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SEC related: "Woodlawn" movie trailer
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:21 pm
It was filmed in Alabama and tells the inspirational story of future Alabama RB Tony Nathan and his career at Woodlawn High School. The cast features Sean Astin and Jon Voight as Paul "Bear" Bryant.
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:23 pm to RollTide1987
There is also an inspirational story about a man, a plane, and a fortune earned in Mena, AR in the works.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:25 pm to DaleDenton
Ron Howard is directing MENA. That will be interesting, especially coming out the same year there is a Clinton running for prez...
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:26 pm to RollTide1987
I was friends with his daughter Natalie. She dated Freddie Roach back then.
Met Tony after a bama football game.
Very good guy. Looking forward to this.
Met Tony after a bama football game.
Very good guy. Looking forward to this.
This post was edited on 4/2/15 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:56 pm to DaleDenton
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There is also an inspirational story about a man, a plane, and a fortune earned in Mena, AR in the works.
hadn't heard about this
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:58 pm to RollTide1987
looks good
Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:02 pm to hawgfaninc
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman are in talks to re-team on Mena, a Gary Spinelli scripted drama that Universal Pictures bought last year in a $1 million spec deal. The film will be produced by Doug Davison with Imagine’s Brian Grazer, and with Kim Roth exec producing. Cross Creek is financing this and Brian Oliver and Tyler Thompson and also producing.
The spec is a fact-based tale about Barry Seal, a pilot who, in the 1980s, was a gun runner, and drug trafficker who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel. He was eventually shot to death by the latter in Baton Rouge. The title refers to Mena, Arkansas, where a lot of the illegal activity took place, under the noses of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. Cruise is an accomplished pilot in his own right. If this all comes together, the film would shoot sometime this year. Cruise and Liman made Edge Of Tomorrow.
woah
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ron howard + tom cruise
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:03 pm to hawgfaninc
actually looks like Doug Liman will be directing mena
Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:03 pm to hawgfaninc
does that movie have anything to do with the sec besides clinton and the state of arkansas.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:05 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
sure
Posted on 4/2/15 at 11:10 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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does that movie have anything to do with the sec besides clinton and the state of arkansas.
Of course it did. Considering all of the drugs and players, and etc....
Posted on 4/3/15 at 8:12 am to RollTide1987
Awesome. My dad was on that Banks team.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 1:28 pm to RollTide1987
Other SEC players were in the game featured in the movie.
Banks
.QB Jeff Rutledge - would later lead Alabama to a national championship and play on two Super Bowl-winning teams
.DL Freddie Knighton signed with Alabama
.RB Jerry Murphree went to LSU
.Linebacker Bob Grefseng played at Ole Miss
.Coach George "Shorty" White, Banks 1961-74; Alabama assistant coach 1975-80; played for Auburn
Woodlawn
.RB Tony Nathan, In his four seasons with Alabama, he rushed for 1,997 yards, with 29 touchdowns and a 6.4 yards per carry average. He finished his college career with 30 touchdowns and 3,362 all-purpose yards, including a 10.9 average in yards per punt return. Drafted 1979 3rd rd by Miami Dolphins, with whom he played from 1979-1987. He was the Dolphins' starting running back in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX.
.Linebacker Rocha McKinstry signed with Auburn
.Coach Tandy Gerelds received degree from Auburn
Banks
.QB Jeff Rutledge - would later lead Alabama to a national championship and play on two Super Bowl-winning teams
.DL Freddie Knighton signed with Alabama
.RB Jerry Murphree went to LSU
.Linebacker Bob Grefseng played at Ole Miss
.Coach George "Shorty" White, Banks 1961-74; Alabama assistant coach 1975-80; played for Auburn
Woodlawn
.RB Tony Nathan, In his four seasons with Alabama, he rushed for 1,997 yards, with 29 touchdowns and a 6.4 yards per carry average. He finished his college career with 30 touchdowns and 3,362 all-purpose yards, including a 10.9 average in yards per punt return. Drafted 1979 3rd rd by Miami Dolphins, with whom he played from 1979-1987. He was the Dolphins' starting running back in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX.
.Linebacker Rocha McKinstry signed with Auburn
.Coach Tandy Gerelds received degree from Auburn
Posted on 4/3/15 at 1:59 pm to RollTide1987
It looks like a good film from the trailer but it also looks like it rewrote and glossed over a lot of history and the reality of how it was for the sake of drama/the film.
Then again, it's Hollywood so that's normal.
Then again, it's Hollywood so that's normal.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:56 am to RollTide1987
Chris Davis went to Woodlawn.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:30 am to RollTide1987
Wiki says he had a superb performance in super bowl XIX with 18yds rushing and 83 yds receiving lol
Now he's a bailiff
Now he's a bailiff
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 8:34 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:28 am to AUbagman
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Chris Davis went to Woodlawn.
So did Bobby Bowden, but neither of those were there in the 70's.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:40 am to AUbagman
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Chris Davis went to Woodlawn.
Greg Carr as well.
Karlos Dansby also I think
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 9:41 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:35 am to Evolved Simian
Easy Francis, just thought it was coincidental.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:16 am to Howyouluhdat
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Wiki says he had a superb performance in super bowl XIX with 18yds rushing and 83 yds receiving lol
He finished his nine NFL seasons with 3,543 yards rushing, 383 receptions for 3,592 yards, and 32 touchdowns.
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