We Are Marshall (2006)

Director:

McG

Writers (WGA):

Jamie Linden (screenplay)
Cory Helms (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

From the ashes we rose

Plot:

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach (McConaughey) and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Plot Keywords:

Beer Drinking | Marshall University | Freshman | 1970s | Football

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Matthew McConaughey	...	Jack Lengyel
Matthew Fox	...	Red Dawson
Anthony Mackie	...	Nate Ruffin
David Strathairn	...	President Dedmon
Ian McShane	...	Paul Griffen
Kate Mara	...	Annie Cantrell
January Jones	...	Carole Dawson
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Sandy Lengyel
Arlen Escarpeta	...	Reggie Oliver
Brian Geraghty	...	Tom Bogdan
Tommy Cresswell	...	Gene Morehouse
Christian Kanupke	...	Young Keith Morehouse
Nina Jones	...	Mrs. Morehouse
Kevin Atkins	...	George Olson
Mark Patton	...	Bill James
Huntley Ritter	...	Randy Linden
Brett Rice	...	Lloyd Boone
Dalton Polston	...	Peter Lengyel
Andrew Wilson Williams	...	David Lengyel
Ellie Zellers	...	Julie Lengyel
Mark Oliver	...	Ernie Salvatore
Brian Beegle	...	Lucas Booth
L. Warren Young	...	Mickey Jackson
David Dwyer	...	Hutch Davis
Wes Brown	...	Chris Griffen
Mike Pniewski	...	Bobby Bowden
Cafabian Heard	...	Danny
Amanda Best	...	Katie (as Mandy Best)
Nikky D. Williams	...	Jane (as Nikky Williams)
Laura-Shay Griffin	...	Julie
Katie Kneeland	...	Ticket Taker
Elizabeth Omilami	...	President's Secretary (as Elisabeth Omilami)
Scott Hilley	...	Man in the Rain
Andrew DiPalma	...	Diner Student #1
J. Jacob Adelman	...	Diner Student #2 (as Jeff Adelman)
Dolan Wilson	...	Steel Worker
Billy Woods	...	Airport Booster #1
Sharalene Kile	...	Doris Stillwell
Bill Crabb	...	Gas Station Attendant
Philip Ivey	...	Man in the Car at the Theater
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	Fireman #1
Jody Thompson	...	Barrier Policeman
David Ramsey	...	Father
Rhoda Griffis	...	Mrs. Shaw
Billy Bennett	...	Blake Smith
Patrick Parker	...	Mr. Booth
Joey Nappo	...	Beer Freshman
Michael DiFiore	...	W.V. Player
Maurice Bryant	...	Xavier #19
Tim Crowley	...	Referee
Don Young	...	Janitor
Alex Van	...	Trainer
Ron Clinton Smith	...	Jim McNally
Taber Lathrop	...	Steven Morehouse
Jake Cooper	...	Freshman #1
William Gorman	...	Freshman #2
Anaiah Petty	...	Freshman #3
Jeff Portell	...	Fireman #2
Alyssa Caputo	...	Gail Morehouse
Keith Morehouse	...	Himself
Mike Ribaudo	...	Baseball Catcher
Bobby Jordan	...	Baseball Runner
Dock Pollard	...	Terry Gardner
Bert Beatson	...	Player #3
Bobby Jon Drinkard	...	Player #4
Ryan Sloth	...	Marshall #51
Brent Garber	...	Shalhoop
Steven Barr	...	Game Announcer (as Steve Barr)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beau Turpin	...	Freshman #5
Hunter Aldridge	...	Marshall Football Player (uncredited)
Jeremy Ambler	...	Huntington Townsperson Standing At Memorial Fountain (uncredited)
Grace Baine	...	Press Reporter (uncredited)
Heather Blair	...	Student (uncredited)
Harold Blizzard	...	Morehead Fan (uncredited)
Randall Blizzard	...	Morehead Waterboy (uncredited)
Matthew Browning	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
Neill Calabro	...	Beaker the Morehead Eagle (uncredited)
Kaine Bennett Charleston	...	1970 Marshall Football Player #5 (uncredited)
Bill DaSilva	...	Marshall #41 (uncredited)
Red Dawson	...	Morehead Coach (uncredited)
Buddy Dolan	...	Spoon (uncredited)
Laurie Garner	...	Marshall Fan (uncredited)
Shaun Gilmer	...	Xavier Player (uncredited)
Blake Hester	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Chad Hundley	...	Marshall Fan (uncredited)
Rodney L. James	...	West Virgina State Trooper (uncredited)
Jeff Joslin	...	West Virginia Coach (uncredited)
Scottie Knollin	...	Marshall Fan / Xavier Fan (uncredited)
Shawn Knowles	...	NCAA Official (uncredited)
Leigh Kunis	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Lengyel	...	Himself (uncredited)
June Letourneau	...	Journalist (uncredited)
Clint McElroy	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Patrick	...	Coach Rick Tolley (uncredited)
Deanna Ross	...	Marshall Fan (uncredited)
Nathan Standridge	...	Fireman (uncredited)
Ashley Stinnett	...	Army Guy (uncredited)
Jerry Wallace	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Steve Warren	...	NCAA Official (uncredited)
Raymond Wood	...	Morehead Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
McG

