HS Football Motivational Films and Lessons

2015 Team Film Series
- Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney
Run time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Theme(s): Timeless memories

Synopsis: Boys of Fall is a football documentary about life. Executive Producer and Country Superstar,
Kenny Chesney began shooting footage and football interviews for his new single "The Boys of Fall" in
fall 2009. After shooting footage of friend and New Orleans Saints' coach Sean Payton at his high
school alma mater, Chesney decided to expand the video into a full documentary film. Over the next
several months he filmed youth football games, high school football games & locker room speeches as
well as interviews with football greats. Interviews include Troy Aikman, Bobby Bowden, Mack Brown,
Tony Dungy, Brett Favre, John Madden, Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Sean Payton, Bill Parcells, Nick
Saban and Jim Tressel. After an introduction that includes Payton speaking to his old high school team
in the locker room before a big game, it depicts how those who do not go on to long, storied careers in
the NFL, like high school wide receiver Chesney, the lessons learned on the field help to shape who
they are today.
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 - Kevin Rafferty
Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Theme(s): Teammates, Important moments Run time: 1 hour thirty minutes

Synopsis: An incredible true story that unfolds like a ripping good yarn... With an uproarious,
impossible Hollywood ending, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 is filmmaker Kevin Raffertys acclaimed
documentary depicting one of the most legendary games in the history of sports. Harvard Stadium
November 23, 1968. With Vietnam raging, Nixon in the White House, and issues from civil rights to
women's lib dividing the country, Harvard and Yale, both teams undefeated for the first time since 1909,
meet for the annual climax of the Ivy League football season. On the blue-blooded Yale campus,
gridiron fever has made local celebrities out of a Yale team led by quarterback Brian Dowling, who
hadnt lost a game that he finished since the 7th grade, and who was the role model for Doonesburys
B.D. At civil unrest scarred Harvard, a melting pot team of working class players, antiwar activists, and
a decorated Vietnam vet set aside their differences for the Big Game. Together, Yale and Harvard
stage an unforgettable football contest that baffled even their own coaches. Using vintage game
footage and bracingly honest contemporary interviews with the players from both sides, including
Harvard lineman and future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones, Rafferty crafts an alternately suspenseful,
hilarious, and poignant portrait of American lives, American sports, and American ideals both tested on
the playing field and transformed by turbulent times.
- ESPN 30 for 30: The Best that Never Was
Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Theme(s): Life choices and consequences

Synopsis: In 1981, college athletic recruiting changed forever as a dozen big-time football programs
sat waiting for the decision by a physically powerful and lightning-quick high school running back
named Marcus Dupree. On his way to eclipsing Herschel Walker's record for the most touchdowns in
high school history, Dupree attracted recruiters from schools in every major conference to his
hometown of Philadelphia, Miss. More than a decade removed from being a flashpoint in the civil-rights
struggle, Philadelphia was once again thrust back into the national spotlight. Dupree took the attention
in stride, and committed to Oklahoma. What followed, though, was a forgettable college career littered
with conflict, injury and oversized expectations. Eight-time Emmy Award winner Jonathan Hock
examined why this star burned out so young and how he ultimately used football to redeem himself.
- ESPN 30 for 30 short: The Irrelevant Giant Run time: 1 hour

Theme(s): Making things count
Synopsis: John Tuggle, the 1983 NFL draft's Mr. Irrelevant, was anything but irrelevant to legendary
coach Bill Parcells. The normally tough and gruff coach will guide us on an emotional journey as he
recounts his own rookie season as the head coach of the New York Giants and the year he came to
know this very special athlete who made his team against all odds. But only one year later, a rare and
unbeatable form of cancer would change both John's and Coach Parcells' destinies leaving behind a
lasting impact on teammates and the life of the coach who understands just how fragile life can be.
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2015 Team Film Series

- Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney

Run time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Theme(s): Timeless memories

- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 - Kevin Rafferty

Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Theme(s): Teammates, Important moments Run time: 1 hour thirty minutes

- ESPN 30 for 30: The Best that Never Was

Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Theme(s): Life choices and consequences

- ESPN 30 for 30 short: The Irrelevant Giant Run time: 1 hour

Run time: ? hours ?? minutes

Theme(s): Timeless memories

Run time: ? hours ?? minutes

Theme(s): Timeless memories

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