I have seen Rudy more times that I can count. I watch it on the Friday before the first game of every Notre Dame football season, and I find myself getting sucked into it anytime it is on television. But before I discuss what the movie has come to mean to Notre Dame fans specifically, I want to talk about what it has come to mean to the non-Irish fan or even the non-sports fan.
Not all movies get re-released nationwide just because they are 25 years old. Movies that get re-releases are the ones that have resonated with such a wide audience for so long, never losing any relevance or potency as the years go on.