Filming in the 'hood: May 28-29, 2014: "My All American"

You thought no football movie could make you cry like Rudy did. That’s about to change.

My All American, the inspiring football drama centered around UT’s 1969 national championship-winning team and two of its heroes, coach Darrell K Royal and defensive back Freddie Steinmark, is set to start filming this month in Austin.

Aaron Eckhart will star as Royal, the hallowed figure who brought three national championships to Texas, and Finn Wittrock will portray defensive back Steinmark, an undersized, scrappy player whose career was cut short when a routine visit to the hospital for a bone bruise—after the final game of that championship season—revealed a cancerous tumor, costing him his leg and soon after, his life. Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter of two of the most beloved sports films of all time, Hoosiers and Rudy, will make his directorial debut in the movie about the two iconic Longhorns figures. 

One of our neighborhood streets was transformed for the film.  Memory Lane for sure!

Papa Tom looked hard for Aaron Eckhardt, one of his favorite actors.  Didn't have an Aaron sighting though.

I rode in one of these, back in the day!