Knute Rockne All American (1940) on Netflix
Knute Rockne's family leaves Norway for Chicago, and he saves his money and enrolls at Notre Dame to play football. He and teammate Gus Dorais face Army at West Point in 1913.
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Plot summary
Lars Knutson Rockne is a carriage builder, and in 1892 he moves his family from Norway to Chicago, where they settle. His son Knute saves his money and enrolls at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and plays football there for the Fighting Irish. In 1913 Notre Dame meets Army at West Point, and Knute and his teammate Gus Dorais star in a 35 to 13 upset, using the forward pass, which teams seldom used at the time, to great effect. The game is historically significant, and publicity from the surprise win brings Notre Dame football followers around the country.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Knute Rockne All American (1940)
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- The phrase "win one for the Gipper" from the film became a political slogan for Ronald Reagan, who played George Gipp; at the 1988 Republican National Convention he told Vice President George H. W. Bush to "go out there and win one for the Gipper." Bob Dole used it in 1996 and President George W. Bush in 2004.
- For many years, while United Artists held the rights, the Gipper sequence was cut from television showings of the film. MGM/UA restored it for the first home video release, and that uncut version has been used for all home video, television and theatrical reissues since.
- The film shows Knute Rockne giving the "win one for the Gipper" speech at halftime of the 1930 game, his final championship season, but the speech was actually given at halftime of the 1928 game, a season in which Notre Dame finished 5-4.
- Lloyd Bacon took over as director of Knute Rockne, All American from William K. Howard after filming had already begun.
