Knute Rockne All American (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Robert Fellows (associate), Hal B. Wallis (executive) |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Sports |
| Top Topics | Football (American) |
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Knute Rockne All American Overview:
Knute Rockne All American (1940) was a Sports - Biographical Film directed by Lloyd Bacon and William K. Howard and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows.
Knute Rockne All American was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997.
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George Gipp:
Win one for the Gipper!
Knute Rockne: Father, I've decided to take up coaching as my life's work.
Father John Callahan: Hmmmm.
Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?
Father John Callahan: Anyone who follows the truth in his heart never makes a mistake.
Knute Rockne: Now 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've 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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Knute Rockne: Father, I've decided to take up coaching as my life's work.
Father John Callahan: Hmmmm.
Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?
Father John Callahan: Anyone who follows the truth in his heart never makes a mistake.
Knute Rockne: Now 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've 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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Facts about
The football history portrayed in the movie plays fast and loose with a key element of college gridiron development. The film depicts Rockne developing the forward pass in the 'teens, as an undergraduate at Notre Dame. But the forward pass was legalized and used during the 1906 football season.
Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan and Donald Crisp recreated their roles for a 12/2/40 episode of Lux Theater, but Gale Page's part was enacted by Fay Wray.
The unnamed "disease" that killed George Gipp wasn't a disease, it was actually complications from strep throat.
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Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan and Donald Crisp recreated their roles for a 12/2/40 episode of Lux Theater, but Gale Page's part was enacted by Fay Wray.
The unnamed "disease" that killed George Gipp wasn't a disease, it was actually complications from strep throat.
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