The Express (2008)

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PG | 2 hr 9 mins | Drama, Biopic, Sports, Adaptation | Released: 10/4/2008 |Box Office Total: $9.5M

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Synopsis:

The true story of Ernie Davis, two-time All-American running back for Syracuse University who led his team to the national championship in 1960. In 1961, he became the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Later that year, he was the first pick in the NFL draft. But Davis never got the chance to play professional football, he was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer of 1962 and died nearly a year later.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/4/2008

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
Gary Fleder	Director
Cast	Credit
Dennis Quaid	Ben Schwartzwalder
Rob Brown	Ernie Davis
Enver Gjokaj	Dave Sarette
Kris Wolff	Groundskeeper
Darrin DeWitt Henson	Jim Brown
Charles S. Dutton	Willie "Pops" Davis
Geoff Stults	Bob Lundy
Aunjanue Ellis	Marie Davis
Evan Jones	Roger "Hound Dog" Davis
Omar Benson Miller	Jack Buckley
Walker Howard	Robert Field
Gary Houston	Marty Harrigan
Ned Schmidtke	Bill Clark
Chadwick Boseman	Floyd Little
Nicole Beharie	Sarah Ward
Justin Martin	Young Ernie
Clancy Brown	Roy Simmons
Saul Rubinek	Art Modell
Nelsan Ellis	Will Davis, Jr
Justin Jones	Young Will
Elizabeth Shivers	Elizabeth Davis
Danny McCarthy	Bill Bell
Regina Hoyles	Sister
Chelcie Ross	Lew Andreas
Craig Hawksley	George Marshall
Jeff Still	Al Malette
Derek Graf	Maury Youmans
Maximilian Osinski	Gerhard Schwedes
LaRoyce Hawkins	Art Baker
Lucas Ellman	Squirrel
Josh Odor	Darrell Royal
Matt Trissel	Clay Taylor
Chad L Stevens	Peter Logan
Keir Thirus	Bob Ferguson
Chaz Black	Jimmy Saxton
Garth Gelker	Holy Cross Linebacker
David Darlow	Cotton Bowl Official
Michael Skewes	Cotton Bowl Referee
Keith Kupferer	Small Fry Coach
Christopher Sullivan	Assistant All-Star Coach
Aaron Roman Weiner	Opposing Coach
Tim Grimm	W Virginia Coach
Matthew Settle	President Kennedy
Stu Lisson	Man in a Suit
Lance Baker	Reporter
Christian Stolte	Dan Boyle
Mike Bradecich	Tom Martin
Chris Farrell	W Virginia Sportswriter
Doug James	CBS Announcer
Ron Hawking	Syracuse Announcer
Linara Washington	Gloria Baker
Kevin R Kelly	Man in Dark Suit
Bruce Jarchow	Dr Hewlett
Ridge Canipe	Gang Leader
Stephen Louis Grush	Gang Member
Louie Cesario	Gang Member
Paul Turner	Longhorn Scout
Rick Uecker	Middle-Aged Man
Jeffrey Zabrin	Small Fry QB
Darryl Warren	Heisman Official
Brian Mahoney	Buffalo Doctor
Philip Rayburn Smith	Business Lawyer
Laurie Larson	Proprietor
Will Zahrn	Doctor
Phillip Vanlear	NAACP Member
Michael Hargrove	Arthur
F David Roth	Photographer
Richard Henzel	W Virginia Booster
Howie Johnson	W Virginia Heckler
James Zocolli	W Virginia Heckler
Eddie B Smith	Dallas Bellhop
Jeff Christian	Syracuse Trainer
Victor Cole	Hotel Worker
William Dick	Heisman Man in Suit
Sam Derence	Sports Reporter
Brian Boland	Cleveland Browns Asst Coach
Leonard House	Alan Touissant
Allan Graf	W Virginia Referee
Kevin Stark	Reporter
Kurt Naebig	Reporter
Ernest Perry Jr	Preacher
Ed Smaron	Play-by-Play Announcer
Dan Flannery	Hot Shot
Chet Coppock	PA Announcer
Robert Cullen	Petie
Guy Klinzing	Chancelor Tully
Barry Tolli	Elmira Free Academy Quarterback
Chris Cowan	Boston College Linebacker
Michael Malczyk	Penn State Linebacker
Torrey Vogel	Brokaw
Kenya Drew	Pretty Girl
John Anderson	Cotton Bowl Referee
Jeff Welsh	Texas Quarterback
Michael Labus	Cleveland Browns Quarterback
Michael Ullrich	Franklin
Lonnie Brooks	Singer
Production Credits	Credit
Derek Dauchy	Executive Producer
John Davis	Producer
Adam Copland	Co-Producer
Arne L Schmidt	Executive Producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Davis Entertainment Company	Production Company
Relativity Media	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures International (UPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Charles Leavitt	Screenplay
