'We Are Marshall'

Matthew McConaughey, from left, former Marshall University football coaches Jack Lengyel and Red Dawson, and actor Matthew Fox pose together at the Los Angeles premiere of "We Are Marshall" in the Hollywood Section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. McConaughey plays the role of Lengyel and Fox plays the role of Dawson in the film.

Actress Drew Barrymore arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "We Are Marshall" in the Hollywood Section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006.

Actor James Denton, left, and his wife, Erin O'Brien, arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "We Are Marshall" in the Hollywood Section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006.

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Kate Mara pose at the party after the premiere of Warner Bros.' "We Are Marshall" at the Chinese Theater on Dec. 14, 2006, in Los Angeles.

Actress January Jones arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "We Are Marshall" in the Hollywood Section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006.

Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives at the premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Based on a true story, the movie is about efforts to keep the Marshall University football program alive after a plane crash claimed the lives of the football team and some of its fans.

Marshall University cheerleaders Emily Childress, top, and Chad Greenhill, below, entertain the crowd in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Dec. 12, 2006, prior to the premiere of "We Are Marshall." The Warner Bros. movie, filmed partly in Huntington, chronicles Marshall's rise from the ashes following the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash that killed most of the school's football team and many prominent members of the community.

Director McG poses for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. He also directed "Charlie's Angels" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle."

Dignitaries pose together at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Dec. 12, 2006. From left are actor Matthew Fox, former Marshall coach Red Dawson, former Marshall coach Jack Lengyel and actor Matthew McConaughey. Fox portrays Dawson and McConaughey portrays Lengyel in the movie.

Members involved with the movie "We Are Marshall" attend the premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington, W.Va., Dec. 12, 2006. From left are former coach Red Dawson, screenwriter Jamie Linden, producer Basil Iwanyk, actor Anthony Mackie, actress Kate Mara, actors Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Arlen Escarpeta, director McG, former coach Jack Lengyel and former quarterback Reggie Oliver.

Former Marshall quarterback Reggie Oliver, left, poses for a photo with actor Arlen Escarpeta at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Dec. 12, 2006. Escarpeta portrays Oliver in the movie.

Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall," at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actors, from left, Anthony Mackie, Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox gather at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actress Kate Mara poses for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec, 12, 2006.

Actors Anthony Mackie, left, and Arlen Escarpeta, right, pose for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actor Dalton Polston poses for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actor Matthew McConaughey is photographed at the premiere of "We Are Marshall" at the Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actors Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox, from left, pose for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall," at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Actor Matthew Fox poses for a photo at the movie premiere of "We Are Marshall," at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington, W.Va. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006.

Matthew McConaughey, left, discusses his new movie, "We Are Marshall," with ESPN's Linda Cohn, as he and co-star Matthew Fox visited ESPN's studios in Bristol, Conn., Monday, Dec. 11, 2006. The movie, which chronicles the Marshall University football team's rise after losing many of its members in a 1970 plane crash, opens nationwide Dec. 22