Movie
We Are Marshall
Overview
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-12-12
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wonderland Sound and Vision, Thunder Road, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Jack Lengyel
- Matthew Fox as Red Dawson
- Anthony Mackie as Nate Ruffin
- David Strathairn as President Dedmon
- Ian McShane as Paul Griffen
- Kate Mara as Annie Cantrell
- January Jones as Carole Dawson
- Kate Kneeland as Ticket Taker
- Wes Brown as Chris Griffen
- L. Warren Young as Mickey Jackson
- Andrew Wilson Williams as David Lengyel
- Huntley Ritter as Randy Linden
Crew
- McG - Director
- Cory Helms - Writer
- Jamie Linden - Screenplay
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