I remember back in 2009 we had just made the playoffs in high school and were on the road to play the number 1 seeded team. It was a 2 hour drive and coach put this movie on the bus to inspire us. That night in the locker room he ended the speech before the game with "be Rudy tonight". We lost the game 56-6

@tonygville2969

2 жыл бұрын

Did you play your best? That's all the coach can ask for.

@angellestat2730

2 жыл бұрын

lol, you make me laugh hard..

@Seemsayin

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was the worst thing a coach could do. Watching a feel-good story about a guy, living in a fantasy world. While it makes for a great movie, truth was... Rudi's fate (playing time) depended on a couple of guys who leaned on their coach. Realistically, he had virtually NO chance of starting, much less playing. All he cared about was putting that uniform on, and making an appearance. All he wanted was... to dress, one game, just so he could say he was part of the team. That's what I would call... a bucket-list "dreamer". And dreamers tend to get knocked on their asses. Imagine had they NOT liked him. There would be NO story. That's how close he came to the reality of it. Pure pipe dream. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Gotta feeling that the team, who scored 56 points, didn't watch Rudy before the game.

@maxryder6649

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant really made me laugh nice one

@fdterritory

2 жыл бұрын

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

I never have watched this movie with a dry eye... Hell, I can't get through a six minute clip without some pollen getting my eyes...fantastic movie.

@Therzza

2 жыл бұрын

When they start chanting, yeah, that’s it, allergies kick in…

@jwdickinson643

2 жыл бұрын

I know what ya mean, sir….and I’m not even a Notre Dame fan….great movie

@jamesmyers3773

2 жыл бұрын

The chant always gets me too.

@thundergod9157

2 жыл бұрын

Yea the pollen....me too

@tomsteinhardt4722

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this with my pops before he passed, we both had water in our eyes. He was old school, raised me to be old school.

Gives me goosebumps. Amazing. I had a Rudy moment in High school basketball. I was a bench warmer and my friend Mark Gray told me he was going to get the crowd cheering for me to get in. By the one minute mark he had the entire crowd cheering for me. Coach finally told me to take off my sweats and just from that the crowd was on their feet. Went I went in the entire crowd gave me a standing ovation. Never forget it. Everyone deserves a moment like that in their life. Thank you Mark Gray!!

@redmoneylady2213

2 жыл бұрын

@richard Miller, I salute you and I know that you had the heart for it. ❤❤❤

@richardmiller191

2 жыл бұрын

@@redmoneylady2213 Thank you!!

PLAY HIM!!!! 🍀🍀🍀🍀 This movie makes you fall in love with his dream.

"He's so little!" Yeah Jon he's a hobbit

@aaronkippes7851

2 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL, Don't you leave him Sam, and I don't intend to Mr. Frodo.

"That was for you" The music, Rudy's reaction, everything just perfect 👌🏾

50 years old, and still makes me shed a tear. Great movie ❤

@toptenguy1

2 жыл бұрын

YOU WUSS!! I am cutting onions and I had a grain of sand in my eye at the same time, so I HAVE AN EXCUSE!!! :)

@joesanchez3646

2 жыл бұрын

64

@SuperChuckRaney

Жыл бұрын

If you watch the real play online, he assisted in the tackle, but otherwise, it's as shown really. He is in there severaal plays.

If only athletes had half the heart that Rudy has.

The Rudy music gets me pumped up every game I have to play when I was in HS. The tune has a meaningful effect to me because I tells me to never give up in school, football, my job, and other personal matters. When I turn that music on, it gets me to work nonstop till the finish line.

Brings tears to my eyes every time! Wish this included the team carrying him off the field.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon.

@jim2lane

3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact - Ed O'Neill who played Al Bundy on MWC played college football at Ohio and Youngstown and was drafted by the Steelers in 1969 😊

@GNXXRAY

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing....Al Bundy...Ed O’Neill actually played for Youngstown Ursuline High and scored 4tds in the 1964 City All Star game. That’s where the storyline came from.

@jacksmith8002

3 жыл бұрын

@@jim2lane He also sacked Bradshaw in training camp that year

@jamesfields2916

3 жыл бұрын

Although some will say his knee was down.

@markmac2206

3 жыл бұрын

i thought you would mention the illegal crane kick.

