Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations, in sight of the Washington Monument over the river in the nation's capital. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.
Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Ray Budds, Alan Bosley, Fred Bosley, and Coach Tyrell are just some of the many fictional characters created for the film to make it more conflicting and dramatic.
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Goofs
Anachronisms:
In the championship game, the team opposing the Titans starts using the shotgun offense. The Titans' assistant coach recognizes the play immediately and clearly knows it's a pro-type offense, saying, "Who do these guys think they are, the New York Jets?" However, in 1971, the shotgun formation had not been used in the NFL for over a decade (and then only by one team, the San Francisco 49ers) and was not a part of the pro playbook until Tom Landry reintroduced it with the Dallas Cowboys in 1975. If the coach had recognized the formation at all he would never have associated it with the Jets or the pros.
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Quotes
Bertier:
Well, you think I look banged up, you should see my Camaro. Big Ju:
Man, I sure am sorry, man. I should have been there with you. Bertier:
What are you talking about? You would've been in that bed right next to me. Big Ju:
You can't be hurt like this. You - you're Superman. Bertier:
I was afraid of you, Julius. I only saw what I was afraid of, and now I know I was only hating my brother. Big Ju:
I'll tell you what, though. Um, when all this is over... me and you are gonna move out to the same neighborhood together. OK? And, um... and we'll get old, and we'll get fat. And there ain't gonna be all this black-white between us.
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Crazy Credits
Home movies are shown of each person, when they state what happened to them
after the '71 season.
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