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The Blind Side is a 2009 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock.Based on the 2006 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, [2] the film tells the story of Michael Oher, a football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to play in the National Football League (NFL) with the help of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy.
The Blind Side movie was released in the United States on November 20, 2009. The movie stars Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher, alongside Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw . It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress for Bullock, and Bullock won the Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy.
The book is an examination of how offensive football strategy has evolved over the past three decades in two key ways: the development of the West Coast offense by Bill Walsh first at the Cincinnati Bengals and later at the San Francisco 49ers to great acclaim, and the 1981 arrival of linebacker Lawrence Taylor to the New York Giants.
Quinton Aaron played Michael Oher in The Blind Side.Photo credit: Getty. Michael Oher was homeless, adopted and then rose to football fame at Ole Miss. In 2009, he was drafted by the Baltimore ...
By JOHN DORN Many would think that The Blind Side, the movie depicting NFL lineman Michael Oher's rise from poverty to the NFL, would have helped build him up and overcome adversity over the ...
Too bad. I really wanted to believe “The Blind Side,” even though I knew it was sort of a fairy tale for grown-ups — or for kids who want to sound like grown-ups. I’m old-fashioned enough ...
In August 2023, Oher filed a lawsuit alleging the Tuohys had not adopted him but, rather, misled him into signing a conservatorship agreement under the belief it was adoption papers. The agreement enabled them to make business deals under his name including, allegedly, the creation of the movie The Blind Side [ 12 ] and the selling off of Oher ...
Sean Tuohy did say that "The Blind Side" book author Michael Lewis "gave us half of his share," but he maintained that “everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was ...