The Express(Movie, 2008)

Name: The Express
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: T02:10:00
Rating: 3.6

| 2h 10min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 118 votes)

The Express: The Ernie Davis Story is a 2008 American sports film produced by John Davis and directed by Gary Fleder. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Charles Leavitt from a 1983 book Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, authored by Robert C. Gallagher. The film is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, portrayed by actor Rob Brown. The Express explores civil rights topics, such as racism, discrimination and athletics. It was the film debut of Chadwick Boseman as Floyd Little. The film was a co-production between the film studios of Relativity Media and Davis Entertainment. It was commercially distributed by Universal Pictures theatrically, and by Universal Studios Home Entertainment for home media. Dennis Quaid and Charles S. Dutton star in principal ... ()

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About The Express

Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Chicago (Illinois)

Plays in: Cleveland

Made by: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Davis Entertainment, IDEA Filmproduktions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/10/2008

Cast: Rob Brown, Charles S. Dutton, Dennis Quaid, Omar Benson Miller, Nelsan Ellis, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Clancy Brown, Nicole Beharie, Ridge Canipe, Evan Jones, Saul Rubinek, Enver Gjokaj, Chelcie Ross, Geoff Stults, Chadwick Boseman, LaRoyce Hawkins

Director: Gary Fleder

Producer: John Davis

Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt

Film Editor: William Steinkamp

Director of Photography: Kramer Morgenthau

Composer: Mark Isham

Performer: Mark Isham

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"The Express The Ernie Davis Story"

"El expreso de Elmira"

Keywords: college, biography, sports, syracuse university, american football

Budget: 40,000,000 USD

Revenue: 9,793,496 USD (= 24%)

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The Express(Movie, 2008)

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