Alison romans ny times column on temporary leave after comments about. Key 1968 harvardyale battle sets scene for the game and. It was almost 20 years ago that harvard and yale battled to a 2929 tie in one of the most memorable and exciting college football games of all. Much like the recent remember when documentary man on wire, harvard beats yale 2929 builds strong momentum in its home stretch, and sends the audience out on a high. The game, that most benign of 1968s many shockers, was the greatest moment in the harvardyale football rivalry. Together, yale and harvard stage an unforgettable football contest that baffled even their own coaches. Harvard was down 29 with less than a minute to play, but tied the score in a miracle finish that felt to most everyone in the stadium like. Harvard beats yale 2929 is no ordinary game story the. The names may be familiar tommy lee jones and friends of al gore and george w. Harvard beats yale 2929, a mosaic of storytelling told by former collegelevel gridiron athletes, pieces together the remarkable story of a fateful 1968 match between the titular ivy league teams. This and nineteen other improbable comebacks are the subjects. With don gillis, bruce freeman, ted skowronski, ted livingston. His own books include a biography of the first great sportswriter, ring lardner. But if we are being honest, it is a movie about football.
Undefeated football teams from harvard and yale face off in 1968. That headline refers to what remains the most famous football game in ivy league history. The movie takes its title from a harvard crimson headline. Harvard beats yale 2929, the student newspaper trumpeted after the. After losing a 17point lead, the crimson scored the winning touchdown against yale with 55 seconds left to complete a 100 season, the 17th undefeated season in harvard football history. Kevin raffertys documentary harvard beats yale 2929 looks at this historic 1968 matchup between those two longtime college football rivals.
Fifty years after a furious comeback against yale left harvard celebrating a 2929 victory, players from both sidelines have no doubt who won. Harvard beats yale 2929 bleacher report latest news. Of course, it helps that rafferty a harvard man has a wild, unpredictable game to recount, with a heartstopping ending. An incredible true story that unfolds like a ripping good yarn with an uproarious, impossible hollywood ending andrew ohehir, salon, harvard beats yale 2929 is filmmaker kevin raffertys the atomic cafe acclaimed documentary depicting one of the most legendary games in the history of sports. In fact, harvard beats yale 2929 comes from the most famous headline in the history of harvards undergraduate newspaper the crimson. Then it was as if time slowed down, and in just 42 seconds harvard somehow managed to score an improbable 16 points. Critically acclaimed documentary about the 1968 football game played by two undefeated teams from harvard and yale. Rent harvard beats yale 2929 2008 on dvd and bluray. Far from perfect, harvard ends impeccably against yale.
Harvard beats yale, 2929 was the headline in the harvard crimson. Game, filmmaker kevin rafferty has made available to kino lorber a limited supply of hardcover companion books to his film harvard beats yale 2929. A documentary, harvard beats yale 2929 was made about that game. Harvard beats yale 2929 directed by kevin rafferty starring tommy lee jones, brian dowling, vic gatto, frank champi, j. When harvard came back from a 16point deficit with less than a minute to go to tie yale in their nowfamous 1968 gridiron tilt, the headline in the harvard crimson the following monda proudly boasted, harvard beats yale, 2929. Somebody at the crimson, with only one little word, had brilliantly captured the essence of the harvard football teams legendary comeback 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie yale in november 1968. In 1968 both harvard and yale entered their big game undefeated, the first time that had happened since 1909.
Harvard beats yale 2929 is an entertaining fontcomic sans msdocumentaryfont about the harvardyale football game played on november 23, 1968. Many recall that years edition of this annual grudge match as it was the first time in almost six decades that both schools were undefeated going into the game. Harvard beats yale 2929 is a 2008 documentary film by kevin rafferty, covering the 1968 meeting between the football teams of yale and harvard in their storied rivalry. Harvard beats yale 2929 features yale alumni magazine. Harvard beats yale 2929 2008 in november 1968, undefeated ivy league football teams from harvard and yale square off in a historic game in which yale led 29 with 42 seconds left on the clock. Harvard beats yale 2929 marks a particular 40th anniversarynot richard nixons election, but the scarcely less astonishing event that occurred a few weeks later in cambridge, massachusetts. Harvard beats yale 2929 2008 directed by kevin rafferty on november 23, 1968, yale and harvards undefeated football teams met in cambridge, with yale heavily favored. Its done on an obviously low, low, low budget, with the most basic lockeddown camera and the simplest of lighting and it works.
