Overview
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
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Box office
Grossed $53.3M worldwide, about 1.5 times its $35M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Filming locations
Filmed in South Carolina
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Setting
Set in South Carolina
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Music
Music by James Horner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Don Burgess
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Mike RichWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 24, 2003
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Revenue
- $53.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Cuba Gooding Jr.Radio
Ed HarrisCoach Jones
Alfre WoodardPrincipal Daniels
S. Epatha MerkersonMaggie
Debra WingerLinda Jones
Chris MulkeyFrank
Sarah DrewMary Helen Jones
Brent SextonHoneycutt
Riley SmithJohnny
Patrick BreenTucker
Bill RobersonDel
Michael HardingIrv the Cop
Rebecca KoonWaitress
Hi Bedford-RobersonSchool Receptionist- Michael KroekerYoung Cop
- Mark Robert EllisFootball Referee
Shelley ReidCop #2- Leonard WheelerHoop Referee
- Bert BeatsonHoop Player
- Deborah McTeerLinda's Friend
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