Rudy: The Game of a Lifetime HD CLIP

[@coryfenix2249]

I remember back in 2009 we had just made the playoffs in high school and were on the road to play the number 1 seeded team. It was a 2 hour drive and coach put this movie on the bus to inspire us. That night in the locker room he ended the speech before the game with "be Rudy tonight". We lost the game 56-6

[@tonygville2969]

Did you play your best? That's all the coach can ask for.

[@angellestat2730]

lol, you make me laugh hard..

[@Seemsayin]

I think that was the worst thing a coach could do. Watching a feel-good story about a guy, living in a fantasy world. While it makes for a great movie, truth was... Rudi's fate (playing time) depended on a couple of guys who leaned on their coach. Realistically, he had virtually NO chance of starting, much less playing. All he cared about was putting that uniform on, and making an appearance. All he wanted was... to dress, one game, just so he could say he was part of the team. That's what I would call... a bucket-list "dreamer". And dreamers tend to get knocked on their asses. Imagine had they NOT liked him. There would be NO story. That's how close he came to the reality of it. Pure pipe dream. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Gotta feeling that the team, who scored 56 points, didn't watch Rudy before the game.

[@maxryder6649]

Absolutely brilliant really made me laugh nice one

[@fdterritory]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@jaytroxel3495]

I never have watched this movie with a dry eye... Hell, I can't get through a six minute clip without some pollen getting my eyes...fantastic movie.

[@Therzza]

When they start chanting, yeah, that’s it, allergies kick in…

[@jwdickinson643]

I know what ya mean, sir….and I’m not even a Notre Dame fan….great movie

[@jamesmyers3773]

The chant always gets me too.

[@thundergod9157]

Yea the pollen....me too

[@tomsteinhardt4722]

I watched this with my pops before he passed, we both had water in our eyes. He was old school, raised me to be old school.

[@SalmanShehu]

"That was for you" The music, Rudy's reaction, everything just perfect 👌🏾

[@richardmiller191]

Gives me goosebumps. Amazing. I had a Rudy moment in High school basketball. I was a bench warmer and my friend Mark Gray told me he was going to get the crowd cheering for me to get in. By the one minute mark he had the entire crowd cheering for me. Coach finally told me to take off my sweats and just from that the crowd was on their feet. Went I went in the entire crowd gave me a standing ovation. Never forget it. Everyone deserves a moment like that in their life. Thank you Mark Gray!!

[@redmoneylady2213]

@richard Miller, I salute you and I know that you had the heart for it. ❤❤❤

[@richardmiller191]

@@redmoneylady2213 Thank you!!

[@Shepthebassman91]

Lump in my throat, tears in my eyes…u gotta have a heart of stone to not feel the emotion of this! What a story, what a film, what a dreamer named Rudy who had a heart bigger than that entire stadium and who never gave up! Love this!

[@c0rnp0p80]

You do know he started a company with the sole intention of defrauding investors, right? He actually had to do some prison time for it lol. I'll bet that gave him a lump in his throat lol.

[@blawruk]

50 years old, and still makes me shed a tear. Great movie ❤

[@toptenguy1]

YOU WUSS!! I am cutting onions and I had a grain of sand in my eye at the same time, so I HAVE AN EXCUSE!!! :)

[@joesanchez3646]

64

[@SuperChuckRaney]

If you watch the real play online, he assisted in the tackle, but otherwise, it's as shown really. He is in there severaal plays.

[@kwgrid]

Brings tears to my eyes every time! Wish this included the team carrying him off the field.

[@davidav2848]

This scene still gets me!!!

[@davidmcgrath6507]

Me too!

[@thelastdrive-inscreen2393]

Every time.

[@16blank45]

I haven’t watched the movie in so long, and I just geared up…again! They don’t make movies like this anymore. Everything is so fake now! We have really become shallow as a people.

[@dico3557]

Same brotha, and I watch this movie EVERY Thanksgiving LOL.

[@mattgaming8717]

Everytime!

[@brucecooke5194]

The Rudy music gets me pumped up every game I have to play when I was in HS. The tune has a meaningful effect to me because I tells me to never give up in school, football, my job, and other personal matters. When I turn that music on, it gets me to work nonstop till the finish line.

