 rudy is a 1993 american sports film directed by david anspaugh. it is an account of the life of daniel "rudy" ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the university of notre dame despite significant obstacles. it was the first movie that the notre dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since knute rockne, all american in 1940. in 2005, rudy was named one of the best 25 sports movies of the previous 25 years in two polls by espn (#24 by a panel of sports experts, and #4 by espn.com users). it was ranked the 54th-most inspiring film of all time in the "afi 100 years" series."afi 100 years... 100 cheers". american film institute. retrieved november 27, 2013. the film was released on october 13, 1993, by tristar pictures. it stars sean astin as the title character, along with ned beatty, jason miller and charles s. dutton. the script was written by angelo pizzo, who created hoosiers (1986), which was also directed by anspaugh. the film was shot in illinois and indiana. ==plot== daniel eugene "rudy" ruettiger grows up in joliet, illinois dreaming of playing college football at the university of notre dame. though he is achieving some success with his local high school team (joliet catholic), he lacks the grades and money necessary to attend notre dame, as well as the talent and physical stature to play football for a major intercollegiate program. ruettiger takes a job at a local steel mill like his father daniel sr., who is also a notre dame fan. he prepares to settle down, but when his best friend pete is killed in an explosion at the mill, rudy decides to follow his dream of attending notre dame and playing for the fighting irish. he resolves to do everything he
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