A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Marie Davis
- (as Aunjanue Ellis)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChadwick Boseman's feature film debut.
- GoofsIn the movie, Texas leads Syracuse 15-14 in the 1960 Cotton Bowl. In real life, the game was never that close in the second half. Syracuse was up 23-6 when Texas scored their second and last touchdown with 7:39 remaining in the game. Texas was not in a position to tie Syracuse even with a touchdown and 2-point conversion.
- Quotes
Texas Longhorn player: I'm gonna kick your black ass back to Africa boy!
Jack Buckley: Oh yeah? Too bad I'm from Philly.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: The Express (2008)
- SoundtracksChoo Choo Ch' Boogie
Written by Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milton Gabler
Performed by Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five (as Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five)
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Enjoyed the movie but for purist there were many factual inaccuracies. Syracuse did not play Boston College in 1959. The West Virginia game in which WV and their fans are portrayed as very racist was played in Syracuse not Morganton. In the Texas game of that year the score was never 15-14. There are others but that suffices. When a description is "based" on a true story it means not everything is necessarily true. Remember that as one videographer told me, "we are artists and entertainers and not historians!"
- pampeachtree
- Sep 4, 2017
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(Lane Tech High School)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,793,406
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,562,675
- Oct 12, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $9,808,124
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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