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...MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY shops baby photos to tabloids. Proceeds to go to undershirt fund...
Ironically it's the forgettable movies that tend to play best in the courts. Author Clive Cussler and Denver financier Philip Anschutz are suing each other over the 2005 action dud Sahara, the film that led to the romance between stars MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY and PENELOPE CRUZ. Anschutz, who paid Cussler $10 million for the book rights, says the author lied about how popular his books were, rejected other writers' scripts without reading them and bad-mouthed the movie to the press before its release. Cussler says producers reneged on a contract that awarded him more control over the film. McConaughey...
...team's survivors, who rallied their spirits, and without the doubting but eventually doughty college president (David Straithairn), who has to find a coach and, incidentally, talk the NCAA into letting Marshall play freshmen (which was against the rules in those days). Mostly they reckoned without Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey), the last (possibly only) choice for the job and a guy with a winning - in both senses of the word - spirit. His record at Marshall was not great (9-31), but in his first year he did manage to win his first home game against a bigger, stronger opponent. More...
...rebuilding the team, McConaughey relies heavily on freshmen recruitment, which creates a problem because of an NCAA rule that freshmen are not allowed play time during NCAA games. McConaughey enlists the help of Strathairn, who makes multiple attempts at requesting the help of the NCAA president. When Strathairn dejectedly relays the news of the multiple refusals, McConaughey responds, “Did you ask your wife to marry you in a letter...
Throughout the film, McConaughey explains to his players and fellow coaches that their situation is not about winning, but rather about playing the game. Though the ultimate sports cliché, it proves true for the Marshall team. Unlike the majority of sports films, the goal is not to win. We are not cheering for the team’s record, but rather that they manage to play...