We Are Marshall
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| Directed by | McG |
| Produced by | Basil Iwanyk McG |
| Screenplay by | Jamie Linden |
| Story by | Jamie Linden Cory Helms |
| Starring |
Matthew McConaughey Matthew Fox Ian McShane Anthony Mackie Kate Mara January Jones Brian Geraghty David Strathairn |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography | Shane Hurlbut |
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Priscilla Nedd-Friendly Gregg London |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $43.5 million |
We Are Marshall is a 2006 American historical drama biopic film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, along with five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and a crew of five. It also addresses the rebuilding of the program and the healing that the community undergoes.
Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley. Then-governor of Georgia, Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach.
It was scored by Christophe Beck and written by Jamie Linden. Dr. Keith Spears was the Marshall University consultant.
On the evening of November 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington, West Virginia following their 17–14 defeat to the East Carolina University Pirates, clips trees on a ridge just one mile short of the runway at Tri-State Airport in Ceredo, West Virginia, and crashes into a nearby gully, killing all 75 people on board. The deceased include the 37 players; head coach Rick Tolley and five members of his coaching staff; Charles E. Kautz, Marshall's athletics director; team athletic trainer Jim Schroer and his assistant, Donald Tackett; sports information director and radio play-by-play announcer Gene Morehouse; 25 boosters; and five crew members.
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