[@halleck3]

If I ever get dirt or something stuck in my eye, I watch this scene. Works every time.

[@lawrenceferrari1735]

I agree with you 100%! If it's Windy outside my eyes might get a little teary to. Lol. Us dude's are like that. Hahaha

[@uteme]

Sean Astin performed well in this movie! His sense of wonder & awe...the best!!! ♡

[@salvadoravalos9950]

I just came to watch this knowing id get emotional some. Soon as he runs on the field and his family goes crazy my eyes start to sweat in joy.

[@JohnnyLawrence293]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon.

[@jim2lane]

Fun Fact - Ed O'Neill who played Al Bundy on MWC played college football at Ohio and Youngstown and was drafted by the Steelers in 1969 😊

[@GNXXRAY]

Funny thing....Al Bundy...Ed O’Neill actually played for Youngstown Ursuline High and scored 4tds in the 1964 City All Star game. That’s where the storyline came from.

[@jacksmith8002]

@@jim2lane He also sacked Bradshaw in training camp that year

[@jamesfields2916]

Although some will say his knee was down.

[@markmac2206]

i thought you would mention the illegal crane kick.

[@blairpenny1526]

I have seen this maybe a dozen times and I still have tears in my damn eyes. If you don't feel this then you aren't alive period

[@TheJeffro451]

The real Rudy was actually in the stands during the crowd scenes. He is wearing a funny cap, leather fur lined jacket and holding a rolled up program. Sitting right behind Ned Beatty.

[@Ray19888]

Time please

[@TheJeffro451]

@@Ray19888 2:42

[@Ray19888]

@@TheJeffro451 Thank you.

[@cannondaleman1]

Holy crap! I've seen this movie several times and never knew that! It sure as hell IS the real Rudy. Wow.

[@ccdogpark]

It seems like they could have given him a bigger role in this movie since there were a lot of small parts.

[@LeanBack_HaveASnack_TakeANap]

"He's so little!" Yeah Jon he's a hobbit

[@aaronkippes7851]

LOLOLOL, Don't you leave him Sam, and I don't intend to Mr. Frodo.

[@shermanhiggins6806]

I cry just about every time I watch this part.

[@sguinn91]

Jerry Goldsmiths score makes this movie incredible!

[@garysakamoto4007]

This scene and the one where his teammates were turning in their jerseys to open up a spot for him are the best in the movie.

[@leonphelps1901]

Too bad it’s fiction

[@JoeB0604]

@@leonphelps1901 yeah, movie drama only. It was Dan Devine's idea to dress and ultimately play Rudy in the closing moments of that game

[@Sal_Sal27]

Coach Devine said that if that really happened, he would've cut everyone on that dress list.

[@leonphelps1901]

@@Sal_Sal27 the movie made Devine look like an asshole

[@user-sc1qi3ce7j]

This movie is almost 30 years old...let that sink in my 90's high school peeps. I was a frosh. Varsity hockey though. :-)

[@user-sc1qi3ce7j]

I did have an inch on Rudy though... :)

[@markmac2206]

the 40 and over club here. i was 12 when this came out. and i lived about 30 minutes from SB.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

This movie just popped in my head and now I'm sitting in my work truck about to walk into a customer's house, wiping tears from eyes lol.

[@A1Pro77]

The story, the scene, the buildup, the music…it all works so perfectly. But the one part that gets me every time is when his friend D-Bo (John Favreau) yells “Who’s the Wild Man NOW!?!” First time I heard it, I cried like a baby.

[@2NDxDementionX322]

If only athletes had half the heart that Rudy has.

[@paulacri604]

One of the greatest football stories and love of the game movies of all times. Love this movie !

[@nickcurran3105]

I had a head injury (car accident) just after high school graduation and I could not play college football. I never gave up the dream, however, and when I was healthy in my early 30s, I played semi-pro football with a bunch of former Division I players for a team in the North American Football League. I drew inspiration from this movie. I just wanted to play. God, I love football.

[@LuDogg805]

At work, whenever we're getting bodied... we start to chant "Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!" to ourselves to lift up the mood or motivate us not to be miserable.

