The Express (2008)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Studio: Universal Pictures Studio: Universal Pictures

Rating: PG

Release Date: Oct 4, 2008

Running Time: 129 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Enver Gjokaj, Kris Wolff, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Charles S. Dutton, Geoff Stults, Aunjanue Ellis, Evan Jones, Omar Benson Miller

director: Gary Fleder

The Express: The Ernie Davis Story

The Express: See What He Does

The Express: First Practice

The Express: Ernie Scores

The Express: Ernie Questions

The true story of Ernie Davis, two-time All-American running back for Syracuse University who led his team to the national championship in 1960. In 1961, he became the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Later that year, he was the first pick in the NFL draft. But Davis never got the chance to play professional football, he was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer of 1962 and died nearly a year later.

The Express is a well-meaning inspirational football film--even if it seems like it comes directly out of some sort of Hollywood playbook for sports movies.

Story

Based on the true story of Ernie Davis, the first black athlete ever to win college football's prized Heisman Trophy, The Express effectively details the struggle this man went through in the '50s and early '60s. Starting when he is a young boy, living with his grandfather (Charles S. Dutton) in the deep South, Davis (Rob Brown) shows…