A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Marie Davis
- (as Aunjanue Ellis)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChadwick Boseman's feature film debut.
- GoofsIn the movie, Texas leads Syracuse 15-14 in the 1960 Cotton Bowl. In real life, the game was never that close in the second half. Syracuse was up 23-6 when Texas scored their second and last touchdown with 7:39 remaining in the game. Texas was not in a position to tie Syracuse even with a touchdown and 2-point conversion.
- Quotes
Texas Longhorn player: I'm gonna kick your black ass back to Africa boy!
Jack Buckley: Oh yeah? Too bad I'm from Philly.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: The Express (2008)
- SoundtracksChoo Choo Ch' Boogie
Written by Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milton Gabler
Performed by Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five (as Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five)
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Superb film that everyone should see...a great history lesson!
My husband and I saw EXPRESS yesterday and truly enjoyed this movie. We love movies based on true stories and also enjoy sports so this was a winning combination! We found this movie to be truly captivating and beautifully told. The acting was superb.....everyone did a fantastic job of making it all very real. We didn't know anything about Ernie Davis and feel so privileged to know his story. Of course we knew Jim Brown, but Ernie never even had a chance to show his real talents to the world via the Cleveland Browns. What a gifted young man he was and all the difficulties he had to face made him even more special. As far as the people who don't appreciate WV being shown in that light, my husband was in the Army in 1960-1963, and whether it was WV, NC, SC, or any other state in that vicinity that is exactly how it was and he experienced that type of hate first hand. Thank you for bring us such a meaningful film. We hope it is a huge success.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(Lane Tech High School)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,793,406
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,562,675
- Oct 12, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $9,808,124
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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