Don't be like Rudy

Heartbroken over this as I loved the movie...

As I think about it, Rudy might have been more of a conniver than the altruistic kid with a dream they portrayed him as in the movie. In fact, there was a scene in the movie, where Rudy became a member of Notre Dame boosters by lying about his affiliation with the University. He also left a window open for himself (without permission) in the stadium so he could sleep at no charge to himself. Perhaps not a big thing (lying to get into boosters, sleeping in the stadium) in the scheme of things, but it appears Rudy's "conniving" skills are still very sharp

What a great story.... turned ugly. GUN used to go to sleep at night (for a very long time) watching this movie.

It's just sad, really. GED10DaD

Sad really. I loved that movie. I guess the real man didn't live up to the legend.

CD,

You're so right.

Now that I think about it those things were probably percursors to what would eventually play out in real life.

It's really amazing how crimes are carried out but when one thinks about it, it always begins with the simple act of thought. That is where it is bred and fostered. Then it graduates to something petty. So on and so forth.

I'm not sure that I'll be able to watch this movie the same way as before now. It was one of my all time favorites along with Sergeant York. PLEASE don't come up with any dirt on him! geez

YGD

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Originally posted by Wklink: I guess the real man didn't live up to the legend.

Does it ever?

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:

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Originally posted by Wklink: I guess the real man didn't live up to the legend.

Does it ever?

No, it often doesn't but in this case the real man didn't even come close.

I guess I can still watch Invincible, The Rookie and Hoosiers.

What would Touchdown Jesus do?

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I've got a few truckloads of Billy Beer® that need to be pumped and dumped real quick. Anyone interested?



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I saw a recent interview with Joe Montana, who was at Notre Dame the same time as Rudy, in which he called most of the movie fiction.

I thought the movie was a neat story, but around the time it came out there was some kind of review that said that some people thought that Rudy's motivation for staying with the team was financial self interest and that he thought he could make something from the story.

I don't know how that would square with his teammates offering their spot to him so he could dress for the game, but I clearly remember that someone wrote it and it sounded credible.