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 His courage made them champions. |
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| Directed by | Mike Tollin |
| Produced by | Herb Gains Brian Robbins Michael Tollin |
| Written by | Mike Rich |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr. Ed Harris S. Epatha Merkerson Brent Sexton Riley Smith Debra Winger Alfre Woodard |
| Music by | James Horner India.Arie Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Editing by | Chris Lebenzon Harvey Rosenstock |
| Release date(s) | October 24, 2003 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Language | English |
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Radio, released October 2003, is a film directed by Mike Tollin that is based on the true story of T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a mentally-challenged young man James Robert Kennedy, nicknamed "Radio" (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). Also starring Debra Winger, and Alfre Woodard, it was based on the December 16, 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith about James R. Kennedy and Harold Jones.
James Robert Kennedy (born October 14, 1947 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA), grew up most of his life carrying the fascination of radios. His nickname, Radio, was given to him by the townspeople because of the radio he carried around with him everywhere he went. He still attends T. L. Hanna High School and coaches the football team. He is known to ask students before football games, "We gonna get that quarterback?"
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Cast and characters
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. - James "Radio" Robert Kennedy
- Ed Harris - Coach Jones
- Riley Smith - Johnny
- Debra Winger - Linda
- Chris Mulkey - Frank
- Alfre Woodard - Principle Daniels
- Patrick Breen - Tucker
Reception
Radio made $52,277,485 dollars in the box office total. On Rotten Tomatoes [1] it received a 33% on with mostly negative reviews and 37 positive reviews.
Radio received a rating of 72% with 206 positive reviews and 78 negative reviews by the Rotten Tomatoes community (a membership open to the public). Roger Ebert gave the movie "thumbs up".
Cultural references
- During one part of the movie, All in the Family can be seen on the television.
- Early in the film, the Paul Simon song "Kodachrome" can be heard on a car radio
External links
- Radio (film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Radio and Jones
- RadioandCoachJones.com
- Listening to Radio
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