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...college football's greatest coach, starring Pat O'Brien. A couple of years ago Patty returned to Notre Dame to give a fantastic reenactment of the inimitable half-time pep-talk in the film when Knute Rockne inspired a losing Notre Dame team to "hit one for the Gipper." (George Gipp, one of the greatest running backs in all of football died in his senior year at N.D.). This was the night before a football game, and the atmosphere was something like a cross between ancient fertility rites and classical Bacchanalia. After O'Brien's speech several thousand wine-besotted...
Knute Rockne--All American [1940]. See Ronald Reagan win one for the Gipper. Ch. 56, 11:30 p.m. B/W, 2 hours...
...find a toehold on the personality of this slipperiest of politicians. The film becomes nothing more than a disconnected sequence of Nixon statements, and some of Antonio's forays -- like cutting from a determined Nixon campaign speech directly to Pat O'Brien's famous "win one for the Gipper" speech in the Notre Dame locker room, simply fall flat. Antonio has all the material to finish off Nixon, but he is unable to put it together. See the film if you're prepared to edit it in your head, or if you have a sudden urge to see the Checkers...
...find a toehold on the personality of this slipperiest of politicians. The film becomes nothing more than a disconnected sequence of Nixon statements, and some of Antonio's forays--like cutting from a determined Nixon campaign speech directly to Pat O'Brien's famous "win one for the Gipper" speech in the Notre Dame locker room, simply fall flat. Antonio has all the material to finish off Nixon, but he is unable to put it together. See the film if you're prepared to edit it in your head, or if you have a sudden urge to see the Checkers...
...find a toehold on the personality of this slipperiest of politicians. The film becomes nothing more than a disconnected sequence of Nixon statements, and some of Antonio's forays--like cutting from a determined Nixon campaign speech directly to Pat O'Brien's famous "win one for the Gipper" speech in the Notre Dame locker room, simply fall flat. Antonio has all the material to finish off Nixon, but he is unable to put it together. See the film if you're prepared to edit it in your head, or if you have a sudden urge to see the Checkers...