In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.

passage: Daniel Eugene ``Rudy'' Ruettiger (born August 23, 1948) is a motivational speaker who played college football at the University of Notre Dame. His early life and career at Notre Dame were the inspiration for the 1993 film Rudy.
 question: was the movie rudy based on a true story?
Yes