Knute Rockne, All American / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; original screen play by Robert Buckner ; directed by Lloyd Bacon.

Knute Rockne, All American / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; original screen play by Robert Buckner ; directed by Lloyd Bacon.

"I've decided to take up coaching as my life work," Knute Rockne says. Coach he does, revolutionizing football with his strategies, winning close to 90 percent of his games, and helping establish the University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish as a gridiron powerhouse. But victorie...

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Main Author: Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980 (Composer, Arranger)
Contributors: Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955 (Director), Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978 (Producer), Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Producer), Fellows, Robert, 1903-1969 (Producer), Buckner, Robert (Screenwriter), O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (Actor), Page, Gale (Actor), Reagan, Ronald (Actor), Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974 (Actor), Bassermann, Albert, 1867-1952 (Actor), Litel, John, 1892-1972 (Actor), O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961 (Actor), Davis, Owen, 1907-1949 (Actor), Qualen, John, 1899-1987 (Actor), Tree, Dorothy, 1906-1992 (Actor), Sheffield, Johnny, 1931-2010 (Actor), Lukats, Nick, 1911-1979 (Actor), Richmond, Kane, 1906-1973 (Actor), Marshall, William, 1924-2003 (Actor), Byrne, William (Actor), Jones, Howard H., 1885-1941 (Actor), Warner, Glenn S. (Glenn Scobey), 1871-1954 (Actor), Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965 (Actor), Spaulding, William (Bill) (Actor), Gaudio, Tony, 1885-1951 (Actor), Dawson, Ralph, 1897-1962 (Actor), Haas, Robert, 1889-1962 (Artistic director), Lang, Charles, 1908-1956 (Sound designer), Anderson, Milo (Costume designer), Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984 (Production personnel), Wimpy, Rex (Production personnel), Forbstein, Leo F. (Musical director)
Corporate Contributors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), First National Pictures, Inc., Warner Home Video (Firm), Turner Entertainment Co.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video : Turner Entertainment Co., ©2006.
Subjects:
Rockne, Knute, > 1888-1931 > Drama.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) > Drama.
Football coaches > Biography > Drama.
Genre/Form:Football films
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Summary:"I've decided to take up coaching as my life work," Knute Rockne says. Coach he does, revolutionizing football with his strategies, winning close to 90 percent of his games, and helping establish the University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish as a gridiron powerhouse. But victories alone do not mean success to Rockne. He wants to shape his players into responsible and honorable men.
Item Description:Based upon the private papers of Mrs. Rockne, and the reports of Rockne's intimate associates and friends.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940.
Also issued as part of the box set: Ronald Reagan the signature collection.
Special features: "Teddy, the rough rider" Oscar-winning historical short; "Porky's baseball broadcast" classic cartoon; Lux Radio Theater Broadcast, Dec. 2, 1940 with O'Brien and Reagan; Theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer.
Audience:Not rated by MPAA.
Awards:Named to the National Film Registry in 1997 by the Library of Congress.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; art director, Robert Haas ; sound by Charles Lang ; gowns by Milo Anderson ; special effects by Byron Haskin and Rex Wimpy ; orchestral arrangements by Ray Heindorf ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
ISBN:1419828363
9781419828362
1419831437 (set)
9781419831430 (set)
Participant or Performer:Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Basserman, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Owen Davis, Jr., John Qualen, Dorothy Tree, John Sheffield, Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall, William Byrne, Howard Jones, Glenn "Pop" Warner, Alonzo Stagg, William "Bill" Spaulding, Moreau Choir of Notre Dame.
Language:In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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