Rudy

Name: Rudy
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1993-09-17
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Lili Taylor, Charles S. Dutton

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog.

Rudy (1993)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Video for the film Rudy — Sean Astin: RUDY is the Epitome of the American Dream

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Production

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Budget

$12 000 000

Box office

$22 750 363

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Director

David Anspaugh

Actors

Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Lili Taylor, Charles S. Dutton, Vince Vaughn, Greta Lind, Christopher Reed, Deborah Wittenberg, Kevin Duda
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Scenario

Angelo Pizzo

Producer

Cary Woods, Robert N. Fried, Lee R. Mayes

Camera operator

Oliver Wood

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Artist

Robb Wilson King

Audition

Richard Pagano, Sharon Bialy, Debi Manwiller

Editing

David Rosenbloom
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The scenes of football matches are shown very realistically because director David Anspach did not film with cameras directly on the field. Like in actual football broadcasts, all such scenes were filmed with cameras located outside the playing surface.
The film shows Rudy working after graduating from high school, but in reality, he served 4 years in the US Navy, which is not mentioned in the film.
In reality, Dan Divyne (1924-2002) felt warmly towards Rudy and tried to help him. He even volunteered to play the villain in this film just to get the green light for the film's production.
In the scenes where Rudy is playing on the field, the players' jerseys are printed with the surnames of the actors and crew members.
Dan Divyne was very dismayed by the scene in which several players placed their jerseys on his table in protest of his decision not to let Rudy play in the game. According to Divyne, this never happened in real life, and if it had, those football players would have been immediately kicked off the team.