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Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about We Are Marshall |
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The film “We Are Marshall” is set in Huntington (West Virginia) about a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For years everyone including families, fans coaches and players have come together to applaud for Marshall University's team called “Thundering Herd”.
For Marshall University's football team and for the community football is considered its way of life rather then just a game. But one night an unfortunate event occur in the history of Marshall football in 1970 when the team was traveling back to Huntington after participating in a game in North Carolina, Marshall's football team and coaching staff around 75 of members were killed in a tragic plane crash.
Those who where left behind fight to cope with the shocking loss of their loved ones. The spirit of Marshall football along with its community was broken after the tragic incident but one young coach called Jack Lengyel was determined to rebuild the Marshall's football program from scratch and in the process he helped to heal the community as well. In the leadership of Jack Lengyel the grieving families found hope and strength.
--Faiza Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of We Are Marshall |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Kind of sports story:
- football
Sports story?
Yes
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Coping with loss of
- Close platonic friend
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- coach
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
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