HARVARD BEATS YALE 29–29

DIRECTED BY KEVIN RAFFERTY

“The best football game I ever saw… for pure narrative beauty, culminating in the athletic equivalent of a MULTIPLE ORGASM, it wasn’t just the best game I ever saw – it was THE BEST GAME THAT EVER WAS… Now you, too, can experience the magic.”
– Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker online

“PREPOSTEROUSLY ENTERTAINING… A narrative that pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller.”
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“The best football movie I’ve ever seen!”
– J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

“Close to perfect! Remarkably compelling!”
– David Fear, Time Out New York

“A nail-biting sports story highlighted by personal stories, famous faces and the backdrop of the tumultuous '60s.”
– Rafer Guzman, Newsday

HARVARD STADIUM, NOVEMBER 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale is heavily favored, with Brian Dowling, its captain and quarterback, satirized in classmate Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury strip. Harvard’s lineman is Tommy Lee Jones — Al Gore’s roommate. Kevin Rafferty (ATOMIC CAFÉ) intercuts original footage with the hilarious, suspenseful recollections of the 50 men who played in what has become one of college football’s most famous games.

• Click here to listen to our podcast: Q & A with director KEVIN RAFFETY, 1968 Harvard player RAY HORNBLOWER and 1968 Yale player MICK KLEBER (Recorded November 19, 2008)
• Click here to read The New York Times’ rave review.
• Click here to read a feature on HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29
  in The Wall Street Journal
• Click here to read more of Hendrik Hertzberg’s thoughts on the film
  for The New Yorker online

USA • 2008 • 105 MINS. • A KINO INTERNATIONAL RELEASE