Remember the Titans (2000)

Director:

Boaz Yakin

Writer (WGA):

Gregory Allen Howard (written by)

Release Date:

29 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

They came together when their classmates and loved ones would not.

Plot:

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Plot Keywords:

School | Coach | High School | Virginia | African American

Awards:

8 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Coach Herman Boone
Will Patton	...	Coach Bill Yoast
Wood Harris	...	Julius Campbell
Ryan Hurst	...	Gerry Bertier
Donald Faison	...	Petey Jones
Craig Kirkwood	...	Jerry 'Rev' Harris
Ethan Suplee	...	Louie Lastik
Kip Pardue	...	Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass
Hayden Panettiere	...	Sheryl Yoast
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Carol Boone
Kate Bosworth	...	Emma Hoyt
Earl Poitier	...	Blue Stanton (as Earl C. Poitier)
Ryan Gosling	...	Alan Bosley
Burgess Jenkins	...	Ray Budds
Neal Ghant	...	Frankie Glascoe
David Jefferson	...	Cook (as David Jefferson Jr.)
Preston Brant	...	Jerry Buck
John Michael Weatherly	...	Kirk Barker (as Michael Weatherly)
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Coach Paul 'Doc' Hines (as Greg Alan Williams)
Brett Rice	...	Coach Herb Tyrell
Richard Fullerton	...	A.D. Watson
J. Don Ferguson	...	Executive Director
Krysten Leigh Jones	...	Nicky Boone
Afemo Omilami	...	Charles Campbell
Andrew Masset	...	Colonel William G. Bass
Tim Ware	...	Fred Bosley
Tom Turbiville	...	Captain Hal
Tom Nowicki	...	Coach Ed Henry
Jim Grimshaw	...	Coach Taber
David Dwyer	...	Coach Tolbert
Bo Keister	...	Kip Tyler (as Walter Benjamin Keister)
Lou Walker	...	Ferdinand Day
Marion Guyot	...	Mrs. Jean Bertier
Rhubarb Jones	...	Radio Announcer
Bob Neal	...	Colorman
Dan Albright	...	Doctor
Mike Pniewski	...	Cop
Sharon Blackwood	...	Nurse Allice
Paula Claire Jones	...	White Girl #1
Kelly Cheston	...	White Girl #2 (as Kelly C. Cheston)
Walker Jones	...	White Kid #1
Ronald L. Conner	...	Black Kid #1
Courtney James Stewart	...	Black Kid #2
E.Y. Coley	...	Official
John Wesley	...	Official (as John Wesley Register)
B. Keith Harmon	...	Crooked Official
Andy Francis	...	Quarterback
Stuart Greer	...	Marshall Assistant Coach
Derick Marshall	...	Lee Roy 'Monk' Davis
Scott Miles	...	Fred Alderson
Kevin Dankosky	...	Reporter #1
David Chandley	...	Reporter #2
Scott Slade	...	Reporter #3
Ric Reitz	...	Reporter #4
Steve Barnes	...	Titan Supporter
Rory Griffin	...	Titan
Ryan Kowalske	...	Titan
Thomas Elliott	...	Titan
C. Stephen Browder	...	Titan #4
Jameel Jackson	...	Titan
Randy D. Patman Jr.	...	Titan
Jemal L. Webb	...	Titan
Shawn Cummings	...	Titan
Michael Rouby	...	Titan
Ray Stoney	...	Titan
Shanda Lee Munson	...	Emma's Friend (as Shanda Besler)
David de Vries	...	Parent (as David Devries)
Andrew Collins	...	Black Newspaper Man
Stephen O. Martin	...	Heckler (as Steve Martin)
Matt Adams	...	Heckler
Marcus M. Moore	...	Special Teams Coach
Ryan Duncan	...	Opposition Quarterback
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyreese Burnett	...	Team Member - Stillwell Titans
Jarica Smith-Waldburg	...	Titans Cheerleader
Barry Brookshire	...	Titan (uncredited)
Nicky Buggs	...	Neighbor (uncredited)
Edward Coakley	...	Titan (uncredited)
Doshia Darmane	...	Mourner (uncredited)
Angel Glaspie	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Alton Glass	...	Titan (uncredited)
Benjamin Gravitt	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Jyn Hall	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Gerrit Hamilton	...	Chain Gang Member (uncredited)
Lucinda Jenney	...	Arleen Yoast (uncredited)
Tina King	...	Blues Mom (uncredited)
Grant Blanks Kristol	...	Protester (uncredited)
Ron Marino	...	Stillwell Titan (uncredited)
Tess Panzer	...	Grownup Sheryl Yoast (uncredited)
Robert M. Perez	...	Reporter / Commentator (uncredited)
Ernest Peterson	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Robert Peterson	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Arvell Poe	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Eynne Ray	...	Protestor (uncredited)
John Paul Rice	...	Titan (uncredited)
Kenric Richardson	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Xavier Rivers	...	Church Member (uncredited)
IronE Singleton	...	Football Player (uncredited)
James Smith	...	Titan (uncredited)
Aly Sutton	...	Fan (uncredited)
Jonathan Thompson	...	Reporter / Commentator (uncredited)
Shayne Tingle	...	Team Doctor (uncredited)
Aaron Weiler	...	Protestor / Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Boaz Yakin