[@shilohpuppy5649]

I was actually at this game when they were filming. ND was playing Boston College and it was COLD! My dad and I ducked in a building to get warm before the game and we ran into the GT and ND "players" standing in a hallway. We couldn't figure out what was happening until halftime. That's when the public address informed us of the filming and informed the crowd to cheer wildly during the "plays" and when Sean Astin ran onto the field and when he "sacked" the QB! The crowd went crazy like it was real! Great memories! My dad is gone now but that memory will always be there for me! ND went on to throttle both GT AND Boston College that day!

[@boilerboy]

I'm a 41 year old man and I am not ashamed to admit that I get teary eyed everytime I see the team carry Rudy off the field. Even if I never attended the university of Notre Dame, I think it would be more than enough for me to walk through the campus halls, take in a lecture, eat in the student union, read one of the books in the library, and top it all off with a winning Notre Dame football game. When it comes to academia, Notre Dame really sets the bar high alongside Princeton, Harvard, and Georgetown.

[@EZurg]

Don't be a p**** I'm 51 feel the same way

[@Whoopdido777]

My brother went to school there from 1990-1994. I was only 10-14 at that time, but my parents and I went to a game every year while he was attending school and after he graduated, the four of us went to a game every year for probably another ten years after that. It is a beautiful campus. Even though I’d seen it so many times, seeing the Golden Dome and the Grotto never got old. So many other traditions too. The band entering the stadium. All the different dorms selling burgers and hotdogs on the quad. Funny you mention reading one of the books in the library. We always used to go to the bathroom there before the game. It was like our little secret because nobody was ever in it vs the overcrowded bathrooms at the stadium. I would have liked to go there, but I never even bothered to apply. My brother was a lot smarter than I was. I actually ended up going to school called St. John’s in Minnesota. The campus is similar in a lot of ways, but it’s much smaller and it has a winning football team too, but it’s D3. In fact, it’s past coach, John Gagliardi has the most wins in all of college football.

[@Zapp__Brannigan]

What I find amazing is that guys who I know aren't Notre Dame fans, even a few who hate Notre Dame, _love this movie_ and tear up a little at the end. That's because, as important as the university is to the story, _Rudy_ isn't really about Notre Dame or its football team. No, at it's heart, it's a small story. It's a story about a man with a dream. This man follows his dream with an indomitable determination, taking every gut-punch that life throws at him and getting up again. Everyone can relate to that story because we've all taken the same gut-punches but maybe we didn't always get up. That's why it's so incredibly satisfying to see this man finally win out in the end. That is why you don't have to love Notre Dame to love this movie.

[@juliev3002]

PLAY HIM!!!! 🍀🍀🍀🍀 This movie makes you fall in love with his dream.

[@hikelabo77]

Lordy!! I cry at this scene all the time.

[@johnanthony5931]

Shows you that the underdog, the little man, can make a huge difference. Great movie.

[@daltonhollingsworth8362]

Got to talk to rudy on the phone.. watched this movie 10000000 times as a kid… it was hype movie for anything sports related

[@jedi4canes]

The Rudy chant that’s proof dreams can come true

[@booniegambini]

As a grown man ,I still cry when watching this movie.

[@TheRealJohnJ10]

As soon as Rudy sprints on the field for the kickoff I get a lump in my throat and eyes tear. Never fails.

[@54raynor]

I know that the coach gave his blessing, but it's still a shame that the movie did Dan Devine dirty like this. In reality, he was the one who insisted on Rudy suiting up and playing in the final game.

[@jimmymarchini398]

I heard the same. Not that surprising because Dan was never in it for himself... but I agree, they should have figured out 'extra' drama without using Dan.

[@2410jrod]

It’s Hollyweird man what can we do? At least we know the coach and a lot of people was on his side.

[@christinadoxstader3004]

True but what really happened doesn't make for a good movie moment.

[@gstate4ever]

I was a fifth quarter warrior. I rode the bench my entire freshman year and I never played organized football again. I know exactly how it feels to be Rudy.

[@misterfroster3018]

Same here. Coach made me a tight end, for scout team and such, but the issue was that we didn’t use a tight end in our offense hardly ever. Literally made me a position that didn’t exist for our team lol

[@1notredamefightingirishfan494]

I can't get enough of this movie

[@TheReginold]

4:42 The most reluctant and subtle gesture...but what an awesome moment.

