| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | WE ARE MARSHALL (2006) |
| Director | McG |
| Writer | Jamie Linden, Cory Helms |
| Lead Actor | Matthew McConaughey |
| Cast | Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie |
| Genre | Drama, Sport |
| Release Date | July 25, 1997 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 4m (124 min) |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.1/10 |
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WE ARE MARSHALL
In 1970, an airplane crash killed 36 members of Marshall University’s (Huntington, West Virginia) football team, in addition to 39 family members and prominent citizens of the community. Donald Dedmon (David Strathairn), the president of the university, is almost convinced by Paul Griffin (Ian McShane), the father of one of the dead players and a member of the university’s board, to discontinue the football program out of respect for the deceased. But Nate Ruffin (Anthony Mackie, Million Dollar Baby), a player who survived because he was not on the plane, wants football to continue.
A small town coach from Ohio, Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey), becomes the new coach. He tells President Dedmon that the thought of losing even one of his children is so unimaginable that he can only wonder how a small town and a school can survive the loss of so many.
Lengyel brings back Red Dawson (Matthew Fox), an assistant coach who missed the fatal flight. Dawson and Ruffin are ridden with survivor’s guilt.
This true story about death, grief and the phoenix that rises from the ashes is more than just another football film. Like The Pursuit of Happyness, We Are Marshall is about dimensions of the male experience in America.
Marshall shows us how we can keep going and living, one step in front of the other. We are thwarted at times by those who do things they regret because of their grief, and bolstered up by strangers who care.
It is directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels), who takes us back almost to the year he was born (1968), including plaid, polyester fashions. The actors come together as a team in this film about a team. Be warned that the movie has a BK rating (bring Kleenex). Inspiring; mature themes and a plane crash.
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