Writing credits (WGA)
Gregory Allen Howard		(written by)

Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer	....	producer
Michael Flynn	....	executive producer
Jennifer Krug-Worthington	....	associate producer
Chad Oman	....	producer
Pat Sandston	....	associate producer
Mike Stenson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Trevor Rabin

Cinematography by
Philippe Rousselot		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Tronick

Casting by
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Deborah Evans

Art Direction by
Jonathan Short

Set Decoration by
Anne Kuljian

Costume Design by
Judy L. Ruskin		(as Judy Ruskin Howell)

Makeup Department
Jilliane Bennett	....	hair stylist (as Jill Bennett)
Cynthia L. Chapman	....	hair stylist
Lynne K. Eagan	....	key makeup artist (as Lynne Eagan)
Roxanne Ferguson	....	hair stylist
Rachel Kick	....	makeup artist
Sarah Mays	....	assistant makeup artist
Emanuel Millar	....	key hair stylist (as Manny Millar)
Stephanie Ponder	....	makeup artist
Charles Gregory Ross	....	assistant hair stylist
Lagena Sheppard	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Jolly Dale	....	production supervisor: second unit
Tom Luse	....	production manager
KristieAnne Reed	....	executive in charge of production: JBF

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Feitshans	....	additional second assistant director
Randy Fletcher	....	first assistant director
Cellin Gluck	....	first assistant director: second unit
Dale M. Nielsen	....	second second assistant director (as Dale Pierce Nielsen)
Brian O'Kelley	....	second assistant director
Todd Turner	....	assistant director: second unit
Michelle Vogler	....	assistant director: second unit
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director

Art Department
Tim Beach	....	assistant art director
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	property master
Wren Boney	....	set dresser
Andrew Seward Duncan	....	assistant property master
John S. Fore	....	construction gangboss
Daniel B. Foster	....	lead man
Megan Graham	....	assistant property master
J. Cindy Hill	....	art department administrator (as Cindy Hall)
Drew Meyers	....	set dresser
Mark Nave	....	carpenter
Joseph Nicholson	....	constructor
Tripp Norton	....	on-set greens
Michael Pisani	....	set dresser
Brian Stultz	....	head scenic artist
Ken Taber	....	construction foreman
Lance Totten	....	set dresser
Sloane U'Ren	....	set designer
Greg Waddle	....	additional buyer
Greg Waddle	....	props
Jay Womer	....	head greensman
Chris Hunter	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
Alisa Lumbreras	....	scenic foreperson (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tracy Bolt	....	sound recordist
Alek Bromke	....	adr recordist: Toronto
Fred Burke	....	foley editor
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Bob Crawford	....	cable person
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Mary H. Ellis	....	production sound mixer
Randall Guth	....	assistant sound editor
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
Hanson Hsu	....	stage engineer
Suhail Kafity	....	sound effects editor
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
James Likowski	....	foley editor
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
Victoria Martin	....	supervising foley editor
Cindy Marty	....	dialogue editor
Quinton Nixon	....	assistant adr engineer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Drew Ponder	....	boom operator
Robert L. Sephton	....	sound designer
Robert L. Sephton	....	supervising sound editor
Del Spiva	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Mills	....	special effects technician
Lisa Reynolds	....	assistant special effects
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects foreman
Bob Shelley	....	special effects coordinator
Randy Southerland	....	assistant special effects
Willard Stephens	....	assistant special effects

Visual Effects by
Andy Davis	....	digital compositor: Asylum
Pierre La Querre	....	digital compositor
Donna Langston	....	visual effects producer: Asylum VFX

