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22 December 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
From the ashes we rose morePlot:
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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This is not just a sports movie! more (159 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Matthew McConaughey | ... | Jack Lengyel | |
| Matthew Fox | ... | Red Dawson | |
| Anthony Mackie | ... | Nate Ruffin | |
| David Strathairn | ... | President Dedmon | |
| Ian McShane | ... | Paul Griffen | |
| Kate Mara | ... | Annie Cantrell | |
| January Jones | ... | Carole Dawson | |
| Kimberly Williams-Paisley | ... | Sandy Lengyel | |
| Arlen Escarpeta | ... | Reggie Oliver | |
| Brian Geraghty | ... | Tom Bogdan | |
| Tommy Cresswell | ... | Gene Morehouse | |
| Christian Kanupke | ... | Young Keith Morehouse | |
| Nina Jones | ... | Mrs. Morehouse | |
| Kevin Atkins | ... | George Olson | |
| Mark Patton | ... | Bill James |
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Rated PG for emotional thematic material, a crash scene, and mild language.Parents Guide:
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131 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:All | USA:PG (certificate #43100) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:6Fun Stuff
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In the large stadium crowd scenes, hundreds local extras were used to fill the stands along with thousands of blow up dummies and thousands of CG Extras, to make the crowds appear larger. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the scene showing a crowd of people walking past a residence to the first football game (1971 season), one woman has a tattoo on her left ankle. A woman wearing a visible tattoo was highly improbable during that era, especially in an ultra-conservative town like Huntington, W.Va. moreQuotes:
Jack Lengyel: One day, not today, not tomorrow, not this season, probably not next season either but one day, you and I are gonna wake up and suddenly we're gonna be like every other team in every other sport where winning is everything and nothing else matters. And when that day comes, well thats, thats when we'll honor them. moreSoundtrack:
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly moreFAQ
Marshall played Xavier University in 1971. Did Xavier have a football team then?more
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I graduated from Marshall University and grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, where the movie takes place, which of course, made this movie especially meaningful to me. I drove 300 miles to see the Premiere in Huntington two days ago, and the audience actually clapped during certain scenes, laughed quite a few times, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house at the end. Though it was extremely poignant for us West Virginians because there were people in the audience whose family members died in that horrible plane crash in 1970, and one of my high school friends was actually there at the crash site with her father who was a State Trooper, and I know other people who lost someone. However, aside from all that, this movie is extremely uplifting. When you are faced with such a horrendous tragedy as losing 75 people, 55 of whom were members of your football team with only a handful of players left as well as the head coach and family members of the football players and other university faculty, etc., it is completely devastating! I remember seeing scenes of the crash on TV, and it was horrible. And then to rebuild a team from scratch when no one even wanted to coach the Thundering Herd (Marshall's football team)? That's totally amazing!
And the way they went about it was ingenious! I didn't know a lot of the details of what happened after the crash or how hard it was to rebuild the team because I was 5 years old at the time, but the director/producer McG, the writer and all the actors really give you a sense of the horrendous loss that my hometown experienced and how they really did rise from the ashes to honor their teammates who perished on November 14, 1970. Even if you're not a sports fan, this movie shows the indelible spirit of the human condition and what you can accomplish if you really give 110%. Matthew McConauhey, Anthony Mackie and Matthew Fox and the entire cast gave absolutely incredible performances, and after the film ended Matt M and Matt Fox were both so choked up they could barely speak. And I guarantee that people who are not a little emotional after watching this film, then those folks didn't "see" what I saw--an Oscar-Winning film whether it gets nominated or not!
Lynne Logan Novelist/Screenwriter and very grateful fan of "We Are Marshall"