Jerry Goldsmiths score makes this movie incredible!

The Rudy chant that’s proof dreams can come true

If I ever get dirt or something stuck in my eye, I watch this scene. Works every time.

@lawrenceferrari1735

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100%! If it's Windy outside my eyes might get a little teary to. Lol. Us dude's are like that. Hahaha

Lump in my throat, tears in my eyes…u gotta have a heart of stone to not feel the emotion of this! What a story, what a film, what a dreamer named Rudy who had a heart bigger than that entire stadium and who never gave up! Love this!

@c0rnp0p80

Жыл бұрын

You do know he started a company with the sole intention of defrauding investors, right? He actually had to do some prison time for it lol. I'll bet that gave him a lump in his throat lol.

I had a head injury (car accident) just after high school graduation and I could not play college football. I never gave up the dream, however, and when I was healthy in my early 30s, I played semi-pro football with a bunch of former Division I players for a team in the North American Football League. I drew inspiration from this movie. I just wanted to play. God, I love football.

I cry just about every time I watch this part.

At work, whenever we're getting bodied... we start to chant "Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!" to ourselves to lift up the mood or motivate us not to be miserable.

This movie just popped in my head and now I'm sitting in my work truck about to walk into a customer's house, wiping tears from eyes lol.

This scene still gets me!!!

@davidmcgrath6507

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@thelastdrive-inscreen2393

3 жыл бұрын

Every time.

@16blank45

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t watched the movie in so long, and I just geared up…again! They don’t make movies like this anymore. Everything is so fake now! We have really become shallow as a people.

@dico3557

3 жыл бұрын

Same brotha, and I watch this movie EVERY Thanksgiving LOL.

@mattgaming8717

3 жыл бұрын

Everytime!

The real Rudy was actually in the stands during the crowd scenes. He is wearing a funny cap, leather fur lined jacket and holding a rolled up program. Sitting right behind Ned Beatty.

@Ray19888

2 жыл бұрын

Time please

@TheJeffro451

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ray19888 2:42

@Ray19888

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJeffro451 Thank you.

@cannondaleman1

2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! I've seen this movie several times and never knew that! It sure as hell IS the real Rudy. Wow.

@ccdogpark

2 жыл бұрын

It seems like they could have given him a bigger role in this movie since there were a lot of small parts.

I just came to watch this knowing id get emotional some. Soon as he runs on the field and his family goes crazy my eyes start to sweat in joy.

I have seen this maybe a dozen times and I still have tears in my damn eyes. If you don't feel this then you aren't alive period

Sean Astin performed well in this movie! His sense of wonder & awe...the best!!! ♡

This movie is almost 30 years old...let that sink in my 90's high school peeps. I was a frosh. Varsity hockey though. :-)

@user-sc1qi3ce7j

3 жыл бұрын

I did have an inch on Rudy though... :)

@markmac2206

3 жыл бұрын

the 40 and over club here. i was 12 when this came out. and i lived about 30 minutes from SB.

I was actually at this game when they were filming. ND was playing Boston College and it was COLD! My dad and I ducked in a building to get warm before the game and we ran into the GT and ND "players" standing in a hallway. We couldn't figure out what was happening until halftime. That's when the public address informed us of the filming and informed the crowd to cheer wildly during the "plays" and when Sean Astin ran onto the field and when he "sacked" the QB! The crowd went crazy like it was real! Great memories! My dad is gone now but that memory will always be there for me! ND went on to throttle both GT AND Boston College that day!

I know that the coach gave his blessing, but it's still a shame that the movie did Dan Devine dirty like this. In reality, he was the one who insisted on Rudy suiting up and playing in the final game.

@jimmymarchini398

2 жыл бұрын

I heard the same. Not that surprising because Dan was never in it for himself... but I agree, they should have figured out 'extra' drama without using Dan.

@2410jrod

2 жыл бұрын

It’s Hollyweird man what can we do? At least we know the coach and a lot of people was on his side.

@christinadoxstader3004

2 жыл бұрын

True but what really happened doesn't make for a good movie moment.

Definitely a tear jerker movie but worth it.

As a grown man ,I still cry when watching this movie.

Shows you that the underdog, the little man, can make a huge difference. Great movie.

This scene and the one where his teammates were turning in their jerseys to open up a spot for him are the best in the movie.