[@JohnPinky178]

Definitely a tear jerker movie but worth it.

[@_theporkchopexpress]

He’s so little! Cracks me up every time 😂

[@thedungeonteamlawrence292]

I swear on everything every time I see this scene I get chills and almost dropped tears this is by far the best football movie ever more realistic than any football movie I've ever seen they actually put you on campus and in the moment especially seeing when he's watching football with his kids and he said nobody watches nothing but Notre Dame on that TV

[@sdr22630]

Damn. I’m at work watching this in the parking lot crying like when I saw it the first time.

[@HoodyBoy85]

3:47.... if that music doesn't get you pumped, call 911 cuz your pulse is fading.

[@XXLSSBBW]

WHO'S THE WILD MAN NOW!?!

[@mongo1291]

Play for play, Rudy has the best stat line of any football player in the business.

[@33danally]

My wife comes home and sees me sitting on the couch and says, "You just watched Rudy, didn't you?" I say,"Yes dear" as I wipe the tears from my eyes. Damn movie gets me EVERY TIME!! That and the ending of Field of Dreams, "Dad, wanna play a catch?"

[@jimmybryan4573]

It's the movie "Jaws" for me. I mean did they really have to kill the shark, I mean like come on.

[@christopherporter3477]

Me too bro!!!

[@matthewpace5834]

Good Will Hunting Will : Don’t fuck with me Sean Sean: Listen to me son, it’s not your fault. Took a lot of beatings as a kid. Never leaves you.

[@Bdoodee]

Still one of the best movies of all time.

[@ericm.5408]

This is why I love Notre Dame

[@dvmiller7]

“That was for you” dammit it gets me every time

[@ThailandXpress]

Greatest sports movie of all time. I cry like a fucking baby every time.

[@cpmow831]

It’s criminal that this soundtrack never won an Oscar.

[@Christineog11]

I didn’t watch the movie all the way until now, but I’ve seen the ending many times but never realized that their score was high and that they were going to win anyway and it wasn’t him that won the game. That makes it even better, I cried waterfalls during this and the music makes it so powerful

[@woodson21]

Arms out to his side “What do I do!?” Both arms above head pushing back “Stay out there!” Favorite part of this scene.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

You're on defense right? When the center guy says hut, get the guy with the ball!

[@CVSoprano]

He's the dog that finally caught the car - and didn't know what to do with it.

[@cleanfreakdetailing9605]

The best movie of all time.

[@jeffreyketcham4942]

No of all time

[@Embrachu]

Many good scenes, but IMO the _best_ is O'hare (Vince Vaughn) making the play which allowed Rudy to enter the game. "That was for you!"

[@kengaroo67]

Fun Fact: On this team with Rudy were Sophomore Tight End Ken MacAfee, and Freshmen QB Joe Montana and (at the time) Linebacker Bob Golic. MacAfee and Montana would play together for the 49ers, but MacAfee would quit after they asked him to move to Guard. He went to dental school. Golic played for the Browns and the Raiders, and became an actor, starring in Saved By The Bell the College Years.

[@stockvaluedotcom]

Steve Raible, a Georgia Tech receiver who started in this game, want on to play for the Seattle Seahawks expansion team opposite a guy named Steve Largent. Raible's football career was something less than Largent's but he did go on to call Seahawk games for decades on radio and TV as well as becoming the prime time newscaster for KIRO TV, the major Seattle news station, until his recent retirement.

[@jamesfields2916]

Ross Browner was on that team as well.

[@Folam]

I don't know that playing a supporting character meant starring.

[@kengaroo67]

@@Folam Bob Golic was a main cast member and was basically the Mr Belding of The College Years. I'd say that qualifies him as "starring".

[@jb8408]

Wow! This was great stuff. And the Norte Dance football hero teamed up with that little person to destroy the one ring

[@myworldwar2library104]

RIP Ned Beatty.

[@chaseelgin3263]

"Runs up the field unmolested" Un-WHAT!?!?! I've been watching football with the wrong mindset clearly

[@mikeytodd7]

Molesting was how people scored back then.

