“RUDY" Filming Locations - Then & Now
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- This video features nearly every notable scene and location that was used for the filming locations for the 1993 inspirational classic movie "Rudy." I searched extensively around the Notre Dame campus and the city of South Bend, Indiana to find nearly 40 locations that were used during production to put this video together.
I am a huge fan of sports and movies, but strangely enough, I'm not that big of a fan of sports movies in general. However, there are three sports movies that really stand out to me that I love and enjoy for various reasons. They are "Hoosiers," "Field of Dreams," and "Rudy." I have been to the filming locations for each of those three movies and have seen other movie locations videos for "Hoosiers" and "Field of Dreams," but much to my surprise, I could not come across a filming location video for "Rudy." So, I decided to roll up my sleeves, get back on the road, and do a filming location video for a movie that I feel deserves one for people like myself who also love and enjoy this movie.
Some images and clips were used as Fair Use for the creation of this video for educational purposes. Special thanks to the University of Notre Dame, TriStar Pictures (clips), Jerry Goldsmith (music) and South Bend, Indiana.
0:00 Intro
2:34 Rudy’s house as a kid
3:01 Rudy’s high school
3:53 House for sale that Rudy and Sherry look at
5:01 The Bar (fight scene)
8:07 Church for Pete’s service
9:25 The Bus Stop
11:09 Rudy arrives at Notre Dame
12:31 Rudy talks to Father Cavanaugh
14:17 Rudy walking across campus
16:06 Rudy sees Notre Dame Stadium
17:25 Rudy enters the football stadium
19:08 Rudy meets Fortune
20:52 Rudy at Holy Cross College
22:04 Rudy meets D-Bob in class
24:34 Rudy meets Mary
25:27 Rudy and D-Bob make a deal
26:53 Rudy and D-Bob walk in hall
27:58 Rudy outside gates of football practice
29:35 Fortune gives Rudy a job
30:11 Rudy trying to get D-Bob a date
31:17 Rudy talking to girls by the library
32:28 The dining hall
34:28 Rudy and Fortune in the locker room
36:38 Original exterior of Notre Dane Stadium
37:27 Window that Rudy sneaks into stadium through
38:58 Rudy signs up for Football Boosters
41:27 Corby’s Irish Pub
42:10 Rudy inside Corby’s
43:26 Rudy trying to get into the stadium for the game
45:21 Rudy sitting in the empty stadium
47:42 Rudy praying at the Grotto
48:10 Rudy running in the stadium concourse
48:36 Rudy checking his mail
49:53 Rudy back at the Grotto
50:31 Rudy running up stadium tunnel
51:06 Rudy and Father Cavanaugh in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
52:44 Rudy opens acceptance letter on the bench
54:11 Rudy makes the team
55:48 Rudy talking to players in the parking lot
57:28 Rudy and D-Bob in the dorm
58:59 Rudy says goodbye to D-Bob
1:01:13 Rudy sees Mary at practice
1:02:54 Fortune lectures Rudy in the stadium
1:05:28 D-Bob comes back for the game
1:06:10 Rudy’s family comes to the game
1:07:27 The real “Rudy Play” footage
1:08:08 Fortune walks away as Rudy is carried off the field
1:08:23 Ending Scene
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Wow, I just stumbled across this myself. Needless to say you've definitely done a wonderful job capturing all of this.
Rudy was and still is one of my favorite movies. I've had a lot of similarities to Rudy. I've been told by many people that I was always going to be a dreamer and that I wasn't gonna go to college. Granted I still dream a lot of times and I can say I went to college. Granted I haven't graduated yet but I'm still chasing my dream to be able to finish going to college.
Being able to have my life to have identical similarities as Rudy's means a lot to me. I even have a learning disability just like Rudy. I'm determined and proud of being fearless.
Thank you, and thanks for sharing your story. I appreciated reading it.
My family were extras in some of the stadium shots in the fall of 1992. They asked the crowd to switch clothes and mix it up several times. They super imposed the groups together to look like big crowds depsite some of the shots being from a real game. They didn't pay us but they gave us all raffle tickets for participating as extras. I won 2nd prize which were round trip tickets to LA to watch Notre Dame vs USC. It's probably one of my best memories growing up as my dad and I went on the trip together to LA. They put us up in a hotel downtown facing the Hollywood sign. Side note, 1st prize was a new car (1992 geo metro) and I'm super happy that I won 2nd prize because that memory has outlasted any geo metro today. It's kind of cool to say "I was in the movie Rudy" but in reality were a small dot in the crowd scenes :-) I was there for him being carried out of the stadium on the teams shoulders.
How cool! What a cool experience, both as an extra and that you won that trip! And I agree, 2nd place was much better than 1st in this case. Thanks for sharing that story and info. I appreciate it.
This video deserves a lot more than 4,700 views. Well done sir.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
Excellent job Sir!! One of my all time favorite movies. I visit Notre Dame and it is beautiful, spectacular! Thank you again sir an awesome and amazing job!!!
Thank you very much!
