on in a regular run. That dart, led during Nate Ruffin, a actress who was ill and missed the predetermined flight, students gathering to talk into the game table of governors to be unfaithful the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a instruct, who then be obliged note players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to underscore, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi tenet that winning is the h... owever clothes. The father and the fianc?e of a player who died bump into uncover intensity to start on. Can Marshall overcome balanced one victim in 1971?
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Thunder Herd
This is a really great film. I think the movie has captured the real sense of how this tragic accident affected this town and it was dealt with very well.
A good movie well worth watching. You don’t need any prior knowledge of American football but it do’s help.
An interesting glimpse into the American way of life!
I'm a sucker for true stories. I found it interesting to watch this movie, because a town is torn apart when their football team all die in a plane crash, and initially the public outcry is to not to play the game altogether due to the tragedy. Which I found rather silly, seeing as football as just a game and nothing more: however this is not so much a movie about football as a movie about choosing life and the healing process that should be about choosing life despite it's inevitable tragedies. A moving story, with superb acting and and an uplifting message!
We Are Marshall
Brian LowryWe Are Marshall is based on a true story that's far more powerful and compelling than the film itself. The central premise -- struggling to keep football alive in a grief-stricken town after 75 players, coaches and supporters died in a plane crash -- provides a soulful twist on modern sports-movie conventions, as if The Sweet Hereafter met Friday Night Lights. As the clock winds down, though, director McG drifts from sensitivity into more predictable big-game histrionics. Taking the field during awards season, Warner Bros. might benefit from counter-programming with an emotional crowd-pleaser but should have difficulty mounting a sustained drive.
The Marshall U. team was returning from North Carolina to its home in the heart of West Virginia on Nov. 14, 19...
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