That's disappointing, I hate how movies have to make stuff up. I guess if I want facts I should just read a book lol.
I actually agree. There was something there to make a movie about, but they totally missed on it with that movie. At very long stretches its very boring and dull. They hit on the cliche's. Racist south, inter-racial couple dating being looked down on. I mean just stuff we have seen a billion times they spent too much time on that. The movie had zero depth at all. And in a movie where damn near everyone knows the ending before watching it (ala Titanic) they needed to do more. I don't know, I'm no hollywood writer but the movie was missing something. Ernie did die at 23 and even though he had a pretty full life up until that point doing a full motion picture on someone who only lived 23 years is tough. I mean he played football, first african american to win the Heisman, got sick and died would be your "main" plot points for the movie. Tough to stretch that out for 2 hours.
Spot on. I consider myself a movie buff and love the whole movie making process. What should've been a triumphant and tragic film was for the most part dull and lacking.
to answer your question about how much was filmed in syracuse, barely any. outside of the scenes that you see the SU campus, thats about it. So all in all about 7 minutes of actual movie were shot here.
I enjoyed it for the obvious reasons and will watch it again, but I think the fact it is airing on BET says all we need to say.
It was on HBO too. Attempt at a joke and I failed...
tadium is gone, not much could be filmed at Syracuse except the campus walking scenes. Pretty much accurate except the West Virginia game crap. We didn't play them in Morgan town in '59. The Texas episode was accurate Spitting racial slurs by the Longhorn players and fans. I don't recall the part about Ernie being injured in the game. I think he went into the game a bit dinged and the caught that record long pass and run. The whole leukemia part was unfortunately very accurate as was his early death. Te dream backfield of Davis and Jim Brown was never seen. Could Ernie have been more effective than Bobby Mitchell? Who knows??for those who lived in that time it was highly emotional. I don't recall one single negative word ever spoken about that kid.
not completly true. In the years previous to it if as told by the players in various interviews I've seen or read they recount that very treatment they show in the movie. Not that year as you note but something along those lines did actually happen in the year or two previously as they recounted it. So its a typical movie compendum of events. Pretty sure something happened similiar with the hotel too but just don't recall the specifics on that one.
You can probably ask CTO, she knew Ernie and his girlfriend if I'm not mistaken.
Man who doesn't CTO know?
I'd say Jesus, but at this point I wouldn't count anyone out.
