It should go without saying that, when it comes to movies based on real-life events, Hollywood has a tendency to take some liberties with said real-life events in an effort to add some sizzle to their box-office steak.
Which is kind of why it’s a bit puzzling to learn today that there’s a “controversy” brewing over comments made by Joe Montana on the Dan Patrick radio show Wednesday. Especially when we assumed that most people already knew the movie in question wasn’t completely factual because, ya know, it’s 
@ John Taylor
HILARIOUS picture John. Well played…
However, as a BIG supporter of yours…I’m saddened to see TMZ of all places scoop you by a solid day on this one. C’MON MAN!
Now all of those grown male Notre Dame fans that owned up to crying during Rudy realize that it was all for nothing. Since it was just a fictionalization, it might as well have been a Richard Gere chick flick.
Montana’s lying, the movie was true start to end.
What is this Santa ruse you speak of?
Right. Next we’ll find out that Star Wars wasn’t really a documentary.
Maybe Montana heard the story Rudy tells of how he talked Joe out of leaving ND during his freshman year. In doing so, Rudy is basically taking credit for Joe’s career. And I know this because I spent a summer in South Bend making a documentary about Rudy to help him sell his story. I told Rudy that we should use the story in the doc and he resisted – but I’m pretty sure that I wasn’t the only person to whom he’s told the story.