Stunts
Davis Bates	....	stunts
Scott Dale	....	stunts
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunts
Anderson Martin	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Tina Mckissick	....	stunts
Marcus E. Munroe	....	stunt performer
Christopher Robbins	....	stunts
Justin Sherrill	....	stunts
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Gerard G. Williams	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Bennett	....	grip (as William Bennett)
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
Raymond Benthall	....	set electrician
Tom Bradley	....	grip
Xiomara Comrie	....	second assistant camera
Andrae Crawford	....	film loader
Jason Dannenberg	....	grip
Jack English	....	gaffer
Eddie Evans	....	key grip
Ken Fisher	....	camera operator: second unit
Brian Gunter	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Jabez Maurer	....	electrician
Bobby McMahan	....	second assistant camera
Denny Mooradian	....	rigging gaffer
Greg Morse	....	24 frame video operator
Neal Norton	....	Steadicam operator
Neal Norton	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Pamela Rittelmeyer	....	assistant camera
Robert Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera: second unit
Billy Sherrill	....	key grip: second unit
John E. Stephens	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
John E. Stephens	....	dolly grip: second unit
Randy Tharpe	....	electrician
Paul Varrieur	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alexander Witt	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Chad Darnell	....	casting assistant
Shay Griffin	....	location casting
Amy Jackson	....	casting assistant
Lori Maloney	....	extras casting supervisor
Shanda Lee Munson	....	extras casting (as Shanda Besler)
Cynthia Stillwell	....	extras casting
Marc Wenderoff	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rita R. Dannenberg	....	wardrobe assistant
Suzanne Flores	....	costumer
Jeannette Guillermo	....	costumer
Jimmy Jay	....	costumer
Jimmy Jay	....	key set costumer: second unit
Simone Jubyna	....	costumer
Melissa Mason	....	wardrobe assistant
Steven W. Pope	....	wardrobe
Beverly Woods	....	costume supervisor
Joulles Wright	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
James Andrykowski	....	first assistant editor
Aaron Brock	....	assistant editor
Tami Goldman	....	post-production assistant
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Diana Kania	....	post-production assistant
Greg Parsons	....	additional editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Anna D. Wilborn	....	apprentice film editor
Shannon Reid Wynne	....	post-production coordinator
Scott Fox	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music supervisor
Michael Boustead	....	assistant music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Gordon Goodwin	....	orchestrator
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: Percussion
Katie Greathouse	....	music assistant
Will Kaplan	....	music editor
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Steve Kempster	....	score producer
Paul Linford	....	music programmer
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor
Angelo Palazzo	....	assistant music editor
Trevor Rabin	....	orchestrator
Booker White	....	music preparation
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Michael Fey	....	music executive (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert Ballentine	....	transportation
Stu Dodge	....	driver
Roy A. Grace	....	driver
Chuck Graydon	....	driver
J.L. Parker	....	transportation captain
Janet Perrotti	....	driver

Other crew
Aaron Bauer	....	assistant: Mr Bruckheimer
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach
Stacey Byers	....	executive assistant: Mr. Bruckheimer
Albert B. Cooper IV	....	location manager: second unit
Greg Cotton	....	extras coordinator: on-set
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Jim DeMarco	....	post-production accountant
Michael J. Fisher	....	football coordinator
Seth Fortin	....	set production assistant
Marnie Gambit	....	assistant: Mr. Oman
Victor M. Giarrusso	....	production assistant
Jeff Gillies	....	head tailor
Annie Granatstein	....	executive assistant to Jerry Bruckheimer
Gabriela Gutentag	....	unit publicist
Jalyn Henton	....	production assistant
Ron Higgins	....	assistant: Boaz Yakin
Erik Howsam	....	assistant: Mike Stenson
Gail Hunter	....	script supervisor
Ryan Hurst	....	director: l6 mm footage
JoAnn Fregalette Jansen	....	choreographer
Beverly Jusi	....	first assistant accountant (as Beverly Meade)
Sharon Kitchens	....	assistant: Mr. Bruckheimer
Todd Kolker	....	intern
Tatiana Komlos	....	assistant production coordinator
Julien Lee	....	assistant: Will Patton
Lorin Semone Leifer	....	assistant football coordinator
Lorin Semone Leifer	....	assistant: Big Mike Fisher
Sean Mewshaw	....	provider: 16 mm footage
Robin Meyers	....	additional script supervisor
Kari Mills	....	production intern
Doug Moreno	....	production accountant
Maida N. Morgan	....	location manager
Michael Nguyen	....	office production assistant
Alexander Nicolas	....	marketing
Shanalyna C. Palmer	....	production assistant
Day Permuy	....	production secretary
Wynn Petersen	....	assistant: Ms. Groelinger
Ryan Posly	....	assistant: Mr. Bruckheimer
Michael C. Smith	....	police coordinator
Rozanne Stark	....	set tutor
Stan Swofford	....	medic
William Sy	....	production assistant
Tara Tovarek	....	production assistant
Katie Willard Troebs	....	production coordinator
Hugh Turner	....	production assistant
Andrea Whittington	....	assistant: Michael Flynn II
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	assistant accountant
Tim Ballou	....	script clearance administrator (uncredited)
Manny Chavez	....	production safety supervisor (uncredited)
Albert B. Cooper IV	....	on-set manager (uncredited)
Stephen Dirkes	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Stephen Dirkes	....	location scout (uncredited)
Mary Grace Higgs	....	second unit coordinator (uncredited)
Arif S. Kinchen	....	additional voice-over (uncredited)
Kim McCray	....	office production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jerry Bruckheimer Films
• Run It Up Productions Inc.
• Technical Black
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Spain (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2000) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2003) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (video)
• Gativideo (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Sportsrobe  costumes
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack published by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and some language

