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Knute Rockne All American

1940 · 98 min

A warm, old-fashioned sports biography that stirs the heart with its earnest underdog spirit and famous locker-room speech.

Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genres
Drama
Overview
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

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Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • ambition
  • loyalty
  • friendship
  • death
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Robert Buckner
Starring
Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Owen Davis Jr.
Cinematography
Tony Gaudio
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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