Robert Gallagher	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Gail Rose	Post-Production Accountant
cheryl stone	Production Accountant
Michael Kern	Accountant
Jolanta Piwowarczyk	Assistant Accountant
Chris Pawlowski	Auditor - Construction Estimator
Michael Dorner	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Nicholas Carranza	Assistant Accountant
Marc Frankowski	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Erin Blake	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Frank D Dambra	Painter - Paint Foreman
Denise Pizzini	Set Decorator
Quentin Matthys	Gang Boss - Swing Gang Boss
Scott Troha	Leadman
David Tennenbaum	Set Designer
David Utley	Assistant Art Director
Abbie Jacobson	Art Department - Buyer
Helmer Claesson	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Marc Baird	Storyboard Artist
Seth Reed	Art Director
Nelson Coates	Production Designer
Randy Wilkins	Set Designer
Tom Rigden	Gang Boss - Swing Gang Boss
Cliff Zamouski	Set Decorator - Set Decorator Coordinator
Joseph Haase	Painter - Paint Foreman
Walter Piers	Gang Boss - Swing Gang Boss
Daniel Sarich	Painter - Paint Foreman
Daryl Ziemke	Gang Boss - Swing Gang Boss
Casting	Credit
Darlene R Hunt	Extras Casting
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Erin Toner	Casting Associate
Tricia Wood	Casting
Samantha Finkler	Casting Associate
Rebecca Knights	Extras Casting
Marshall Peck	Extras Casting
Jennifer Smith	Casting
Mickie Paskal	Casting (Chicago)
Jennifer S Rudnicke	Casting (Chicago)
Craft Services	Credit
Will Gatlin	Craft Service
Darryl Johnson	Craft Service
Michael McMahon	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Assata Amoaku	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Jason Negron	Craft Service (2nd Unit)
Film Camera	Credit
Andy Smith	Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback
Glen A Weiberg	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Johnathan Clark	Loader - Film Loader
Kevin Boyd	Video - Video Supervisor
Steve Bowen	Colorist - Film Colorist
Kramer Morgenthau	Director of Photography
Loan Phan	Film Lab - Intermediate Producer
Kathina Szeto	Assistant Camera
Don Devine	Camera Operator
Chuck Hodes	Photography - Still Photographer
Jacques Jouffret	Steadicam Operator
Jacques Jouffret	Camera Operator
Peter Kuttner	Assistant Camera
Devon Miller	Film Lab - Intermediate Editor
Bob Scott	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Peter Thoren	Video Playback (2nd Unit)
Shannon DeWolfe	Loader - Film Loader
Timothy K Armstrong	Video - Video Utility
Dan Schroer	Assistant Camera
Thom Owens	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Jeff Mihovilovich	Assistant Camera
Zachary Gannaway	Assistant Camera
Mark Santoni	Assistant Camera - Assistant B Camera (2nd Unit)
Peter Roome	Assistant Camera - Assistant B Camera (2nd Unit)
Jeff Mihovilovich	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Mark Isham	Music
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Song Performer
Conrad Pope	Orchestrations
Peter Afterman	Music Supervisor
Dick Bernstein	Music Editor
Dennis Sands	Score Recording
Vaughn Horton	Song
Denver Darling	Song
Nan Schwartz	Orchestrations
Adam Olmsted	Music - Recordist
Michael Bauer	Music Editor
Margaret Yen	Music Supervisor
Suzy Williams	Song Performer
Dave Lawrence	Music Editor
Big Joe Turner	Song Performer
Clifford J Tasner	Orchestrations
Tyler Parkinson	Music - Pre-Recording
Alison Litton	Music Supervisor
Milton Gabler	Song
Sid Page	Music - Concert Master
Steve Weisberg	Song
Pete Anthony	Orchestrations - Orchestra Conductor
Elmer Hopper	Song Performer
Shirley & Lee	Song Performer
Charles Calhoun	Song
Adam Blau	Music - Drumline Arrangements
Sandy DeCrescent	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
Leonard Lee	Song
Frankie Miller	Song Performer
Jon Lewis	Music - Trumpet Soloist
Peter Rotter	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
Muddy Waters	Song Performer
Holly Palmer	Music - Vocal Soloist
Shirley Goodman	Song
Eddie Noack	Song
Steve Biossat	Song Performer