@leonphelps1901

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad it’s fiction

@JoeB0604

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonphelps1901 yeah, movie drama only. It was Dan Devine's idea to dress and ultimately play Rudy in the closing moments of that game

@Sal_Sal27

3 жыл бұрын

Coach Devine said that if that really happened, he would've cut everyone on that dress list.

@leonphelps1901

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sal_Sal27 the movie made Devine look like an asshole

Damn. I’m at work watching this in the parking lot crying like when I saw it the first time.

I can't get enough of this movie

Play for play, Rudy has the best stat line of any football player in the business.

Lordy!! I cry at this scene all the time.

What I find amazing is that guys who I know aren't Notre Dame fans, even a few who hate Notre Dame, _love this movie_ and tear up a little at the end. That's because, as important as the university is to the story, _Rudy_ isn't really about Notre Dame or its football team. No, at it's heart, it's a small story. It's a story about a man with a dream. This man follows his dream with an indomitable determination, taking every gut-punch that life throws at him and getting up again. Everyone can relate to that story because we've all taken the same gut-punches but maybe we didn't always get up. That's why it's so incredibly satisfying to see this man finally win out in the end. That is why you don't have to love Notre Dame to love this movie.

One of the greatest football stories and love of the game movies of all times. Love this movie !

I was a fifth quarter warrior. I rode the bench my entire freshman year and I never played organized football again. I know exactly how it feels to be Rudy.

@misterfroster3018

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Coach made me a tight end, for scout team and such, but the issue was that we didn’t use a tight end in our offense hardly ever. Literally made me a position that didn’t exist for our team lol

He’s so little! Cracks me up every time 😂

Got to talk to rudy on the phone.. watched this movie 10000000 times as a kid… it was hype movie for anything sports related

I'm a 41 year old man and I am not ashamed to admit that I get teary eyed everytime I see the team carry Rudy off the field. Even if I never attended the university of Notre Dame, I think it would be more than enough for me to walk through the campus halls, take in a lecture, eat in the student union, read one of the books in the library, and top it all off with a winning Notre Dame football game. When it comes to academia, Notre Dame really sets the bar high alongside Princeton, Harvard, and Georgetown.

@EZurg

3 жыл бұрын

Don't be a p**** I'm 51 feel the same way

@Whoopdido777

3 жыл бұрын

My brother went to school there from 1990-1994. I was only 10-14 at that time, but my parents and I went to a game every year while he was attending school and after he graduated, the four of us went to a game every year for probably another ten years after that. It is a beautiful campus. Even though I’d seen it so many times, seeing the Golden Dome and the Grotto never got old. So many other traditions too. The band entering the stadium. All the different dorms selling burgers and hotdogs on the quad. Funny you mention reading one of the books in the library. We always used to go to the bathroom there before the game. It was like our little secret because nobody was ever in it vs the overcrowded bathrooms at the stadium. I would have liked to go there, but I never even bothered to apply. My brother was a lot smarter than I was. I actually ended up going to school called St. John’s in Minnesota. The campus is similar in a lot of ways, but it’s much smaller and it has a winning football team too, but it’s D3. In fact, it’s past coach, John Gagliardi has the most wins in all of college football.

This is why I love Notre Dame

My wife comes home and sees me sitting on the couch and says, "You just watched Rudy, didn't you?" I say,"Yes dear" as I wipe the tears from my eyes. Damn movie gets me EVERY TIME!! That and the ending of Field of Dreams, "Dad, wanna play a catch?"

@jimmybryan4573

2 жыл бұрын

It's the movie "Jaws" for me. I mean did they really have to kill the shark, I mean like come on.

@christopherporter3477

2 жыл бұрын

Me too bro!!!

@matthewpace5834

2 жыл бұрын

Good Will Hunting Will : Don’t fuck with me Sean Sean: Listen to me son, it’s not your fault. Took a lot of beatings as a kid. Never leaves you.

I swear on everything every time I see this scene I get chills and almost dropped tears this is by far the best football movie ever more realistic than any football movie I've ever seen they actually put you on campus and in the moment especially seeing when he's watching football with his kids and he said nobody watches nothing but Notre Dame on that TV

Greatest sports movie of all time. I cry like a fucking baby every time.