One word describes your video:
*EPIC*
Notre Dame, the single most beautiful university on the Planet.☘
Thank You So Very Much For Reminding Me Of This, This Great Place
KB
Thanks, and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I was at a UFC even about 7 years ago and Sean was 2 rows back from us w a couple of his buddies...when the event was over I seen him standing there and me and a couple friends started chanting " RUDY RUDY RUDY".....he wasn't to impressed but his buddies loved it and wanted us to keep it going but out of respect we stopped and Sean still wouldnt stop shaking his head...lol
Ha! I can imagine that kind of thing happens to him from time to time. It’s funny that his friends found it funny. I always enjoy hearing these kind of things, thanks for sharing that.
The high school & stadium that was used in the filming of Rudy was formerly known as St. Rita High School.
I've seen many football games there as a student & alumni in that particular stadium which was called St. Rita Stadium at Pat Cronin Field, home of the Mustangs.
St. Rita HS sold the property to the Chicago Public Schools in the early 90's and relocated just a few miles away where the high school continues to thrive.
Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.
You are a great videographer! ND campus is lovely. I once lived close enough, that I was able to hear, the crowds cheering at the stadium. I met Rudy in the mid '90s. He represented a company but I do not remember exactly why I met him. I had a sportcard store in So.Bend at the time.
Thank you, and also thank you for sharing that information. I also enjoy my visits to South Bend and I had a lot of fun making this video.
Channels like yours are something to be cherished. Awesome video!
Thank you very much!
@@ComeSeeWithMe Serious question; how are you able to gain so much access to these locations? Do you ask permission? Do you just go in? To you say you're filming and they let you in? What's your secret?
Great question. I do a lot of research and planning before I set out and shoot locations. There’s a good amount of time I invest on the front end to come up with an itinerary of which sites I’m going to visit in what order and for how long. Every movie that I do filming locations for varies, but most of the locations I find I’m able to just walk up and see and visit then freely. Sure there are certainly some that I need to arrange for permission or access to see, but I would say in general, most are accessible without any special arrangements (of course, each movie has different circumstances). For Rudy, I was able to see almost everything I shot without any arrangements, I only needed to ask about a few spots. I had to work around a few other locations with timing of the spots, but the rest was pretty much available without any issues. If the locations are for a popular movie that I’m covering, most people understand why I’m filming them. But for lesser known movies or more remote scenes and locations, people are sometimes confused or unsure of what I’m doing or why I want to see and film the locations. In a number of cases, people weren’t even aware of what ties some of the locations were to movies. I’ve informed a number of people that their house, street, building, town, etc, were in a movie - sometimes ones they had even seen - and they had no idea until I told them or showed them how they match up.
Good work my friend on a classic movie 🍿
Thank you!
Great job on this hometown classic!
Thank you!
I've been to Notre Dame a million times before and after the film was made, but for some reason I never thought to look for any of the places that the movie was shot as I always just thought it was all of Notre Dame, lol. I am glad I have memories of the stadium before it changed into what it is today, etc. I think my first visit to ND was in 1978 or 79.
Yeah, the additions and upgrades to the stadium are nice. But I still miss the stadium prior to them too. Something about that old bowl…
Nice video, well done. My parents got married in that church where Pete's service was held, of course my parents married there in the early 1950's (St Casimir Church). My aunt at the time lived about 4 houses away from the church and that Joe's Tavern is just a block down the street from the church and her old house. I have been down that street (Dunham) many times as a very young boy...I am now in my mid 60's, so it was many many years ago and long before Rudy was made. I have watched Rudy many times and I never made the connection on where some of the scenes were actually filmed.
Thank you very much, and thanks for sharing that info.
Thank you boss for sharing.... One of my old favorite movies , true story....because it is 💯🙏🏽❣️....🤙🏽🇬🇺🇲🇵🤙🏽
Thanks, I appreciate it man! I was surprised no one had done this filming locations before. I felt I almost needed to, this movie deserved it. Thanks for the comment and glad you liked it.
@@ComeSeeWithMe Yes Sir!!...When my uncles and I watch football games and a good play happens....one of us will say out RUDY! RUDY! we all know were it came from if you know football or something about it ! Or to be funny Hercules! Hercules! from ???? 😂
Good job bro 💯🤙🏽!
You definitely put some work into making this video. Well done sir ☘️
Yes I did, but it was fun and I always enjoy hearing when people enjoy them.
WOW !!! This is just AMAZING. One of my dream is to do exactly what you did and you made me want to do it even more !! This is just insane. TY Sir !
Thank you very much l! And I hope you get to do it yourself one day. It was a cool adventure, I really enjoyed it.
Great video. Chicago native here and ironically my wife and I lived in an apartment across the street from the "Ruettiger" house
Thanks! And that’s cool you lived across the street from the house. Did you ever get to go inside it? I just wondered if they used the actual interior of the house for the interior shots they showed in the movie. I was bummed to find out some of those locations were no longer standing. But almost any time I do one of these filming locations videos, there’s often several locations that are sadly no longer there when I go tracking them down.
