We Are Marshall Archives

Atlanta, GA :: More pictures of Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey filming We Are Marshall (those are dummies sitting in the stands!).  Matthew McConaughey will star as Coach Jack Lengyel of the Young Thundering Herd football team for four years following the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people. Matthew Fox will play Red Dawson (check out his dyed red hair), a Huntington businessman and an assistant to Lengyel. Andy Nameth (defensive line coach during Lengyel’s tenure at Marshall) was on set for the filming: "The stadium was filled….with dummies instead of real people. It’s unbelievable (how they) had each one made up. From a distance, no one could tell the difference." Check out the larger pictures in the gallery.  Be sure to spot the dummies! We Are Marshall is scheduled for a October 2006 release. 

Huntington, West Virginia :: Matthew McConaughey, 36, wrapped up his final day of shooting at Marshall University yesterday afternoon for his upcoming film We Are Marshall. (See pictures of McConaughey and Matthew Fox filming.)  "I’ve enjoyed [my stay in West Virginia] …the people make up  the place," Matthew McConaughey told reporters Friday afternoon, April 21, 2006 near Hodge’s Hall on the MU campus, after Gov. Joe Manchin made him an honorary West Virginian. Matthew McConaughey is now in Atlanta, GA where he will finish filming We Are Marshall.    Just this past Tuesday, McConaughey attended MU football team’s Tuesday practice (pictured) and chatted with former Thundering Herd quarterback Chad Pennington, now with the New York Jets.   More pictures in the gallery!

We Are Marshall Synopsis :: The story, of course, is about the emotional impact of the November 14, 1970, plane crash near Tri-State Airport that killed all 75 aboard a chartered jet and the resurgence of Marshall’s football program. The crash killed nearly the entire Marshall football team and coaching staff, supporters from the community and the flight crew.

Huntington, West Virginia :: Production of 1970s-set biopic We Are Marshall hit Marshall University’s campus this past Tuesday, as filming was under way at the Walter "Lefty" Rollins Field and the Campus Christian Center.  Above are actors Matthew Fox, 39, and Matthew McConaughey, 36, decked out in their 1970s finest, including loud plaid jackets and wide ties. Matthew McConaughey will star as Coach Jack Lengyel of the Young Thundering Herd football team for four years following the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people. Matthew Fox will play Red Dawson (hence his dyed red hair), a Huntington businessman and an assistant to Lengyel.  Watch Matthew McConaughey talk about We Are Marshall (Release Date :: December 8, 2006) during a press conference below.  More pictures in the gallery!