Harvard beats yale 2929 email linkedin twitter facebook relive the 1968 game in this compelling documentary by kevin rafferty 70, and be sure to make a gift during this years harvardyale challenge. Amid the backdrop of the social tensions of 1968, harvard and yale played one of the greatest collegefootball games ever. Harvard beats yale 2929 is filmmaker kevin raffertys the atomic cafe acclaimed documentary depicting one of the most legendary games in the history of sports. It was harvard beats yale, 2929, and it appeared in the harvard crimson. Copresented with hamptons international film festival note. Harvard beats yale 2929 friends with bush and gore. It occurred 40 years ago this sunday, when harvard made such a jawdropping comeback scoring. Harvard student newspaper to publish its now famous headline. It is also a movie about the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. Harvard beats yale director recalls a respite in a time.
Many recall that years edition of this annual grudge match as it was the first time in almost six decades that both schools were undefeated going into the. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Bush are among the interviewees, but their views on the games place in the turbulent history of the 1960s college scene. The two teams shared the ivy league title with identical 801 records, but it seemed that harvards piece of the pie was a little bigger. Heres a look back at one of the most memorable games in. Harvard football game was a college football game between the yale bulldogs and the harvard crimson, played on november 23, 1968. Twas 20 years ago when harvard beat yale, 2929 sports.
A spectacular harvardyale football game that lifted spirits in the tragic year of. Filmmaker kevin rafferty takes viewers to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved, interweaving actual gridiron footage with the players own reflections. That quote comes near the climax of harvard beats yale 2929, which is a charming shoestring tackle of a film, a gritty twopoint conversion of a documentary, or whatever other football metaphor you prefer. In the second half, yale got a little sloppy, but with less than a minute left they still led 29. An incredible true story that unfolds like a ripping good yarn. College gameday will be in cambridge for the harvard yale game this weekend.
A narrative that pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller. The game ended in a 2929 tie after harvard made what is considered a miraculous lastmoment comeback, scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie the game against a highly touted yale squad. Kevin rafferty is the director of the recently released documentary harvard beats yale 2929. Harvard beats yale 2929 by barry wilner, ken rappoport.
Key 1968 harvardyale battle sets scene for the game and footballs future. Watch harvard beats yale 29 29 online vimeo on demand. Harvard beats yale 2929 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The headline of the student newspaper, the harvard crimson, read harvard beats yale 2929. But also like man on wire, harvard beats yale takes its own significance as innate, and rarely strives. Yale football harvard beats yale 2929 keith raffel correspondent i september 21, 2007 comments. The game has been called the most famous football game in ivy league history.
Most importantly, yaleeducated cartoonist gary tredeau based b. Other books by tamny include the end of work, about the exciting. Harvards pete varney catches the twopoint conversion that brought the score to 2929. Meanwhile, the underrated headline would be one that appeared wrong, but was deliciously right. Harvard beats yale 2929 2008 the movie database tmdb. Rafferty has had a long career as a documentarian, examing subjects as varied at atomic energy. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. With vietnam raging, nixon in the white house, and issues from civil rights to womens lib dividing the country, harvard and yale, both teams undefeated for the first time since 1909, meet for the annual climax of the ivy league football season. Harvard beats yale 2929 anniversary moviebook bundle dvd. An extraordinary retelling of one of the most famous college football games in history, kevin raffertys harvard beats yale 2929 combines rare footage of the wildly unpredictable 1968 game with. Praise for the documentary harvard beats yale 2929 preposterously entertaining. Rent harvard beats yale 2929 2008 starring tommy lee jones and j. But opposition leaders immediately said that they would challenge some discrepancies in the coop membership lists.
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