Knute Rockne, All American (1940)

Original title

Knute Rockne All American

Directed by

William K. Howard, Lloyd Bacon

Genre

drama film, biographical film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of Knute Rockne, the famous football coach at Notre Dame. It shows his rise to success and his impact on the players he mentored. A key figure is player George Gipp, whose legacy becomes a lasting inspiration.

inspirationalheroicnostalgicpatrioticsentimentalupbeatearnestbiographical

What happens

Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 American biographical film that tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's legendary football coach. It stars Pat O'Brien as Rockne and Ronald Reagan as player George Gipp, as well as Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr., Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall, and William Byrne. The film also includes cameos by football coaches "Pop" Warner, Amos Alonzo Stagg, William H. Spaulding, and Howard Jones, playing themselves. It also has a cameo by Olympic star Jim Thorpe. Reagan's presidential campaign revived interest in the film, and as a result, some reporters called him the Gipper. The movie was written by Robert Buckner and directed by Lloyd Bacon, who replaced William K. Howard after filming had begun. In 1997, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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