Writing credits (WGA)
Jamie Linden		(screenplay)
Cory Helms		(story) &
Jamie Linden		(story)

Produced by
Jeanne Allgood	....	executive producer
William Fay	....	executive producer
Basil Iwanyk	....	producer
Jamie Linden	....	co-producer
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	associate producer (as Adolfo Martinez)
Scott Mednick	....	executive producer
Brent O'Connor	....	executive producer
Thomas Tull	....	executive producer
Mary Viola	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Shane Hurlbut		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Gregg London
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly		(as Priscilla Nedd Friendly)

Casting by
Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis

Production Design by
Tom Meyer

Art Direction by
Jonah Markowitz

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Danny Glicker

Makeup Department
Andrea C. Brotherton	....	hair stylist
Teresa Foshee	....	makeup artist
Karrieann Heisner	....	assistant makeup artist
T.A. Henderson	....	hair stylist
Philip Ivey	....	key hair stylist (as Phillip 'Mr. P' Ivey)
Rachel Kick	....	makeup artist
Taylor Knight	....	hair stylist
Sarah Mays	....	makeup department head
Louise Moon	....	hair stylist: Mr. McConaughey
Donna M. Premick	....	key makeup artist (as Donna Premick)
Susan Ransom	....	makeup artist
Kellie Robinson	....	makeup artist
Bryan Whisnant	....	hair stylist
Joani Yarbrough	....	hair department head

Production Management
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive
Carol Dantuono	....	post-production supervisor
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production
Kelly Helstrom	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Cowan	....	first assistant director
Mark Robert Ellis	....	second unit director
Todd Havern	....	additional second assistant director
Hillary Schwartz	....	second second assistant director
David Waters	....	second assistant director
Terrence B. Zinn	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Charlsey Adkins	....	art department assistant
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	property master
James Brothers	....	on-set dresser
Chris Bush	....	assistant props
Matthew Butler	....	lead greens
Taryn Chilivis	....	construction auditor
Curtis Crowe	....	construction coordinator
Karen A. Felix	....	on-set dresser
Brenda Findley	....	art department coordinator
Daniel B. Foster	....	lead man
Laurie Garner	....	art staff assistant
Shawn M. Gray	....	assistant property master
Carolyn Kayne	....	painter
Richard Koll	....	carpenter
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Johnny Land	....	scenic foreman
Paul Lowe	....	construction medic
Alisa Lumbreras	....	charge scenic artist
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	storyboard artist
Amy McGary	....	additional set decorator
Marc Messenger	....	storyboard artist
Thomas Minton	....	assistant art director
Mike Monckton	....	lead signwriter
Mark Nave	....	carpenter
Robert Tate Nichols	....	swing gang
James F. Oñate	....	scenic foreman
Jennifer Petrie	....	painter
Dan Post	....	set dresser
Andy Rusk	....	carpenter
Darrin Tilton	....	set dresser
Michael Ward	....	set designer

Sound Department
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Crawford	....	adr recordist: Atlanta
Jessica A. Dickson	....	adr editor
Jessica A. Dickson	....	dialogue editor (as Jessica Dickson)
Mary H. Ellis	....	sound mixer
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Cameron Frankley	....	sound designer
Cameron Frankley	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Globerman	....	digital recordist
Ryan Juggler	....	supervising foley editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
Jon Michaels	....	assistant sound editor
Drew Ponder	....	boom operator
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Jose A. Sanchez	....	sound utility
Jose Sandrez	....	sound utility
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Colt Logan	....	boom operator: re-shoots (uncredited)

Special Effects by
William Catania	....	special effects technician
David Fletcher	....	special effects coordinator
G. Heath Hood	....	special effects technician
Thomas Kittle	....	special effects foreman
Brendon McHale	....	special effects technician
Matt Neel	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jayni Borgaro	....	paint and roto artist: CIS Hollywood
Melissa Brockman	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Randy Brown	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
John Cassella	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Craig Crawford	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
John Hewitt	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood
Joshua H. Johnson	....	paint/rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Dan Kaufman	....	digital effects supervisor
J. Kitazaki	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Heather MacPhee	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Diana Miao	....	color and lighting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Kama Moiha	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Marc Nanjo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Naveen Nathan	....	junior systems: CIS Hollywood
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Eric Pender	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM
David Rey	....	compositing supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Chris Ryan	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Frederique Schafer	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Ziad Seirafi	....	Compositor: CIS Hollywood
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor
Thomas J. Smith	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Jason Wardle	....	lead CGI artist: CIS Hollywood
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kyle Yamamoto	....	research and development programmer: CIS Hollywood
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects consultant: Warner Bros. (uncredited)

