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 wraps up the boomer era the. Nov 18, 2011 harvard beats yale 2929 is a movie about football. Harvards pete varney catches the twopoint conversion that brought the score to 2929. Despite this, yale, ranked 16th in the nation, was the heavy favorite. Nov 19, 2008 no matter how storied or exciting, a football game is still just a football game. Many recall that years edition of this annual grudge. Rafferty has had a long career as a documentarian, examing subjects as varied at atomic energy. Alison romans ny times column on temporary leave after comments about.
Oct 15, 2009 now, in this compelling and unique new book, rafferty intercuts photos of the game and trudeaus original drawings with the hilarious and suspenseful recollections of the fifty players to create a stunning account of one of the most famous games of all time. In fact, harvard beats yale 2929 comes from the most famous headline in the history of harvards undergraduate newspaper the crimson. Nov 21, 2008 kevin rafferty is the director of the recently released documentary harvard beats yale 2929. Harvard beats yale 29 29 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. Much like the recent remember when documentary man on wire, harvard beats yale 29 29 builds strong momentum in its home stretch, and sends the audience out on a high. Harvard beats yale director recalls a respite in a time. Bill kutik 70, one of the crimson editors credited with running the headline, there was a general consensus. 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. Dec 18, 2012 copresented with hamptons international film festival note. Nov 20, 2014 a documentary, harvard beats yale 2929 was made about that game. Of course, it helps that rafferty a harvard man has a wild, unpredictable game to recount, with a heartstopping ending. Harvard beats yale 29 29 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 harvard yale challenge.
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In 1968 both harvard and yale entered their big game undefeated, the first time that had happened since 1909. 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. Copresented with hamptons international film festival note. 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. Harvard beats yale 2929 friends with bush and gore. But this winning doc also offers serious reflection on how events from our past continue to loom large in our lives as regrets still counted, as lessons learned, as triumphs that awe and amaze. Harvard had simply tied yale 2929 in the fourth quarter.
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It is also a movie about the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. 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. With don gillis, bruce freeman, ted skowronski, ted livingston. But also like man on wire, harvard beats yale takes its own significance as innate, and rarely strives. A documentary, harvard beats yale 2929 was made about that game. Now, in this compelling and unique new book, rafferty intercuts photos of the game and. Meanwhile, the underrated headline would be one that appeared wrong, but was deliciously right. 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. Thats also the title of a documentary film by kevin rafferty that was an unlikely hit at the recent toronto film festival, not the kind of event where people tend to get carried away by oldtime ivy league football. A look back at the men who led harvard to beat yale, 2929.
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