how much of the movie is 'hollywoodized'?
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How about straight from the horse's mouth??\n\nQuestioning the Story:\n\nWas the groundskeeper played by Charles S. Dutton a real character?\nRudy answered no to this question himself during an interview with the Pigskin Post by saying the following, "He was a composite, but that was reality. And that’s what happened in my life…all through my life. I would encounter people like that and they would help me get through the tough times through their wisdom and their encouragement."\n\nWas there actually a priest who helped Rudy get into Holy Cross Junior College?\nIn the same Pigskin Post interview as above, Rudy replied to this question by saying, "There were several who played important roles, but, again, you can’t develop them all in one two-hour movie."\n\nDid Rudy really sleep in the maintenance room of the football stadium?\nRudy actually slept in a room in the basketball arena. The school had the room there for someone to stay during off-hours for insurance reasons.\n\nWas coach Dan Devine really that cold-hearted against dressing Rudy for the last home game of Rudy's college career?\nIn Devine's autobiography, Simply Devine, he writes that it was his idea to dress Rudy for the final game of his college career and also to play him. Devine says that the screenwriter, Angelo Pizzo, told him that the plot would only work if Devine became the heavy. He agreed in order to help out Rudy, someone whom he calls a friend. "I didn't realize I would be such a heavy," he writes.\n\nDoes the real Rudy Ruettiger appear in the film?\nYes, Rudy does appear in the movie. He can be found near the end in the stands behind Ned Beatty, who plays Rudy's father. The real Rudy is the man Ned turns around and beats on when Rudy gets in the game. He is wearing a little hat and blue jacket.\n\nDid the studios approach Rudy to make the film or did Rudy approach the studios with his story?\nRudy in fact approached the studios with his story. In an interview with the Pigskin Post he said, "It took ten years to get it to the screen. Many rejections, many ups, many downs. Getting involved with people who should never have been involved. Every legal problem you can imagine, we experienced. People stealing my rights and selling my rights…it was unbelievable."\n\nWhat does Rudy Ruettiger do today?\nUpon graduating from Notre Dame, Rudy spent one year as a grad assistant and then went on to work in the insurance industry. Today, Rudy works primarily as a motivational speaker, often appearing to speak in front of large corporations. He has also co-authored several motivational books (right).\n\nHow much would it cost to have Rudy motivationally speak in front of your company?\nAccording to the Premiere Speakers Bureau (link to Bureau's Rudy page), Rudy's keynote fee is roughly $17,500. It could vary based upon length of presentation, location of event and other factors. Usually, travel and expenses are additional costs above speaker fees. Rudy's topics include athletes, inspiration, motivation, and overcoming adversity.\n\nWas there anyone else in the running to play the character of Rudy?\nRudy answered this in an interview by saying, "Chris O'Donnell had the role. The only reason he wasn't picked was there was something about Astin at the last moment that changed their mind. I think it was his naive type of appeal. He did a great job."\n\nIs it true that Rudy was the only player to ever be carried off the field at Notre Dame stadium?\nYes, it is true. The filmmakers recreated the scene with real fans during a break in the 1992 Boston College game. Some 60,000 fans stood and cheered as actor Sean Astin was carried off the field.
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The movie is called "Where the Heart Is." Hope that helps. :)
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Same old recycled adam sandler movie. \n\n4/10
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This will take all night....\n2 Fast 2 Furious, 3000 Miles to Graceland, 8 Mile, A Christmas Story, A Few Good Men, A Time To Kill, A Walk To Remember, About Last Night, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, Adventures In Babysitting, Airheads, Aladdin, Aliens, All of Me, Almost Famous, Along Came Polly, American Graffiti, Amos and Andrew, Anchorman, Anger Management, Animal House, Apollo 13, Armageddon, Artificial Intelligence, As Good As It Gets, Austin Powers, Baby Boom, Baby Geniuses, Back To School, Back to the Future 1-3, Back to the Future Movies, Bad News Bears (original and remake), Bambi, Bandits, Barber Shop, Batman Movies, Beaches, Beauty and the Beast, Beauty Shop, Beetle Juice, Being John Malkovich, Beverly Hills Cop 1-3, Big, Big Daddy, Biker Boyz, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Billy Madison, Black Sheep, Blade, Blazing Saddles, Blow, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Blues Brothers, Bonnie and Clyde, Braveheart, Breakdown, Breakfast Club, Broken Arrow, O’ Brother Where Art Thou, Bruce Almighty, Buddy, Bull Durham, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Caddyshack, Canadian Bacon, Cape Fear, Captain Ron, Cast Away, Catwoman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cheaper By the Dozen, Chicago, Children of the Corn, Chocolat, Christine, Christmas with the Kranks, City of Angels, Clash of the Titans, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Clueless, Coal Miners Daughter, Cocktail, Cocoon, Cold Mountain, Coming to America, Con Air, Contact, Corky Romano, Coyote Ugly, Crocodile Dundee, Crybaby, Daddy day Care, Dances With Wolves, Days of Thunder, Deep Impact, Deliverance, Dennis The Menace, Dickie Roberts Former