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Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.The screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard is loosely based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971.
Bobby Burkett (Logan Huffman) is a promising quarterback for a struggling high-school football team. Vince DeAntonio (D. B. Sweeney) is a former college football offensive coordinator, who abruptly resigned five years earlier, and has now become coach at the high school. The coach realizes the team needs more depth, and recruits several ...
These 79 best movies based on true stories prove that truth really can be stranger than fiction. ... In the early aughts, the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) teams up with ...
Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin.It was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. [1] [2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
The true stories of America's most famous teams and players are filled with high-stakes drama and lots of inspiring life lessons. ... The Manassas High School football team learns exactly that ...
Whether you're looking to relive history or for a dose of human experience, here's a list of some of the best movies based on a true story. ‘Moneyball’ (2011)
On Rotten Tomatoes, When the Game Stands Tall has a critics' rating of 21% based on 68 reviews, with an average score of 4.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "An uneasy blend of solid game sequences and threadbare inspirational sports drama clichés, When the Game Stands Tall is overshadowed by better players in a crowded field."
Varsity Blues is a 1999 American coming-of-age sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins that follows a small-town high school football team through a tumultuous season, in which the players must deal with the pressures of adolescence and their football-obsessed community while having their overbearing coach constantly on their back.