<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $65 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $43.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> We Are Marshall is a 2006 American historical drama biopic film directed by McG . It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, along with five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and a crew of five . It also addresses the rebuilding of the program and the healing that the community undergoes . </P> <P> Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill - fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley . Then - governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach . </P>

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