Adrian Villagomez
02/27/09, 02:55 PM
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/harvardbeatsyale2929/)
An extraordinary retelling of one of the most famous college football games in history, Kevin Rafferty’s HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29 combines rare footage of the wildly unpredictable 1968 game with unguarded, politically-charged recollections from the original players. As actor Tommy Lee Jones (an offensive guard on the Harvard team) puts it, “ideas were flying around like bullets” —- and as becomes clear by the end of the film, this was a social experience that resonated well beyond one Saturday afternoon on the playing field.
An extraordinary retelling of one of the most famous college football games in history, Kevin Rafferty’s HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29 combines rare footage of the wildly unpredictable 1968 game with unguarded, politically-charged recollections from the original players. As actor Tommy Lee Jones (an offensive guard on the Harvard team) puts it, “ideas were flying around like bullets” —- and as becomes clear by the end of the film, this was a social experience that resonated well beyond one Saturday afternoon on the playing field.