Radio (2003)

Director:

Michael Tollin

Writer (WGA):

Mike Rich (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

His courage made them champions.

Plot:

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man whom he took under his wing.

Plot Keywords:

Coach | Radio | High School | South Carolina | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Radio
Ed Harris	...	Coach Jones
Alfre Woodard	...	Principal Daniels
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Maggie
Brent Sexton	...	Honeycutt
Chris Mulkey	...	Frank
Sarah Drew	...	Mary Helen
Riley Smith	...	Johnny
Patrick Breen	...	Tucker
Debra Winger	...	Linda
Bill Roberson	...	Del
Kenneth H. Callender	...	Don
Michael Harding	...	Irv the Cop
Charles Garren	...	Clive
Rebecca Koon	...	Waitress

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #39542)

Filming Locations:

South Carolina, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the Barbershop when the coach resigns there's a shot of a man wearing a John Deere trucker hat. The deer on the hat is jumping upward instead of downward. The upward deer didn't happened until 2000 making it way out of place for a movie set in 1976.

Quotes:

Radio: Whe' mah pie!

Movie Connections:

Features "All in the Family" (1971)

Soundtrack:

For Your Precious Love

IT'S JUST A TRULY GREAT FILM.

I thought Uptown Girls was the most touching movies of 2003. But after seeing this movie, I now think it comes in a tie with Uptown Girls. It's perfectly well acted by Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr. The story is set in 1976,football coach Harold Jones(Ed Harris) is hard drivin in pratice, he seems to have very little time for his wife and daughter(Debra Winger and Sarah Drew). But his view on life begins to change, when he meets James Robert Kennedy(Cuba Gooding Jr) who has a very slow learning process. Harold asks him to come to practice and help out a little. The two form a friendship, and Harold gives him the nickname Radio. But they soon begin to learn a lot from each other. A very beautiful film. That teaches us a lot about the human spirit. I shore hope that Cuba Gooding Jr gets nominated for an oscar.