Arts & Entertainment
"Mighty Macs" Movie Premieres Tuesday in Reston
Story chronicles 1971 women's basketball team.
The movie The Mighty Macs will premiere Tuesday night at three days before it goes into release at 1,000 movie theatres.
The movie is based on the true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata College basketball team that started in obscurity but became a Cinderella story in the era just before Title IX.
The Mighty Macs stars Carla Gugino as coach Cathy Rush; David Boreanaz as her husband, NBA referee Ed Rush; Marley Shelton as Sister Sunday; and Academy Award and Tony Award winner Ellen Burstyn as Mother St. John. The film was written, directed, and produced by Tim Chambers and was filmed in 2009 in Delaware and in Herndon.
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Rudy Ruettiger, former collegiate football player for the University of Notre Dame and the inspiration behind the motion picture Rudy, will make an appearance at the premiere and hold a Q & A session afterwards. VIPs will also attend a party at
The premiere begins at 7 p.m. For more information, click here.
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