[@AuxArcClimbing]

It's a Catholic school

[@afrear3392]

It’s another way of saying untouched or unbothered

[@mikeytodd7]

@@AuxArcClimbing lol. I was hinting at that but didn't do a good job. The bluntness made me laugh.

[@chaseelgin3263]

Yes but unlike the examples you've provided Unmolested has an additional definition

[@christiansongsofhopeanddel8453]

I love this real life story. It is one of my favorite movies. I don't own many movies but this one "Rudy" I have it. I could watch it over and over and over. It will never get old. It is something that we can all identify with, The dream, the things that stand in our way of achieving that dream, That one thing that gives us that reality check and push in the right direction, failures along the way, receiving help from various places and people ( Yes, even help from God), the hard work that it is going to take to achieve that dream and lastly the fulfilment of that dream. I am a man, a soldier, a war vet, but it still waters my eye for a good reason. Well Done Rudy and so many others that fulfill their dream against all odds. This movie and others like it, help to bring encouragement to a challenging life filled with opposition.

[@col_klynkgaming8288]

I’m not crying, you’re crying! 😭

[@cxdion]

Your right. I am lol

[@doctorpaul34]

Chills and tears EVERY time

[@jimoakman12]

Big man had Rudy's back

[@aaronkippes7851]

I don't care who you are, you can't watch this movie and not get hyped, sentimental, and encouraged all at the same time....He's been waiting for that play his whole life.

[@Brandon-ym5kn]

I'm reminded of the old saying---> "It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog."

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

NO FEAR.

[@TheBennie102103]

My Chihuahua lives by this quote

[@jenniferlego4221]

"Roolie! Roolie. Roolie!" lol

[@Anonymous-nj2ow]

if they really chanted rudy, that is absolutely legendary.

[@kpz1234]

The O'Hara TD pass is the same play that Rudy sacked O'Hara on in practice and got him sent to the scout team.

[@craig5477]

For all the long shots everywhere

[@neilkesler9778]

Rudy to Devine: “ who’s the man now’”!

[@jasoneverett]

Man, if that team had Uncle Rico at QB they woulda been unstoppable.

[@5350nbrookmist]

He could've thrown a football over them mountains.

[@mrguy6934]

They would have won the state championship, no doubt about it

[@jeffc1347]

Joe Montana wasnt quite cutting it lol

[@dextermcgrubbin]

The real head coach was annoyed with the way the film portrays him. Apparently he supported Rudy more than this implies.

[@kengaroo67]

In the real game, the Coach tried to send Rudy in. Rudy refused because it was on offense and he was a defensive player. Once they got back on defense, Rudy went in and the rest is history. That is the one inaccuracy I noticed about the movie vs what the actual players said.

[@bobbyewing8669]

Trust me…the whole movie was BS!

[@jdb316]

There were a lot of other inaccuracies. The worst one was when they portrayed the coach (Parseghian I believe) as not wanting to dress Rudy for that last game and the players goaded him into it. In reality dressing Rudy for that game was the coach’s idea.

[@Sal_Sal27]

The coach also said that if the players putting their jerseys on his desk would've really happened, he would've cut every one of them.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@Sal_Sal27 In real life they would've had no reason to.

[@johnmoss6631]

@@bobbyewing8669 Look in a mirror.

[@adamplace1414]

Between the long lenses and the music, I feel like this could have been narrated by John Facenda. Probably a big part of the reason it works so well.

[@zacman1226]

Vince Vaughn was first team all state, he could put the ball where ever he wanted…😂😂

[@ccdogpark]

His wikipedia page says he was "a very average athlete" . Does that sound like All-state to you ? He met Jon Favreau by being in this movie and Favreau later gave him the break that helped launch his career.

[@zacman1226]

@@ccdogpark dude!! It was a line from the movie Wedding Crashers. I guess you’re on the IG police. Probably voted for Biden, and are offended by Mr. Potato Head

[@ccdogpark]

@@zacman1226 Well your comment got one like, so your mother must have really enjoyed it.

[@johnmaloney7518]

THE ULTIMATE IN RESPECT

[@fooman2108]

Great music meets the perfect place in a decent movie!