Man, if that team had Uncle Rico at QB they woulda been unstoppable.

@5350nbrookmist

2 жыл бұрын

He could've thrown a football over them mountains.

@mrguy6934

2 жыл бұрын

They would have won the state championship, no doubt about it

@jeffc1347

2 жыл бұрын

Joe Montana wasnt quite cutting it lol

Rudy to Devine: “ who’s the man now’”!

"Runs up the field unmolested" Un-WHAT!?!?! I've been watching football with the wrong mindset clearly

@mikeytodd7

3 жыл бұрын

Molesting was how people scored back then.

@AuxArcClimbing

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Catholic school

@afrear3392

3 жыл бұрын

It’s another way of saying untouched or unbothered

@mikeytodd7

3 жыл бұрын

@@AuxArcClimbing lol. I was hinting at that but didn't do a good job. The bluntness made me laugh.

@chaseelgin3263

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but unlike the examples you've provided Unmolested has an additional definition

4:42 The most reluctant and subtle gesture...but what an awesome moment.

The best movie of all time.

@jeffreyketcham4942

3 жыл бұрын

No of all time

As soon as Rudy sprints on the field for the kickoff I get a lump in my throat and eyes tear. Never fails.

One of the coaches is Rudy's younger brother Tim. I know this because he was my dean in high school. One of the most nicest people!

“That was for you” dammit it gets me every time

RIP Ned Beatty.

Wow! This was great stuff. And the Norte Dance football hero teamed up with that little person to destroy the one ring

One of the great inspirational movies!

Many good scenes, but IMO the _best_ is O'hare (Vince Vaughn) making the play which allowed Rudy to enter the game. "That was for you!"

Fun Fact: On this team with Rudy were Sophomore Tight End Ken MacAfee, and Freshmen QB Joe Montana and (at the time) Linebacker Bob Golic. MacAfee and Montana would play together for the 49ers, but MacAfee would quit after they asked him to move to Guard. He went to dental school. Golic played for the Browns and the Raiders, and became an actor, starring in Saved By The Bell the College Years.

@stockvaluedotcom

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Raible, a Georgia Tech receiver who started in this game, want on to play for the Seattle Seahawks expansion team opposite a guy named Steve Largent. Raible's football career was something less than Largent's but he did go on to call Seahawk games for decades on radio and TV as well as becoming the prime time newscaster for KIRO TV, the major Seattle news station, until his recent retirement.

@jamesfields2916

3 жыл бұрын

Ross Browner was on that team as well.

@Folam

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know that playing a supporting character meant starring.

@kengaroo67

2 жыл бұрын

@@Folam Bob Golic was a main cast member and was basically the Mr Belding of The College Years. I'd say that qualifies him as "starring".

Big man had Rudy's back

For all the long shots everywhere

In the real game, the Coach tried to send Rudy in. Rudy refused because it was on offense and he was a defensive player. Once they got back on defense, Rudy went in and the rest is history. That is the one inaccuracy I noticed about the movie vs what the actual players said.

@bobbyewing8669

3 жыл бұрын

Trust me…the whole movie was BS!

@jdb316

3 жыл бұрын

There were a lot of other inaccuracies. The worst one was when they portrayed the coach (Parseghian I believe) as not wanting to dress Rudy for that last game and the players goaded him into it. In reality dressing Rudy for that game was the coach’s idea.

@Sal_Sal27

3 жыл бұрын

The coach also said that if the players putting their jerseys on his desk would've really happened, he would've cut every one of them.

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sal_Sal27 In real life they would've had no reason to.

@johnmoss6631

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbyewing8669 Look in a mirror.

"Roolie! Roolie. Roolie!" lol

Chills and tears EVERY time

The real head coach was annoyed with the way the film portrays him. Apparently he supported Rudy more than this implies.

I love this real life story. It is one of my favorite movies. I don't own many movies but this one "Rudy" I have it. I could watch it over and over and over. It will never get old. It is something that we can all identify with, The dream, the things that stand in our way of achieving that dream, That one thing that gives us that reality check and push in the right direction, failures along the way, receiving help from various places and people ( Yes, even help from God), the hard work that it is going to take to achieve that dream and lastly the fulfilment of that dream. I am a man, a soldier, a war vet, but it still waters my eye for a good reason. Well Done Rudy and so many others that fulfill their dream against all odds. This movie and others like it, help to bring encouragement to a challenging life filled with opposition.

