In honor of the BIG GAME tonight, thought I'd share a BIG pep talk.
In this scene from the submarine thriller, “Crimson Tide,” the sub commander played by Gene Hackman delivers a fiery pep talk to the crew aboard the U.S.S. Alabama. He reminds them they should be proud and honored to represent the people and the state of Alabama.
The crew responds in unison with a rowdy, “ROLL TIDE!!”.
"It gives me goose bumps.", the movie's screenwriter, Penn State graduate Michael Schiffer, said in a 1995 interview with The Birmingham News. "You don't have to know what it means to feel it."
The Alabama portion of Hackman’s pep talk begins at the 1:37 mark of this clip.