Child Star, Die Hard 1-3, Dirty Dancing, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Doc Hollywood, Domestic Disturbance, Dr. Doolittle, Dr. Doolittle 2, Dragonfly, Driving Miss Daisy, Dumb and Dumber, Dumbo, Easy Rider, Edward Scissorhands, Elf, Encino Man, Enough, Ernest Movies, ET Extra Terrestrial, Face/Off, Fantasia, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Fatal Attraction, Father of the Bride, Fathers Day, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, Field Of Dreams, Finding Nemo, Finding Neverland, Flight of the Phoenix, Fools Rush In, For Richer or Poorer, For The Love of the Game, Forces of Nature, Forrest Gump, Friday Night Lights, Fried Green Tomatoes, From Hell, Full Metal Jacket, Funny Farm, Garfield, George of the Jungle, Ghost, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Going Overboard, Gone In 60 Seconds, Gone With the Wind, Great Balls of Fire, Great Gatsby, Green Mile, Gremlins, Groundhog Day, Grumpier Old Men, Guarding Tess, Hackers, Happy Gilmore, Hard Rain, Head of State, Hellboy, Here On Earth, Hollywood Homicide, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, Hook, Hope Floats, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Huck Finn, Hulk, In The Army Now, Independence, Indian Jones Movies, Interview With A Vampire, It’s A Wonderful Life, Jawbreaker, Jaws, Jerry Maguire, JFK, Joe Dirt, Joe Somebody, Joy Ride, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park 3, Jury Duty, Just Married, K Pax, Kindergarten Cop, King Pin, La Bamba, Labyrinth, Ladder 49, Last Samurai, Lean On Me, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Legend, Legends of the Fall, Lethal Weapon Movies, Lion King 1-2, Little Monsters, Little Nicky, Look Who’s Talking Movies, Lost Boys, Lost In America, Mad Max Movies, Man of the House, Mary Poppins, Mask, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, Message In A Bottle, Miss Congeniality 1-2, Money Pit, Monster, INC, Mr. Destiny, Mrs. Doubtfire, Murphy’s Romance, My Best Friend’s Wedding, My Girl, My Girl 2, Napoleon Dynamite, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, National Lampoon’s Vacation, National Treasure, Never Been Kissed, Night at the Roxbury, Nightmare Before Christmas, Norma Rae, Not Without My Daughter, Nutty Professor, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, October Sky, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Operation Dumbo Drop, Out to Sea, Outbreak, Outsiders ,Overboard, Paulie, Pearl Harbor, Phenomenon, Philadelphia, Phonebooth, Pirates of the
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What exactly do you mean?\n\nThe "overall influence" IN Hollywood...(i.e, their "motivation")...?\n\nOr...do you mean...\n\nThe "overall influence" OF Hollywood...(i.e., influence on the world)...?\n\nEDIT:  Thank you - I think I fixed the problem - I was linked to a very old e-mail address that no longer exists.\n\nI'm sure there is some effect worldwide....I wish this was not true.  It would be like me drawing conclusions about India from "Bollywood" musicals.\n\nIt is unfortunate that movies have this kind of power....but - it's there.
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In all honesty, every fight seen you have ever seen in a movie has almost certainly been staged.  I must admit that MOST movies have better plot lines then pro "wrestling," but some people see the appeal of staged fights with a soap opera plot very intrieguing.  Not me, but some people.
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Probably just about anywhere with a halfway decent selection.  RUN, don't walk, to the video store.  It's an incredible movie.
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That is a good question! That film was ad-libbed.
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correct. you should go to moviemistakes.com and submit this.
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Funny you should bring that up. I just saw it a few hours ago. My personal views on the movie... Well, I though it was mostly funny. I just don't like that much cussing. I think it's kind of embarassing. Jack Black and Kyle Gass wrote almost all the songs in the movie. I thought the basic idea of the movie was interesting. And I didn't know Tim Robbins was going to have a cameo in it.
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trust me ..any Hollywood movie will portray us as bad as possible!...it's called propaganda!
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It wasn't a bad movie and it seems to hide much more than what it is apparently!
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All the things you said were in the Discovery Chanel documentary is in the movie.  I didn't look anything up and I never saw the documentary.  BUT the movie wasn't very long and all things you said are the same.  So if it's not the same you really don't need to see the movie cause it's all been covered.
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yes, check out the trailer.\n\nhttp://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808715999
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The Lake House is coming out 6-16-06. with Sandra Bullock and K. Reeves.  If it is playing in your area I would say that.  Cars looks like it would be hiliarious.  Don't think I would do See No Evil would probable dampen the evening.  Break Up saw the previews it looks pretty funny.  If your local movie theatre has a website you can check it out  by clicking the i for more info or going to www.screenit.com
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Watch the movie, you might learn something.
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movies are different from reality.