Runtime:

113 min | USA:120 min (Director's Cut DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (No. 37441) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Canada:PG | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Covington, Georgia, USA

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Trivia:

The film is made more accessible to non-fans of the sport of football by careful music editing - whenever the Titans complete a key play or turn the game in their favor, the music changes to upbeat rock.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the pre-game talk before the first game, Coach Boone says, "In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power." However, the titans ruled the *Earth*, and were overthrown by the Olympians.

Quotes:

Petey Jones:[has hand raised for a high-five and is smiling]
Coach Boone:Put your hand down.
[Petey does as told]
Coach Boone:You're smiling.
Petey Jones:Yes.
Coach Boone:Yes, sir. Why are you smiling?
Petey Jones:'Cause I love football. Football is fun.
Coach Boone:Fun, sir? It's fun?
Petey Jones:Yes.
Coach Boone:You sure?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Soundtrack:

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Exceptional movie

Being a former white athlete and coach I am sick of sports movies where the story involves a team eventually winning a championship so I passed this one by when it first came out. Big mistake!! Like "Hoosiers" this one was an exception and what an exception. Remember the Titans is in my top five movies of the past ten years. Denzel Washington, as the coach, gave another of his consistently outstanding performances.

Like "Hoosiers" this is a true story and it is not just a story about sports but a strong story about race. I probably appreciated it more than most because of my background I connected to the movie. During the 1940s I attended schools which were well integrated and students of different races and cultures existed harmoniously. To a large degree, it was because the high school had a very successful football program in which unlike almost all of the other schools, minority athletes were welcome. In my junior year we went undefeated and won the State Championship and the team is still considered the best high school team of all time. The only time the team came close to defeat was in the State final when we played another well integrated team.

Consequently the community while generally middle and upper class except for its minorities was well integrated. As a result although I knew racism existed, I never encountered it in my community. But then I began to see its ugly head. First, the All-American end on our team, a superb athlete, was denied scholarships both to USC and Stanford because neither school accepted minorities. I had always wanted to go to USC but because of what USC did to my friend I turned down its offer of a scholarship the next year as I did to Stanford which I considered a snob school then as I do today.

But my college was cut short when the Korean War began and I was in the service. I was sent to bases in the South and I spent much of the next thirteen years in the South witnessing how bad it was for the blacks and I was involved in the civil rights movement in the South which got me into a lot of trouble with my military superiors.

During my tours in the South I became head coach of a football team at a Southern base. Filled with ex-collegiate stars and some pros, we regularly played Division I colleges and universities. However, because I had black players on my team I couldn't schedule games with any white southern colleges. Instead we scheduled one black college and several state universities in the mid-west.

Some critics have compared the summer camp at which Washington as Coach Boone brought the blacks and whites together as a team as like a Marine Boot Camp but everyone missed the subtlety of this. I went through Boot Camp at a time when the military was just integrating and we had southern blacks and whites as well as a mix of races from other parts of the country in my platoon as well as all classes. It didn't take very long for us to become as one unit. The first part of boot camp is sure hell and the reason for it is that it reduces everyone to the lowest common denominator of misery and you quickly learn that the only way to escape that misery is to work together. This is just the way Coach Boone made it work.

What I liked about this movie is that it showed how all this played out. Most moviegoers today are not really aware of how bad racism was in 1971 but this movie illustrates it well. Even though the movie has a few corny moments and the actors playing the roles as football players look old for high school, these faults are minimal and do not detract from the power of the film.