Arms out to his side “What do I do!?” Both arms above head pushing back “Stay out there!” Favorite part of this scene.

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

3 жыл бұрын

You're on defense right? When the center guy says hut, get the guy with the ball!

@CVSoprano

2 жыл бұрын

He's the dog that finally caught the car - and didn't know what to do with it.

I cry every time... This part of the movie... 😭

The greatest sports film of all time.

WHO'S THE WILD MAN NOW!?!

Still one of the best movies of all time.

I'm reminded of the old saying---> "It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog."

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

3 жыл бұрын

NO FEAR.

@TheBennie102103

3 жыл бұрын

My Chihuahua lives by this quote

Great music meets the perfect place in a decent movie!

I tear up every time I watch the part when Rudy goes in and plays

THE ULTIMATE IN RESPECT

Back when American football was fun to watch. 👌

Team work makes the dream work baby!!

I didn’t watch the movie all the way until now, but I’ve seen the ending many times but never realized that their score was high and that they were going to win anyway and it wasn’t him that won the game. That makes it even better, I cried waterfalls during this and the music makes it so powerful

The O'Hara TD pass is the same play that Rudy sacked O'Hara on in practice and got him sent to the scout team.

I’m not crying, you’re crying! 😭

@cxdion

3 жыл бұрын

Your right. I am lol

Damnit now I'm crying by myself... at work.

I dont know how anyone could hate this movie

The best sports film scene in history!!

If you can keep a dry eye through this movie, then you're a robot.

Best movie scene ever

I don't care who you are, you can't watch this movie and not get hyped, sentimental, and encouraged all at the same time....He's been waiting for that play his whole life.

Wonderful. Fantastic.

Honestly, I think Rudy getting IN to Notre Dame was the far greater/tougher accomplishment. As much as their football team gets most all the attention they're really pretigous academically too and Rudy had to overcome dyslekia (who back then even heard of it?) as well as his not so great HS grades and only managed to get in on the final try. Like that janior guy says, the bottom line, most important thing is that you're going to get a degree from one of the best universities in the country (who just so happens to have the finest college football team in the land though I reckon Bear Bryant and Alabama might have something to say about that!).

@johnsmith42688

2 жыл бұрын

O yeah, people don't realize it but ND is a top notch college...selective as hell, on par with the ivy leagues

@Seemsayin

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, 100%. And let's not forget that his own father wasn't exactly the nurturing type. Hell... is own brothers knocked his dreams, and grabbed his fiance. And, he watched his best friend die. That was one bumpy road.

It’s the perfect sports movie, there is nothing else like it.

Gets me every time

Gives me chills.

Vince Vaughn was first team all state, he could put the ball where ever he wanted…😂😂

@ccdogpark

2 жыл бұрын

His wikipedia page says he was "a very average athlete" . Does that sound like All-state to you ? He met Jon Favreau by being in this movie and Favreau later gave him the break that helped launch his career.

@zacman1226

2 жыл бұрын

@@ccdogpark dude!! It was a line from the movie Wedding Crashers. I guess you’re on the IG police. Probably voted for Biden, and are offended by Mr. Potato Head

@ccdogpark

2 жыл бұрын

@@zacman1226 Well your comment got one like, so your mother must have really enjoyed it.

Rudy! Rudy ! Rudy!

This is the only football game I will watch ❤

The greatest scene from the greatest sports movie ever made.

Between the long lenses and the music, I feel like this could have been narrated by John Facenda. Probably a big part of the reason it works so well.

Jon Favreau!!! Who's the wild man now.... one of the best lines in any movie

Some things we won't talk about. The Irish ran an offensive play with 37 seconds on the clock and no timeout is called. Should be no time left on the clock before the O'hara play. Then they are lined up and end up back in the huddle. Then they are lined up to run the play and flash to Rudy where you can see everyone lined up for a kickoff. But it's still a great story that was magnified by the incredible score for this film. This is a different film if the music was any different.

Damn, this is bloody the greatest thing!

To the best of my knowledge Rudy is the only Notre Dame player to EVER be lifted and carried off the field on the shoulders of fellow players.

Seen this movies twenty times probably see it twenty more …..