Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. What starts out as a gesture of kindness becomes much more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds. Without a moment’s hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. Learning that the young man is one of her daughter’s classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael – wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter – come out of the cold. Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and Oscar® winner Kathy Bates star in this remarkable true story of All-American football star Michael Oher. His fight for equality and respect forever changed the face of American sports, and his story continues to inspire new generations. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.īased on a true story, The Express follows the extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Featuring a stellar performance by Golden Globe-winner and former president Ronald Reagan as “the Gipper.” With Oscar-winner Donald Crisp (“How Green Was My Valley”). Pat O’Brien (“Angels with Dirty Faces”) delivers a powerful performance as the famed Notre Dame football coach in this moving biography. He then arranged for Yakin to attend a football camp, and the director picked up enough information in two weeks to resume full-speed work afterward. Who will ever forget the team dance to psyche out the opposing team? Did you know that after Boaz Yakin was hired to direct the movie, producer Jerry Bruckheimer learned that Yakin did not know anything about American football. How these two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions is a remarkable portrait of courage and perseverance. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, beloved football coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is demoted and replaced by tough, opinionated Herman Boone (Denzel Washington).
But the path to glory is paved with racial and economic strife, and the coach must help his players navigate through the maze so they can play like winners.īased on real events of 1971, REMEMBER THE TITANS celebrates how a town torn apart by friction and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony.
Bissinger, that chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), the coach of a high-school football team in small-town Odessa, Texas, to propel his squad to the state championships.
Peter Berg (BATTLESHIP) directs this gritty but heartwarming 2004 movie, based on a book by H.G. After years of obstacles and very little encouragement, he proved that with dogged determination, miracles can happen and dreams can come true.įootball in Texas is an obsession and a way of life. Rudy tells the true-life story of Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger, a kid with a dream to play football at Notre Dame, despite the fact that he had neither the grades nor the athletic ability for such a feat.
In this life, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody but yourself.” And you’re gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. “You’re 5 foot nothin’, 100 and nothin’, and you have barely a speck of athletic ability.
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