Based on true events, "We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families came together in Huntington to cheer on Marshall University's "Thundering Herd." For this team and this community, Marshall football was more than just a sport, it was a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina, 37 members of Marshall's football team, plus coaching staff and team boosters, were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind tried to cope with the loss of their loved ones, they found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and in the process help to heal a community.
Production Warner Bros. Pictures; Thunder Road Pictures; Legendary Pictures; Wonderland Sound and Vision;
Cast Names Leigh Kunis; Jack Lengyel; June Letourneau; Shaun Lynch; Elvis McComas; Gina Prince Ramsey; Clint McElroy; Deanna Ross; Stephanie Leigh Schlund; Haji Abdullah; Julie Ann Spaun; Hunter Aldridge; Charles Nelson; Jeremy Ambler; John (XXI) Bailey; Robert Patrick; Harold Blizzard; Randall Blizzard; Jeffrey Todd Pratt; Ronn E. Breedlove Jr.; Dustin Brown; Shawn Reynolds; Matthew Browning; Neill Calabro; Rick (XIII) Roberts; Kaine Bennett Charleston; Anthony Singleton; Brian Spencer; Steven Stadler; Bill DaSilva;
Box Office USD 43,532,294
Release Date 2006-12-12 (Huntington, West Virginia) (premiere) 2006-12-22
Genres Drama; Sport;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG for emotional thematic material, a crash scene, and mild
language.