# The Express: Un héroe que marcó la historia (2008)

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**Original title**: *The Express*
**Runtime**: 130 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Gary Fleder
**Written by**: Charles Leavitt
**Starring**: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Darrin Henson, Omar Benson Miller, Nelsan Ellis, Charles S. Dutton

> *He changed our country... one yard at a time.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Ernie Davis goes from coal-town obscurity to Syracuse stardom aiming for Heisman glory. A racially charged campus cracks open when he’s diagnosed with leukemia. Quietly heroic performance carries a bygone era anthem.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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