Rudy Movie Analysis
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Rudy
Tammie
ENG 225 Introduction to Film
Jared Kline
September 22, 2013
Rudy “Rudy” by David Anspaugh is based on a true story about a boy, Rudy Ruettiger, was determined to make his father’s dream of playing football for the Irish, a reality. His father’s loved Norte Dame, and he could only dream of one of his boys playing for the football team. It became Rudy’s dream to one day playing football for Notre Dame. It was his determination and kept him strong through many lifelong challenges. Through many difficult obstacles throughout his life, he fought his way into mastering his dream. Even though he was always told that he was too small or not good enough academically or physically to achieve his ambition, …show more content…
Family dramas are created in films that are made up of the realistic characters. The character will often play the part of a real life, delivering their history on film. Often, it is the events that have occurred throughout someone’s life, telling the intimate details in a story of someone’s life. In the case of “Rudy”, all of this film was based on the true events of Daniel (Rudy) Ruettiger. Being a family drama, this tells viewers that this film can be seen and understood in an easy way. The comforts of knowing there is no violence is lacked in family dramas. Although most of the movie’s plot was about football, and even though the majority of the movie was shot on location at the Notre Dame stadium, screenwriter, Angelo Pizzo never thought of it as being a sports movie. Pizzo stated, "Sports is a metaphor. Unlike most sports stories, it 's not about the state championship team or a great athlete. It 's really about the last guy on the bench. For a player with Rudy 's ability to actually get on the field for 27 seconds is in some ways a more significant accomplishment than a gifted athlete throwing three touchdown passes in one game" (Rudy Details, n.d.). This film was more of a motivational film for everyone who viewed it. It tells a story of strength and determination, and most of all it tells that one should never give up on their
Rudy
Tammie
ENG 225 Introduction to Film
Jared Kline
September 22, 2013
Rudy “Rudy” by David Anspaugh is based on a true story about a boy, Rudy Ruettiger, was determined to make his father’s dream of playing football for the Irish, a reality. His father’s loved Norte Dame, and he could only dream of one of his boys playing for the football team. It became Rudy’s dream to one day playing football for Notre Dame. It was his determination and kept him strong through many lifelong challenges. Through many difficult obstacles throughout his life, he fought his way into mastering his dream. Even though he was always told that he was too small or not good enough academically or physically to achieve his ambition, …show more content…
Family dramas are created in films that are made up of the realistic characters. The character will often play the part of a real life, delivering their history on film. Often, it is the events that have occurred throughout someone’s life, telling the intimate details in a story of someone’s life. In the case of “Rudy”, all of this film was based on the true events of Daniel (Rudy) Ruettiger. Being a family drama, this tells viewers that this film can be seen and understood in an easy way. The comforts of knowing there is no violence is lacked in family dramas. Although most of the movie’s plot was about football, and even though the majority of the movie was shot on location at the Notre Dame stadium, screenwriter, Angelo Pizzo never thought of it as being a sports movie. Pizzo stated, "Sports is a metaphor. Unlike most sports stories, it 's not about the state championship team or a great athlete. It 's really about the last guy on the bench. For a player with Rudy 's ability to actually get on the field for 27 seconds is in some ways a more significant accomplishment than a gifted athlete throwing three touchdown passes in one game" (Rudy Details, n.d.). This film was more of a motivational film for everyone who viewed it. It tells a story of strength and determination, and most of all it tells that one should never give up on their