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We Are Marshall [Blu-ray]
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391117605
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 300
Label: Warner Brothers
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
MPN: 11760
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Brothers
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Running Time: 124 minutes
Studio: Warner Brothers
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 2006
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Editorial Review:
There seems to be no end to beating-the-odds football movies these days, and if they all peak with a breathless moment of anticipation during a clutch play, then We Are Marshall, based on a true story, has plenty of (mostly good) company. Matthew McConaughey plays Jack Lengyel, who becomes head coach--more or less by default--of Marshall University's rebuilding varsity football team in Huntington, W. Va., after the school's 37-member team and coaches (and a number of others) die in a plane crash in the Appalachian Mountains on Nov. 14, 1970. Facing an indifferent college president (David Strathairn) ready to shut the football program down, a morose assistant coach (Matthew Fox), and a charged-up player (Anthony Mackie) who missed the doomed flight due to an injury, Lengyel is faced with fielding a new team and putting the players through their paces. There are the usual, perhaps too-familiar, training montages and field action, but screenwriter Jamie Linden and director McG (Charlie's Angels) also draw some very good peformances from the likes of Kate Mara and Ian McShane, contributing to an emotional tapestry conveying a powerful sense of how such a sizable loss affects a small community. --Tom Keogh
Warner Brothers We Are Marshall (Blu-ray)
Based on true events,"We Are Marshall" tells the inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home from a hard-fought game in North Carolina. Less than a minute before its scheduled landing at Tri-State Airport, the plane crashed in the Appalachian Mountains, killing everyone aboard: 37 players, eight coaches and university staff, the flight crew, and 25 prominent Huntington citizens who had made the trip as they always did tocheer their "Thundering Herd." In the aftermath of this stunning tragedy, university president Dedmon (David Strathairn) prepared to suspend the school's football program for the season--perhaps indefinitely. Assistant coach Red Dawson (Matthew Fox), who narrowly missed the ill-fated flight, couldn't face going back onto the field. But in Huntington, Marshall football has always been more than a sport: it's a way of life. And this town would rally to save it. After some initial setbacks, they found hope and strength in the leadership of outsider Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey), a young coach determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and, in the process, help to heal the community. Less than a year later, on September 18, 1971, Marshall University's brand new Thundering Herd waspoised to stage one of the greatest comebacks in collegiate sports. A raw, youthful and inexperienced squad, patched together under the guidance of Lengyel and Dawson, they would defy overwhelming odds just to march onto the gridiron for the school's first game since the accident.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Marshall, You Look Marvelous!
I had never heard of Marshall University until that chartered plane went down in the West Virginia foothills in the autumn of 1970. I recall how very sad I was upon hearing of this tragedy, and I wondered how the school--how the town that nurtured it--would recover. . .or if it would ever recover. So when I learned of this film, I became intrigued; either WE ARE MARSHALL would fall flat on its face as superficial and phony, or it would effectively pay a poignant, lasting tribute to the school, ... Read More
Rating:  - beautiful, inspiring and incredibly sad
I highly recommend watching this beautiful, inspiring and incredibly sad film about a town in West Virginia that lost its college football team and most of the coaches in a horrific plane crash and how an outsider helped them rebuild and keep the spirits of the lost players alive.
In 1970, after losing a game to an East Carolina University, the Thundering Herd boarded their chartered plane to head home. Assistant Coach Red Dawson gave up his seat so one of the team's recruiters could ... Read More
Rating: - From the ashes to the glory: and far beyond!
November 14 1970 was a very sad day in Virginia. A fatal aerial accident took away the entire team and hard fans of this beautiful and warmth city.
So, in this messy and uninspired state of things, the slow breadth will begin to reconstruct from the ashes of the memory, piece by piece, the epic effort to give them back another team, another opportunity to exhibit with legitimate pride, the honor and the glory of these fallen gladiators.
Matthew McConaughey plays the ... Read More
Rating: - Touching, with some great performances and HILARIOUS costumes
We Are Marshall, starring Matthew McConaughey, Mathew Fox, and David Strathairn, is very well-done, and the story is inspiring.
At Marshall University in West Virginia, the "Thundering Herd" football team, along with a collection of boosters, parents, etc., is flying back from an away game when their plane crashes, killing the some 75 souls on board. The university and its town are crippled by the loss and want to suspend the football program at the school. However, a small number of remaining ... Read More
Rating: - We Are Marshall
Great Movie! It will make you cry, laugh, and go through all the emotions that the people all went through.
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