Sway Chicago	Song Performer
Preston Foster	Song
Rosco Gordon	Song Performer
Jimmy McCracklin	Song
Melanie Jackson	Song Performer
Marlee Norse	Song
Ray Charles	Song Performer
Ralph Bass	Song
Piney Brown	Song
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
John Thornton	Song
Lonnie Brooks Blues Band	Song Performer
Earl Washington	Song
Nat King Cole	Song Performer
Pablo Calogero	Song Performer
Ralph Murphy	Song
C Harold Lewis	Song
Leonard Feather	Song
Lionel Hampton	Song
Ray Charles	Song
Jerry Leiber	Song
Mike Stoller	Song
Doc Pomus	Song
Mort Shuman	Song
Lonnie Brooks	Song
Ollie Jones	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Conrad Gamble	Stunt Player
Allan Graf	Stunt Coordinator
Allan Graf	Stunt Coordinator - Football Coordinator
Angela Batchelor	Stunt Player
Gino Woulard	Stunt Player
Robert Marrs	Stunt Player
Dedric Anderson	Stunt Player
Russell Thomas	Stunt Player
Jordan Kemper	Stunt Player
Nicholas Brett	Stunt Player
Ryan Hamby	Stunt Player
Matt Trissel	Stunt Player
Warren Anderson	Stunt Player
Jason Grimm	Stunt Player
Eddie Donoghue	Stunt Player
Sandy Fletcher	Stunt Player
Daniel Abikasis	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Adeoye Adeyemo	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Jon Beutjer	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
David Brechin	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Ryan Chibucos	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Jim Cichon	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Shannon Fitzhugh	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Lionel Hickenbottom	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Patrick Baca	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Lee Jackson	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Brian Gamble	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Jason Labus	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
David Patterson Jr	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
John Peluse	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Daniel Pryor	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Joseph Snare	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Reid Specht	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Brian Vladika	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Michael Zimmer	Stunt Player - Graf Football Player
Production Management	Credit
Nathan Bell	Location Assistant
Nick Rafferty	Assistant Location Manager
Michelle Poole	Assistant Production Coordinator
Qadree Holmes	Production Manager - Assets Manager
Kat Thomas	Location Coordinator - Location Office Coordinator
Michael Zimbrich	Assistant Director
Billy Higgins	Unit Production Manager
Margaret J Orlando	Production Coordinator
Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax	Script Supervisor
David Thornsberry	Location Manager
Heather Sharpe	Assistant Production Coordinator
Richard Lederer	Assistant Director
Maria C Roxas	Location Manager
Gretchen Brown	Assistant Location Manager
Matt Olson	Production Manager - Football Equipment Manager
Nicole Graf	Production Coordinator - Football Operations Coordinator
Jesse Brooks	Location Assistant
Victor Soto	Production Manager - Football Equipment Manager
Jennifer Deigl	Assistant Director
Sharon Lomasney	Assistant Production Coordinator
John David Wolfe	Assistant Location Manager
Amy Schmidt	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Traci Lewis	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Bob Dahlin	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Dave Fulton	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Greg Zimmerman	ADR - ADR Recordist
Peter Zinda	Sound Designer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	Foley Artist
Renee Tondelli	ADR Supervisor - Dialog and ADR Supervision
David Stanke	Assistant Sound Editor
Greg Steele	ADR Mixer
Blair Scheller	Boom Operator
Andy Koyama	Rerecording Mixer
Michelle Pazer	ADR Editor
Jim Gaudio	Sound - Cableman
