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Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft.
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Based on the extraordinary true story
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Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references
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Release Date:
20 November 2009 (USA)
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Also Known As:
The Blind Side
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Box Office
Budget:
$29,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$34,119,372,
22 November 2009
Gross USA:
$255,959,475, 3 June 2010
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$309,208,309, 3 June 2010
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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At the beginning of the movie, there was a friend with Michael that was also trying to get into the school. That boy is not shown again attending the school.
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Leigh Anne has access to Michael's student files. His social worker gives her confidential information about him. That wouldn't be allowed unless Leigh Anne had legal power of attorney.
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first lines]
Leigh Anne Touhy:
There's a moment of orderly silence before a football play begins. Players are in position, linemen are frozen, and anything is possible. Then, like a traffic accident, stuff begins to randomly collide. From the snap of the ball to the snap of the first bones, closer to 4 seconds than 5.
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video rewinds]
Leigh Anne Touhy:
One-mississippi - Joe Theismann, the Redskins quarterback takes the snap and hands-off to his running mate. Two-mississippi - it's a trick play, a flea-flicker. And the running back ...
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Family, school and sports photographs of the real Michael Oher and of the real Tuohy family are shown during the initial credits.
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The inspirational story of Michael Oher, the performance from Sandra Bullock, and the good camera work, so why did it not come together? I think the blame is on the screenplay. The overall portrayal of Michael Oher seems stylized in a way that never really shows the true grit or sentiment of the character. It is all so glamored up. Yet the messages of the movie still stay true and the performances are finely tuned, especially Bullock's. The racism displayed is reflective and correct. Ther are lots of things the filmmakers got right, but there are plenty they got wrong as well. The results are a serviceable portrait of a very honest and fortunate man that never adds up the way it should have.