Stunts
Donald Malloy	....	stunts
Luke Powell	....	stunts
Andy Roland	....	stunts
Mark Wigal	....	stunts
Recardo Wimbush	....	stunts
Nyle Wiren	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Allen	....	rigging grip
Reid Andrews	....	gaffer: base camp
Chris Bangma	....	technician: Libra remote head
Brent Bazinski	....	rigging electrician
Pete Bowman	....	grip
Glenn Brown	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Glenn Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Glenn Brown	....	steadicam operator
Jennifer Burdick-Baklarov	....	additional photographer
David Calvert-Jones	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Christopher Campbell	....	grip
Dessie Coale	....	electrician
Dan Cornwall	....	gaffer
Rick Crank	....	electrician
Stephen Crowley	....	pre-rig gaffer
Roberto De Angelis	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Roberto De Angelis	....	steadicam operator
Brian Dzyak	....	epk videographer
Terry Fitzpatrick	....	video assist operator
Dale Fowler	....	best boy electric
Donny Fowler	....	electrician
Jos'h Hancher	....	assistant camera
Gary Hatfield	....	camera operator
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip
Michael Kelem	....	aerial camera operator
Robert Kempf	....	key grip
Halley Manning	....	electrician
Marc Margulies	....	assistant camera
Ronald 'Ronnie' Martin	....	rigging electrician
Frank Masi	....	still photographer
David McLean	....	electrician
Bobby McMahan	....	assistant camera
Greg Morse	....	video assist operator
Travis Navarra	....	rigging grip
Tripp Pair	....	dolly grip
David Parker	....	electrician
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	key rigging grip
Karen Parsons	....	dimmer board operator
Daniel Pederson	....	gaffer: base camp
Joe A. Ponticelle	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Redmond	....	technocrane operator
Mike Robertson	....	electrician
Bruce Robinson	....	assistant camera
Bruce Robinson	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jacob Ross	....	best boy rigging grip
Ted Sapp	....	grip
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
John R. Sutton	....	rigging grip
Mike Torino	....	film loader (as Michael F. Torino III)
Trey Twitty	....	film loader
Mike Tyson	....	rigging electrician
Paul Varrieur	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Casting Department
Janella Bersabal	....	extras casting assistant
Kristen A. Brown	....	extras casting assistant
Samantha Cheshire	....	extras casting assistant
Chad Cork	....	local casting assistant
Shay Griffin	....	casting: Atlanta (as Shay Bentley Griffin)
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Patrick Ingram	....	extras casting
Kody McEachin	....	extras casting assistant
April Rich	....	extras casting assistant
Nathan Wright	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Au	....	costume department supervisor (as Nancy Capper)
Layne Brightwell	....	key set costumer
Zenita Carswell	....	costumer
Audrey Fisher	....	assistant costume designer
K. Drew Fuller	....	dresser: Mr. McConaughey (as Drew Fuller)
Daniel George	....	key set costumer
Molly Grundman	....	key costumer
Jeanette Guillermo	....	costumer
Zandra Harding	....	costumer
Zandra Harding	....	tailor
Daniela Moore	....	key costumer
Paradise	....	costumer
Lorie Shew	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Shaun Aprahamian	....	assistant editor
Joe Binford Jr.	....	assistant editor
Ben Estrada	....	assistant: digital intermediate colorist
Terry Fitzpatrick	....	editor: video
Lee Grubin	....	assistant editor
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Odis McKinney	....	assistant editor
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM
Matthew Sakata	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Adam Blau	....	additional orchestrator
Fernand Bos	....	supervising music editor
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Steve Griffen	....	assistant music editor
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Dale Combs	....	driver: second honeywagon
Chuck Graydon	....	driver
Cindy Parker	....	transportation coordinator
J.L. Parker	....	transportation captain
Randy Southerland	....	transportation
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation

Other crew
Kat Allen	....	production assistant
Kevin Allmon	....	stand-in: Brian Geraghty
Stephen F. Andrich	....	visual sports consultant
Erica Arbelaez	....	assistant: Ms. Allgood
Gloria Winship Ayon	....	animal coordinator
Jackie Baugh	....	production accountant
Chris Birdsong	....	production assistant
Mark Bitner	....