Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
The Express [videorecording] : the Ernie Davis story / Davis Entertainment ; IDEA Filmproduktions ; Relativity Media ; produced by John Davis ; written by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Gary Fleder.
Call Number:
DVD E
Publisher, Date:
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
Description:
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Ernie Davis was born in New York and raised in poverty. He overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. With the guidance of coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Ernie would develop from an impressive high school athlete into a college legend. Ernie would become the first black to win the Heisman Trophy. Refusing to play by the unspoken racist rules of the day, Ernie broke through one barrier after another to alter the way football fans looked at black men. Following his draft by the NFL, he was struck by a terrible blow in the prime of his life. Ernie would join the ranks of black pioneers who inspired a civil rights movement that smashed barriers on and off the playing field.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic content, violence and language involving racism, and for brief sensuality.
Subjects:
Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963 -- Drama.
Syracuse Orange (Football team) -- Drama.
African American football players -- New York (State) -- Syracuse -- Drama.
Football coaches -- New York (State) -- Syracuse -- Drama.
Heisman Trophy -- Drama.
Fútbol americano -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos) -- Syracuse -- Teatro.
Deportes universitarios -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos) -- Syracuse -- Teatro.
Drama DVDs.
Genre:
Football films.
Sports films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Sports -- Feature.
Feature films.
Other Author:
Davis, John.
Leavitt, Charles.
Fleder, Gary.
Brown, Rob, 1984-
Quaid, Dennis.
Henson, Darrin Dewitt.
Miller, Omar Benson.
Ellis, Nelsan.
Dutton, Charles S.
Gallagher, Robert C. Ernie Davis.
Davis Entertainment Company.
IDEA Filmproduktions (Firm)
Relativity Media.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Title:
Ernie Davis story