I've seen a lot of movies about beating the odds. But The Express is really a winner compared to all of them.
Ernie Davis(Rob Brown, best known from Finding Forrester, and Take The Lead) is one terrific football player, in 1958 coach Ben Schwartzwalder(Dennis Quaid) and soon to be football great Jim Brown(Darrin Dewitt Henson) come to Ernies hometown to recruit him to play for Syracuse University. When Ernie gets there, a lot of racism is shoved in his face on and off the field. But refuses to let that break him. What he will learn from Coach Schwartzwalder that it will take more then talent to be the best. Apparently he did learn and took the team to victory, and the coach learned from Ernie too. And in 1961, Ernie was the first African American to win the Heisman trophy. But sadly his NFL career never went any further. That is a spoiler I will not give away, you'll half to see the movie to find out why.
A truly great sports film, when you like a story about beating the odds. Remember Ernie Davis, he refused to let racism stop him, he really beat the odds. And the performances of Rob Brown and Dennis Quaid are quite Oscar worthy. The football scenes where great also.
Ernie Davis(Rob Brown, best known from Finding Forrester, and Take The Lead) is one terrific football player, in 1958 coach Ben Schwartzwalder(Dennis Quaid) and soon to be football great Jim Brown(Darrin Dewitt Henson) come to Ernies hometown to recruit him to play for Syracuse University. When Ernie gets there, a lot of racism is shoved in his face on and off the field. But refuses to let that break him. What he will learn from Coach Schwartzwalder that it will take more then talent to be the best. Apparently he did learn and took the team to victory, and the coach learned from Ernie too. And in 1961, Ernie was the first African American to win the Heisman trophy. But sadly his NFL career never went any further. That is a spoiler I will not give away, you'll half to see the movie to find out why.
A truly great sports film, when you like a story about beating the odds. Remember Ernie Davis, he refused to let racism stop him, he really beat the odds. And the performances of Rob Brown and Dennis Quaid are quite Oscar worthy. The football scenes where great also.