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We Are Marshall on DVD (2006)

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Average rating: 68%
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Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Kate Mara, January Jones, Kimberly Williams, Arlen Escarpeta, Robert Patrick, Brian Geraghty, Tommy Cresswell, Christian Kanupke, Nina Jones, Kevin Atkins
Director: McG
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 124 mins
Certificate: PG
User collections: 4th and a mile - american football
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: 22/10/2007
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Brief synopsis of We Are Marshall

"We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring true story set in Huntingdon, West Virginia, a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to cheer on Marshall University's "Thunder Herd." For this team and this community, Marshall football is more than just a sport, it's a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntingdon after a game in North Carolina, 75 members of Marshall's football team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind struggled to cope with the devastating loss of their loved ones, the grieving families found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey), a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and, in the process, helped to heal a community.

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Rated - 4 starsThunder Herd

Rocksy [Highly rated reviewer] , 12/11/2007

This is a really great film. I think the movie has captured the real sense of how this tragic accident affected this town and it was dealt with very well.

A good movie well worth watching. You don’t need any prior knowledge of American football but it do’s help.

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Rated - 2 starsAn interesting glimpse into the American way of life!

A customer from SW London , 21/12/2007

I'm a sucker for true stories. I found it interesting to watch this movie, because a town is torn apart when their football team all die in a plane crash, and initially the public outcry is to not to play the game altogether due to the tragedy. Which I found rather silly, seeing as football as just a game and nothing more: however this is not so much a movie about football as a movie about choosing life and the healing process that should be about choosing life despite it's inevitable tragedies. A moving story, with superb acting and and an uplifting message!

  6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsVery Good film

A customer from North , 26/11/2007

Well worth a watch to see how people/ a town deals with such tragic events and how in the end they triumph, enjoy and laugh smile and cry.

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 3 starswe are marshall

showmethemoney from South Wales [Highly rated reviewer] , 21/01/2008

this was very emotional throughout, the fact that it was a true story emphasised this even more so. how so many lives were taken in such tragic circumstances. found this to be very warm and fulfilling, had a sense of true community about it. may have been a little long but thats really its only flaw. aside from that it was a decent enough tribute

  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsThunder Herd

Rocksy [Highly rated reviewer] , 12/11/2007

This is a really great film. I think the movie has captured the real sense of how this tragic accident affected this town and it was dealt with very well.

A good movie well worth watching. You don’t need any prior knowledge of American football but it do’s help.

  13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 2 starsAn interesting glimpse into the American way of life!

A customer from SW London , 21/12/2007

I'm a sucker for true stories. I found it interesting to watch this movie, because a town is torn apart when their football team all die in a plane crash, and initially the public outcry is to not to play the game altogether due to the tragedy. Which I found rather silly, seeing as football as just a game and nothing more: however this is not so much a movie about football as a movie about choosing life and the healing process that should be about choosing life despite it's inevitable tragedies. A moving story, with superb acting and and an uplifting message!

  6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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