[@MrDTH1969]

I tear up every time I watch the part when Rudy goes in and plays

[@coltallgood4764]

The greatest sports film of all time.

[@jerryr3752]

To the best of my knowledge Rudy is the only Notre Dame player to EVER be lifted and carried off the field on the shoulders of fellow players.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Honestly, I think Rudy getting IN to Notre Dame was the far greater/tougher accomplishment. As much as their football team gets most all the attention they're really pretigous academically too and Rudy had to overcome dyslekia (who back then even heard of it?) as well as his not so great HS grades and only managed to get in on the final try. Like that janior guy says, the bottom line, most important thing is that you're going to get a degree from one of the best universities in the country (who just so happens to have the finest college football team in the land though I reckon Bear Bryant and Alabama might have something to say about that!).

[@MarkSmithhhh]

O yeah, people don't realize it but ND is a top notch college...selective as hell, on par with the ivy leagues

[@Seemsayin]

Agreed, 100%. And let's not forget that his own father wasn't exactly the nurturing type. Hell... is own brothers knocked his dreams, and grabbed his fiance. And, he watched his best friend die. That was one bumpy road.

[@josephreardon1917]

Jon Favreau!!! Who's the wild man now.... one of the best lines in any movie

[@billybussey]

Gives me chills.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Rudy! Rudy ! Rudy!

[@RyanWehr]

Sitting on the Stands was the creator of the Mandalorian! 🤣

[@Ghost_17_]

And dont forget, he also initiated the Marvel Cinematic Universe!!

[@RyanWehr]

@@Ghost_17_ and he directed ELF, one of the best Christmas movies of all time

[@MM-es5hv]

Seen this movies twenty times probably see it twenty more …..

[@maureenmeagher6415]

I love this movie!! I met Sean Astin 2 years ago, he was such a sweetheart!

[@briandelatte8223]

Some things we won't talk about. The Irish ran an offensive play with 37 seconds on the clock and no timeout is called. Should be no time left on the clock before the O'hara play. Then they are lined up and end up back in the huddle. Then they are lined up to run the play and flash to Rudy where you can see everyone lined up for a kickoff. But it's still a great story that was magnified by the incredible score for this film. This is a different film if the music was any different.

[@h61625]

I dont know how anyone could hate this movie

[@bradqb1]

I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying... 😢😂

[@joshuawood362]

great scene, but can we all appreciate how bad the RB whiffed on the block

[@Broncomaniac-15]

Fkn pathetic effort lmao

[@professorfrink6831]

It's a movie dude.

[@joshuawood362]

@@professorfrink6831 glad you pointed that out

[@professorfrink6831]

@@joshuawood362 No problem. Someone had to.

[@toordal]

It's a movie. I'm sure in the real game, there was a better effort made.

[@michaelswinehart2788]

The greatest scene from the greatest sports movie ever made.

[@logicaldude3611]

It’s the perfect sports movie, there is nothing else like it.

[@Kayo_ea110]

Damnit now I'm crying by myself... at work.

[@780d4]

Back when American football was fun to watch. 👌

[@johnkempter8162]

One of the great inspirational movies!

[@mattgaming8717]

Team work makes the dream work baby!!

[@stephaniegormley9982]

5' 7" Rudy: "I'm the greatest over achiever in college football history" 5'10" Henry Hill, All American nose guard, 3 year starter: "Hold my Beer"

[@sc12100]

This is a great "movie" but heavily exaggerated. Montana has even disputed this movie. To me, its has a lot of fiction.

[@gunman462]

@@sc12100 Yet it's made fellas cry man tears for almost 30 years

[@dragoneyes06]

@@sc12100 yeah I love the movie but you look into it he actually got free ride because he served in the military so money was never problem for him and he was also star boxer in college. Plus Sean Astin makes this movie so much better too.

[@sc12100]

@@dragoneyes06 He pitched his story hard to a bunch of producers. Gotta give them credit for making this a great story. Fact is that stories like this are a dime a dozen. Happens a lot more than we hear about. There's always gonna be that guy who barely made the roster, played in a limited capacity, and yet his lifelong dreams were accomplished.