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Overall Rank: 11557
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 4
Theatrical Release Date: 11/19/2008
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 07/28/2009
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kevin Rafferty
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dowling, Frank Champi, Vic Gatto, J.P. Goldsmith
Plot: Documentary that examines the 1968 Harvard-Yale football game, in which Harvard scored 16 points in the final minute to tie the game for the final score. -- patjohnson76
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patjohnson76 - wrote on 12/16/2008
I don't know if this is going to get a national release, I was able to see it since I live in Boston and it may just be a local documentary, but this is an enjoyable watch about the famous Harvard-Yale football game of 1968. For those of you who aren't aware, Harvard scored 16 points in the final minute to tie the game. This was before overtime in college football, so the outcome remained a tie, but given how Harvard performed at the end of the game, many felt Harvard "won."
You basically watch most of the game here, and get small doses of conversation from some of the remaining players (which included actor Tommy Lee Jones, who was a guard for Harvard at the time). You also learn some interesting tidbits, such as Jones had Al Gore as a roommate. A Yale player dated Meryl …
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