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Greta Lind | ... |
Mary
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Mary Ann Thebus | ... |
Betty
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| Lili Taylor | ... |
Sherry
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Christopher Reed | ... |
Pete
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| Deborah Wittenberg | ... |
Young Sherry
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Christopher Erwin | ... |
7-Year-Old Mark
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9-Year-Old Bernie
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Robert Benirschke | ... |
11-Year-Old Mark
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Luke Massery | ... |
13-Year-Old Rudy
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| Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. | ... |
13-Year-Old Pete
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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 <[email protected]>
This is a great film about going for your dreams and never giving up. No matter who tells you that you can't do it, no matter how unlikely the chances are, no matter what, make sure you go for your dreams and do everything that you can make them come true.
Sean Astin delivers one of his best performances to date. He plays the character of Rudy Ruettiger perfectly! He was an excellent choice for the role and he deserves a great deal of credit for his work (as does the true life Rudy). The rest of the cast was quite good as well; Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Lili Taylor, Charles Dutton, Robert Prosky, and Vince Vaughn (in one of his first roles). All of the supporting cast was excellent.
If you like inspirational movies, or just movies about football (although there is much more to this movie than just football), then I highly recommend you see this film. I hope that you enjoy it. Thanks for reading,
-Chris