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We Are Marshall
In November 1970, the entire football team was on board a plane, but they all died in the crash, including instructors from Marshall University. After the fatal accident, Nate Ruffin - a player who was sick and absent from that deadly journey - met with other students at the university to persuade the board of governors to play in the 1971 season again with new players. The head of the college without Dedeman, must find a coach to collect players. They submitted a petition to the National Association for Student Safety to allow new players to play. Coach Jacques Lengiel was chosen to lead the young players and train them to win the championship.
14 September 1971, Rye, New York, USA
7 September 1985, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19 March 1951, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
13 May 1975, Toms River, New Jersey, USA
19 May 1969, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
6 August 1980, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines
August 10, 1955 in Ironton, Ohio, USA
29 September 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
3 December 1952, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
11 April 1968, New York City, New York, USA
2 May 1987, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
November 20, 2007
...would've benefited from the presence of virtually any other actor in the central role...
September 17, 2007
A sentimental, simplistically inspiring movie that leans heavily on Matthew McConaughey's substantial energy and charisma for its success.
December 22, 2006
A series of montage and anecdotal vignettes follows as they recruit a whole new team, learn lessons from the catastrophe, lose and then win, with plenty of sentimentality sprinkled over the whole thing.
March 24, 2007
What allows We Are Marshall to stand above many of the other 2006 sports movies is both the undeniable power of the story itself and the strong ensemble McG gathered to tell it.
February 28, 2008
McConaughey campily channels Jon Stewart channeling George W. Bush for his impersonation of Lengyel.
September 08, 2007
Despite its best intentions, there is much in We Are Marshall that holds it back from being the best it can be.
December 22, 2006
We Are Marshall isn't about grief or loss, but how these things can be overcome. It's uplifting, but shallow.
September 28, 2007
We Are Marshall is not a bad movie; it is a potentially nice, familiar movie unfortunately marred by the unspeakably awful performance of Matthew McConaughey.
December 22, 2006
We Are Marshall is a bit of a shame, because the subject matter could have been something special in the hands of stronger filmmakers.
December 22, 2006
This was undeniably a horrific event for the victims' families friends, colleagues as well as for the entire community. But the movie seems to almost exploit this tragedy so it can make audiences weep, and ultimately, cheer.
December 26, 2006
Unlike a lot of sports movies, it doesn't end with a championship or a great upset over a powerhouse. The real victory on the Marshall campus was in fielding a team that honored and respected the legacy of the 1970 team.
December 22, 2006
What's missing is any kind of insight into the lives of the dead players or the members of the Young Thundering Herd who rise up to replace them.