We Are Marshall (2006)Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane
What an anbelievably horrific beginning to We Are Marshall. It is the true story of the 1970 Marshall Football Team that was devastated by a plane crash killing almost all of the team and coaches. The accident really grabs you early and forced this movie watcher to be concerned for the future of Assistant Coach Red Dawson (Matthew Fox) and team captain Nate Ruffin (Anthony Mackie). Ruffin rallies enough students to convince the board of governors to let Marshall play the 1971 season.
McConaughey is brilliant as head coach Jack Lengyel who goes out of his way to take the seemingly unwanted position. Lengyel and the rest petition the NCAA to let freshmen play so that they can field a team. McConaughey makes the character strong but quirky, and his greatness culminates with his encounter with coaching great Bobby Bowden at West Virginia. When Bowden lets Lengyel and Dawson have free reign of the West Virginia game tapes, McConaughey's accent of "That's first class coach...first class," is my favorite moment of the movie.
I'm not gonna lie...I just watched the trailer and I got chills during the scene when almost the entire student body is out on the green chanting "We Are...Marshall!"
What an anbelievably horrific beginning to We Are Marshall. It is the true story of the 1970 Marshall Football Team that was devastated by a plane crash killing almost all of the team and coaches. The accident really grabs you early and forced this movie watcher to be concerned for the future of Assistant Coach Red Dawson (Matthew Fox) and team captain Nate Ruffin (Anthony Mackie). Ruffin rallies enough students to convince the board of governors to let Marshall play the 1971 season.
McConaughey is brilliant as head coach Jack Lengyel who goes out of his way to take the seemingly unwanted position. Lengyel and the rest petition the NCAA to let freshmen play so that they can field a team. McConaughey makes the character strong but quirky, and his greatness culminates with his encounter with coaching great Bobby Bowden at West Virginia. When Bowden lets Lengyel and Dawson have free reign of the West Virginia game tapes, McConaughey's accent of "That's first class coach...first class," is my favorite moment of the movie.
I'm not gonna lie...I just watched the trailer and I got chills during the scene when almost the entire student body is out on the green chanting "We Are...Marshall!"
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