Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.Written by
Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
In the movie, the players and coaches of Rudy's Joliet Catholic High School football team were made up of real high school players and coaches from Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois. The two schools were brother schools formed under the same order of priests and have had an on and off rivalry since the 1920's. They also are the two winningest state championship teams in Illinois, and at the time of filming were both coming off championships. The irony that players from Mt. Carmel were dressed in their rival's jersey and then had to act the scene out on the turf of their bitter rival's field (St. Rita), might have to suffice for players from Joliet Catholic who weren't asked to be in the movie, even though they play thirty miles from the filming location. Also, you can hear the coach telling the players at the last practice that they'll need to get ready for the Mt. Carmel Caravan. See more »
Goofs
Many of the spectators in the audience for the Notre Dame games are wearing modern era (1990's) clothing. One extra has a 1993 era Chicago White Sox cap as the White Sox didn't start wearing those until 1991. See more »
Quotes
Fortune:
You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now, it ain't gonna never happen. Now go on back.
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Crazy Credits
This is one of the few films in which the infamous "Alan Smithee" is given directorial credit for ONLY the commercial TV version. If viewed on VHS, DVD, pay cable etc... David Anspaugh is given his proper credit as director in the opening credits. However the editing for extra commercials on the free TV version is done so heavily -which alters the context- that Mr Smithee is the "director" when this film is shown there. See more »
Alternate Versions
Severely cut TV version was disowned by director David Anspaugh. The credited director on this version is "Alan Smithee". See more »
I found the movie to be inspirational, a little cliched and always interesting. Sean Astin made me believe in the character he played and I also enjoyed Charles S. Dutton. You know how the movie will end, unless you were born yesterday, but its still satisfying and I wasn't ashamed to shed a tear....
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I found the movie to be inspirational, a little cliched and always interesting. Sean Astin made me believe in the character he played and I also enjoyed Charles S. Dutton. You know how the movie will end, unless you were born yesterday, but its still satisfying and I wasn't ashamed to shed a tear....