A&E television network has announced a SPECIAL PRESENTATION: WE ARE MARSHALL, which gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie that tells the tragic story of the 75 members of the Marshall University football team who died in a 1970 plane crash.
The movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox and recounts the terrible crash and how the people of Huntington, West Virginia, came together to cope with the disaster. The program includes interviews with coaches and players who missed the plane that fateful night, as well as with the families and friends of those who died.
A&E SPECIAL PRESENTATION: WE ARE MARSHALL is schedueld to premiere on December 21 at 11:00 pm/ 3:00 am ET and PT