We Are Marshall
(2006)We Are Marshall 2006
If you're not feeling optimistic, you should check your heart rate. Football is a game that knocks you down and then waits for you to get up. In 1970, a plane crash struck the city of Huntington, West Virginia, primarily Marshall University. Jack Lengyel enters Marshall University, which lost nearly all of its football team and coaching staff in a plane crash, and takes on a job no one wants and brings the team back together. Matthew McConaughey as Lengyel; He impresses with his role as the energetic and caring coach of inexperienced players who have little chance of winning.