Nerses Gezalyan	Foley Mixer
Michael Hertlein	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Ranjani Brow	ADR Voice Casting
Scott Martin Gershin	Sound Design
Scott Martin Gershin	Supervising Sound Editor
David Obermeyer	Sound Mixer
Bryan Bowen	Sound Editor - BG Editor
Wendy Hoffmann	ADR Voice Casting
Curt Frisk	Sound Mixer (2nd Unit)
Frank Montano	Rerecording Mixer
Stephen Robinson	Sound Designer
Zack Davis	ADR Editor
Robert Deschaine	ADR Mixer
Mark Ormandy	Sound
James Moriana	Foley Artist
Tami Treadwell	ADR - ADR Recordist
Hugh Waddell	ADR Supervisor - Dialog and ADR Supervision
Thomas Whiting	ADR Editor
Phillip Rogers	ADR - ADR Recordist
Jeff Gomillion	ADR Mixer
John Bires	Sound
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR Recordist
Candice Baldwin	Sound
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Tim Butler	ADR Mixer
Bryan Celano	Sound
Mark Bartells	ADR - ADR Recordist
Shannon Potter	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
Melissa Brockman	Visual Effects Producer (2nd Unit)
Frank Battaglia	Special Effects Technician
Elika Burns	Rotoscope Animator - Roto/Paint Artist
John Milinac	Special Effects Coordinator
Christopher Ryan	Digital Effects Artist - Lighting
Christopher Ryan	Modelmaker - Modeling Artist
David Rey	Compositing Supervisor
Thomas J Smith	Visual Effects Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Eric Pender	Animator - Massive Pipeline and Animation
Ken Nakada	Matte Painter
Brian Holmes	Software Engineer - Massive Pipeline Tech Assistant
Jay Appleberry	Special Effects Foreman
Sara Docksey	Visual Effects - VFX Coordinator
Mark Weidling	Special Effects Assistant
Jerry Weil	Animator - Massive Pipeline and Animation
Matt Ashton	Software Engineer - Systems/Data Management
Dan Kaufman	Visual Effects Supervisor
Kristine Lankenau	Rotoscope Animator - Roto/Paint Artist
Kama Moiha	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
alan hernandez	Matte Painter - Texture Painter
Kyle Kirby	Special Effects Assistant
Mike Milinac	Special Effects Assistant
Mark Justison	Rotoscope Animator - Roto/Paint Artist
Heather Elisa Hill	Visual Effects Supervisor - VFX Production Supervisor
Amy Garback	Software Engineer - Systems/Data Management
Craig Crawford	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Shane Cook	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Robert Minsk	Software Engineer - Systems/Data Management
Cornelia Magas	Rotoscope Animator - Roto/Paint Artist
Carmine Romano	Special Effects Assistant
Craig Simms	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Kyle Yamamoto	Software Engineer - Systems/Data Management
James Valentine	Rotoscope Animator - Roto/Paint Artist
Matthew T Wilson	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Nanrose Buchman	Assistant Costume Designer
Abigail Murray	Costume Designer
Aimee Lippert	Makeup Artist
Tony Mirante	Hair Stylist - Hair Department Head
Valerie Zielonka	Costume Supervisor
Joslyn Lawrence	Costumer
Lizzie Cook	Key Costumer
Andrew Stein	Set Costumer
Ericka Shane	Costume Coordinator
Dominic Mango	Hair - Hair Department Head
Suzi Ostos	Makeup - Department Head Makeup
Ed Hanley	Wardrobe Supervisor - Football Wardrobe Supervisor
Gretchen Gain	Assistant Costume Designer
Helen Marchfield	Makeup Artist
Eileen McCahill	Costume Supervisor
Sukari McGill	Costumer
Heather Pollock	Key Costumer
Demetricus Holloway	Set Costumer
James Spensley	Wardrobe Supervisor - Football Wardrobe Supervisor
Mary Buono	Hair Stylist
Scott Thomas Cameron	Hair Stylist
Ron Berkeley	Makeup Artist
Nora Pedersen	Assistant Costume Designer
Shannon Neubauer	Costumer
Jeannie Vanko	Set Costumer
Rachel Ohman	Costumer
Kelly Nelson	Hair Stylist
John Darmour	Costumer
Agnes Gibicar	Hair Stylist
Agnes Gibicar	Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)
Nadia Salameh	Costumer
Melissa Stinson	Costumer
Nancy Takehara	Costumer
Melissa Grzybek	Costumer
Damien Quinn	Costumer - Football Costumer

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