We Are Marshall (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: McG
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Ian McShane
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 1794
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 83512
UPC: 012569835122
EAN: 0012569835122
ASIN: B00005JPBO
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 2006
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Football is a game that knocks you down, then expects you to get back up. Life hit the West Virginia town of Huntington and its Marshall University even harder. When it did, Jack Lengyel came by to help pull them onto their feet by taking the job no one wanted: rebuilding the Marshall football program only months after a plane crash wiped out Marshall's beloved Thundering Herd. Matthew McConaughey |
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Product Description
Based on true events, tells the story of the 1970 plane crash that killed almost the entire Marshall University football team and how the university rebuilt the football program while dealing with the tragic loss.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 18-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
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 performances 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 On the DVD
Introduced by director McG, "Legendary Coaches" (37 minutes) has real-life coach Jack Lengyel (portrayed in the film by Matthew McConaughey) recalling his time at Marshall and reading a letter he received from President Nixon. Then five championship coaches discuss their coaching philosophies and overcoming adversity: Bobby Bowden (Florida State football, and also portrayed in the film as the 1971 coach at West Virginia), Pat Summit (Tennessee women's basketball), Lute Olsen (Arizona men's basketball), George Horton (Cal State Fullerton baseball), and John Wooden (UCLA men's basketball). Also included are a current promotional spot for Marshall University and the theatrical trailer. --David Horiuchi More We Are Marshall 
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Combo HD DVD | 
Return of the Thundering Herd: The Story that Inspired "We Are Marshall" |
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 Everyone should see this movie! February 6, 2010
Soccer Mom
An especially poignant movie that shows a determination to recovery from tragedy and adversity. One of the assistant coaches at Marshall eventually left the university and taught science at my high school until his retirement. Great man; great movie.
Great Work February 2, 2010
Janet Hawbaker (Chambersburg PA USA)
I purchased this DVD to see Matthew Fox. As it began, I realized I remembered the incident upon which it is based. Thoroughly enjoyable, but be prepared to be moved to tears at times.
Through AMAZON store - a great purchase! December 8, 2009
Carista J. Gamble (Ohio, USA)
As for the Movie, it is a well written and acurate account of the plane crash. As for the movie itself purchased through AMAZON, it arrived perfect and really fast, within 3 days, it was in our mail box. GREAT!!!!
 overall pleased October 21, 2009
tinkerbarbie (usa)
the dvd was only a penny plus 2.95 s& h so you cant beat that it came with case and dvd played perfectly the only complaint is that the case was cracked when i got it
How To Respond After Tragedy June 23, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a nice movie, interesting all the way, a combination sports film and melodrama and based on a tragic real-life event: a 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people including all but a couple of players and coaches on the Marshall University football team.
It's a film that when it is over, you're glad you watched it. That's a good endorsement right there.
Matthew McConaughey's role as head coach "Jack Lengyel" was a little goofy. I question whether the real coach was this "quirky," but I'm not complaining because it made "Lengyel" -- in the film - a lot of fun to watch. The screenwriters probably did that for just for that purpose, and it worked. The one football game featured is a little hokey, too, but I didn't say the movie is great, just entertaining and inspiring, which is good enough for me.
By the way, check out the bonus feature about "Living Legends." It has a half-dozen famous coaches in America give their philosophies on coaching and some of the segments are very interesting with some profound statements in them
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