The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations
Mark Robert Ellis
- Football Referee
- (as Mark Ellis)
- Director
- Writers
- Mike Rich
- Gary Smith(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOn September 2, 2016, James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy was inducted into the T. L. Hanna Hall Of Fame.
- GoofsIn the barbershop, when the coach resigns, one shot shows a man wearing a John Deere trucker hat. The deer on the hat is jumping upward, which means it was produced in 2000 or later. In 1976, the deer jumped downward.
- Quotes
Coach Jones: [at the final confrontation in the barbershop] "... but the truth is,we're not the one been teachin' Radio, Radio's the one been teachin' us - cause the way he treats us all the time is the way we wish we treated each other even part of the time."
- Crazy creditsDuring the end credits, clips show the real James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy at Hanna High School football games in the present day.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tosh.0: Life Savings for a Rasta Banana (2013)
- SoundtracksLet It Ride
Written by Randy Bachman and Charles Turner
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Oscar for Cuba
This is a movie about what is right. Not what is convenient, not what is politically correct, and certainly not about what is the appropriate image. This is a movie where two people with supposedly nothing in common are somehow brought together.
The first appears to need help and has nothing to give to others. The other is in complete control of a apparently satisfying life and has no obligation to anyone. Yet, through coming together we find the former can change a community and the latter finds a new life far more fulfilling than the past one.
The premise for this movie may seem overused - man helps handicapped young man. However, Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr soon make us forget about any retreating of past plots. Harris' character is one where all of us see something about ourselves both the bad and the good. Gooding, well, Gooding does such a remarkable job that we forget he is supposed to be acting. Especially when the real Radio is shown at the end of the movie we realize how truly great Cuba's performance was.
This is a movie that I enjoyed while in the theater, but now a day later realize that the message it conveys is still with me - "do what is right and it will always work out in the end."
The first appears to need help and has nothing to give to others. The other is in complete control of a apparently satisfying life and has no obligation to anyone. Yet, through coming together we find the former can change a community and the latter finds a new life far more fulfilling than the past one.
The premise for this movie may seem overused - man helps handicapped young man. However, Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr soon make us forget about any retreating of past plots. Harris' character is one where all of us see something about ourselves both the bad and the good. Gooding, well, Gooding does such a remarkable job that we forget he is supposed to be acting. Especially when the real Radio is shown at the end of the movie we realize how truly great Cuba's performance was.
This is a movie that I enjoyed while in the theater, but now a day later realize that the message it conveys is still with me - "do what is right and it will always work out in the end."
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- don turner
- Nov 2, 2003
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,333,738
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,303,724
- Oct 26, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $53,293,628
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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