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Knute Rockne All American
Official Site: n/a
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Distributed by: MGM/Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: USA 1940
Genre : Drama
based on the book by :Robert Buckner
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
An original screenplay by Robert Buckner was based upon the private papers of Mrs. Rockne and the University of Notre Dame. As a tribute to some of Rockne's colleagues, four of his contemporaries (including grid coaches and friends) appear briefly in one sequence: Howard Jones, Glenn 'Pop' Warner, Alonzo Stagg, and William 'Bill' Spaulding. The sports film is peppered with actual newsreel clips of actual games (mostly between traditional rivals Army and Notre Dame).
The film is best known for its famous line of dialogue, spoken by Rockne's most famous player, George Gipp (Ronald Reagan), a real-life football star who died young of pneumonia and provided an inspiring anecdote to his coach. Gipp tells his coach:
Some day, when things are tough, maybe you can ask the boys to go in there and win just one for the Gipper.
Later in a memorable scene (duplicating what actually happened at half-time in a 1928 Army game), the team coach quotes his player in a pep talk to his losing football team at half-time:
Well, boys, I haven't a thing to say. Played a great game -- all of you. Great game. I guess we just can't expect to win ‘em all. I'm going to tell you something I've kept to myself for years. None of you ever knew George Gipp. He was long before your time, but you all know what a tradition he is at Notre Dame. And the last thing he said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock,' he said, 'but I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.
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