@@ComeSeeWithMe yes, the interior was used in shots. We had family friends who had been in the house throughout the years.
@@ComeSeeWithMe Also, fun little movie tid bit for ya. The Fugitive with Harrison Ford also filmed a scene in Whiting. When they go to the home and ultimately end up killing the escaped con hiding out with a woman. At 45:40 into the movie Joe Pantoliano tells Tommy Lee Jones "we got him....he's shacked up with a babe in Whiting"
@@ComeSeeWithMe I stand corrected. Although in the film they are going to Whiting, it however was filmed in south Chicago on Green Bay Ave. and the homes have since been demolished.
That’s very cool! And thanks for sharing that info. I appreciate it.
You do such a great job on these. I knew as soon as I saw your Notre Dame video several days ago that there juuuust might be a certain movie filming locations vid following it.
Thanks very much! And yes, you called it. I had a lot of fun doing this location, it took me all over the place and I got to see almost everything I set out to do, and I wasn’t sure that was going to be possible. I appreciate the comment.
Cheers to you, one of my favorite movies growing up. I rewatched it so much the reels in the vhs tape wore out 😂
Thanks!
Love this!!
Thanks!
Love the movie Rudy! Thank you for this video. I would love to see in person one day. :)
Thanks, and I hope you get to see these places one day yourself too.
Sean astin greatest movie of all time.
Excellent video!!! One question - Is there a specific GPS coordinate to type in to get close to the bench? Kind of hard to find! I'll be in the area this coming weekend, and it's on the list of stuff to see.
Are you asking about the bench where Rudy is reading the acceptance letter by the lake?
@@ComeSeeWithMe Yes, sir.
(41.7074046, -86.2408133)
Paste that into google maps and it should put you right on the spot.
@@ComeSeeWithMe Thank you!
Rudy dreams of playing college football for Notre Dame.
Surprised that none of the early scenes were ever filmed in Joliet. Joliet Catholic is pretty accessible
I’m not sure why they handled it the way they did. Often the answer to why is traced back to money. It could be applicable here but I’m not sure.
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Thanks very much, I appreciate it!
You deserve more likes and views, this was great. We live near ND and nice to see the before and after.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it.
Love this movie and you’ve managed to do another outstanding job here bud! We have to do one of these together. I have an idea for a fun one.
Thanks man. This was one I had been wanting to do for awhile now. I planned on doing it last year but Covid hit so I pushed it aside. One year later and with Covid still around and not going anywhere anytime soon, I got vaccinated said heck with it, I’m tired of waiting around and went and did it. I feared Covid would make it hard to explore all the places I wanted to, especially the ones on campus, but I was able to navigate around almost everything I set out to find even with the added hurdles. I had to plan a few things around a few obstacles, but I came away much more pleased than I expected to with the Covid limitations. I agree, we really should do one together some time, what was your idea?
@@ComeSeeWithMe So awesome and good for you! I just finished watching the whole thing.. AWESOME!! I was hoping you’d show the exact spot for the “I’ve never seen a game from the stands.” Scene. One of the most under appreciated reveals and scenes in movie history. So good... And yes, would be epic to do!
Yeah, that’s one of my favorite parts of the movie, I love that scene. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to get any interior footage of the stadium when I was there. I’ve been to Notre Dame a number of times before and they are pretty strict on how access into the stadium. But fortunately I found an arrangement. The main reason I wanted to get back inside this time was to find that spot where Fortune and Rudy had that discussion. I had already been in the stadium in the past for games but really wanted to get in to find that exact location. I also wanted to find the seat that Rudy sat in, when the stadium was empty after the game. Those were the two spots I wanted to find most inside the stadium.
@@ComeSeeWithMe Very cool
I think joes bar back then was called a good time bar I was with a small group of people across the street ,when they finished filming sean Astin came out and a person would hand him a small teddy bear. Imagine there was a person there whose job was to hand him a teddy bear. Actually, a few scenes were filmed my the hometown of whiting Ind.
Thanks for sharing that info.
Where exactly is the location of rudy reading the accepted letter?
Here is the exact GPS coordinates if that helps: (41.7074123, -86.2408076)
@@ComeSeeWithMe thank you
You’re welcome.
Sean Astin got the sack to end the game and get carried off the field. He played football for notre dame.
Robert prosky the priest
Do you know if the construction 🚧 site where rudy worked existed in the movie 🎬 ?
Do you mean the factory that Rudy worked in, in the movie? In the movie he worked at the factory before going off to Notre Dame. If that’s what you are asking about, the factory still exists but is no longer in operation.
@ComeSeeWithMe oh okay cool, yes, that one.. do you have footage of that ?? You dud great job on filming 🎥 locations
No, I do not. I looked into possibly going to see it, but it appeared to be posted and abandoned and I didn’t want to spend the time and money tracking that location down and likely not being able to see what was used in filming.
Some parts were filmed across street where I grew up in Whiting, Indiana. Only one building left from movie. City tore all down
Yes, unfortunately much of what was filmed in Whiting is gone. Thankfully most everything in and around South Bend is still there, but even a few of those locations are gone.