Marshall University: Ashes to Glory

Marshall University Ashes to Glory is a 2000 documentary about the November 14, 1970 Marshall University plane crash that killed 75 people includingmembers of the Thundering Herd football team, most of its coaching staff, and a number of school officials and Huntingtonians, and the efforts of new head coach Jack Lengyel and the coaching staff which included members of the previous staff, to rebuild the team and help heal the city of Huntington, West Virginia.

The day before the official opening, Thundering Herd head coach Bob Pruett asked the filmmakers to give a private screening for the team on the eve of the 2000 MidAmerican Conference championship game against Miami University. The Herd went on to defeat the RedHawks 5131.Deborah Novak and John Witek filed amillion lawsuit in federal court in California accusing Warner Bros. and others associated with the We Are Marshall film of fraud, copyright infringement and breach of contract. Novak, who directed Marshall University Ashes to Glory, is a Huntington native and Marshall alumnus. In October 2008, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in a summary judgment in favor of Warner Bros. ........

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