Underdog Story: ; Getting 'We Are Marshall' Project Going Was a Struggle From the Beginning
Sunday Gazette-Mail › December 11, 2006
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HUNTINGTON - Some call it the greatest sports story never told, a forgotten tale of tragedy and triumph that never got the attention it deserved.
Marshall University's rise from the ashes of a 1970 plane crash that killed most of its football team, half the coaching staff and several prominent members of the Huntington community never caught the attention of Hollywood - or anyone in the national entertainment industry for that matter.See the full content of this document
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Underdog Story: ; Getting 'We Are Marshall' Project Going Was a Struggle From the Beginning
Until now.
Screenwriter Jamie Linden's interest was piqued a few years ago when the then-Florida State marketing major read about the tragedy in his school newspaper.The story stuck with him.It also stuck with Mary Viola, vice president of Thunder Road Productions in Los Angeles.She'd heard the story ...See the full content of this document
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