Eagle Walk On . . .

Started by 4and26, April 13, 2005, 10:34:16 AM

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TempleOwl

They fail to mention that he was also related to Vermeil
"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and swims like a duck...SHOOT IT!"

SD_Eagle5

Haha, I post on that board with the same user name.  :-D

MURP

nice find.  im sure FS64 can fill us in on the entire story.  :)

Fan_Since_64

Quote from: TempleOwl on April 13, 2005, 10:41:58 AM
They fail to mention that he was also related to Vermeil

No, that wasn't Vince Papale - you're thinking of Louie Giammona.

Papale was strictly a special teams guy, but a decent one and, as you all can imagine, a big fan favorite. How could you not root for a guy who made the team in that way?  ;)

Wingspan

wait for it....







wait for it.....












/you knew it was coming :P
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PhillyGirl

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11547906.htm

QuoteInqlings | Tale of unlikely Eagle Vince Papale to be shot in Philly

Mark Wahlberg will star as the special-teams player. It's one of several films to be done here.
By Michael Klein
Inquirer Columnist

The story of Vince Papale - the Interboro High substitute teacher and part-time bartender who won a walk-on role with the Eagles nearly 30 years ago - is coming to the big screen, and the bulk of it will be shot here this summer for Disney.

Producer Mark Ciardi, a Jersey guy, says he and partner Gordon Gray of Mayhem Pictures have Mark Wahlberg coming in to star as the hard-charging special-teams ace/wide receiver. The 12-week shoot will start in early August. Ericson Core, who was cinematographer on Payback and The Fast and the Furious, will direct.

Other roles must be cast. Kevin Bacon's name has been bandied about for the role of coach Dick Vermeil.

Invincible was a working title, but Ciardi and Gray may not be able to obtain it. "So it's The Untitled Vince Papale Project," Ciardi said yesterday. Gray and Ciardi produced Miracle and The Rookie for Disney. The script is by Brad Gann and Mike Rich (The Rookie).

Papale, now an executive with lender Sallie Mae, yesterday said he was thrilled. "This is a true story. No fiction." A role for him? "I don't know what they're going to do with a 59-year-old, grizzled, old, former special-teams guy," he said. "Maybe a coach."

Philly had a strike against it because there's no more Veterans Stadium, important to the plot. But Gov. Rendell phoned a studio exec to make the case that the film needed a hometown perspective and that Disney could work around the obstacle, says the Greater Philadelphia Film Office's Sharon Pinkenson.

This is shaping up to be one of the busiest years yet for the office, which sets up these multimillion-dollar projects.
"Oh, yeah. They'll still boo. They have to. They're born to boo. Just now, they'll only boo with two Os instead of like four." - Larry Andersen

PoopyfaceMcGee

Will be very difficult to make anything look like the Vet.

Wingspan

Quote from: FFatPatt on May 03, 2005, 01:39:13 PM
Will be very difficult to make anything look like the Vet.

the rodent exihibit at the zoo is pretty close.  ;)
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MURP


Number1EaglesFan

Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on April 14, 2005, 10:29:15 AM
Quote from: TempleOwl on April 13, 2005, 10:41:58 AM
They fail to mention that he was also related to Vermeil

No, that wasn't Vince Papale - you're thinking of Louie Giammona.

Papale was strictly a special teams guy, but a decent one and, as you all can imagine, a big fan favorite. How could you not root for a guy who made the team in that way?  ;)

from Eagles season ticket holder to Philadelphia Eagles Player....Papale I think is every Eagles Fans idol.

PhillyPhreak54

Kevin Bacon better learn how to cry on demand.

Sgt PSN

#12
Got it covered.  He can watch the complete history of the Eagles and Phillies.  Makes me cry every time.   :'( 

Don Ho

Quote from: SSgt PSN on May 03, 2005, 09:01:15 PM
Got it covered.  He can watch the complete history of the Eagles and Phillies.  Makes me cry every time.   :'( 

:-D :-D :-D
"Well where does Jack Lord live, or Don Ho?  That's got to be a nice neighborhood"  Jack Singer(Nicholas Cage) in Honeymoon in Vegas.

PoopyfaceMcGee

Yeah, but if he's not a Philly fan, he might only laugh.