- Radio (film)
"This article is about a film, for other uses see
Radio (disambiguation) ."Infobox Film
name = Radio
caption = His courage made them champions.
director =Mike Tollin
producer =Herb Gains Brian Robbins Michael Tollin
writer =Mike Rich
starring =Cuba Gooding Jr. Ed Harris S. Epatha Merkerson Brent Sexton Riley Smith Debra Winger Alfre Woodard
music =James Horner India.Arie Jimmy Jam ,Terry Lewis ,James "Big Jim" Wright
cinematography = Don Burgess
editing =Chris Lebenzon Harvey Rosenstock
distributor =
released =October 24 2003
runtime = 109 min.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
mpaa_rating = PG
tv_rating =
imdb_id =0316465"Radio", released October
2003 , is afilm directed byMike Tollin that is based on the true story ofT.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 starringDebra Winger , andAlfre Woodard , it was inspired by the 1996 "Sports Illustrated " article [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1009232/index.htm "Someone to Lean On"] by Gary Smith.cite news | author = Richard Perez-Pena | title = The Sports Whisperer, Probing Psychic Wounds | date = 2008-09-15 | publisher = "The New York Times " | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/books/16smit.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin | accessdate = 2008-09-23]James Robert Kennedy (born
October 14 ,1947 inAnderson, 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?"Cast and characters
*
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - James "Radio" Robert Kennedy
*Ed Harris - Coach Jones
*S. Epatha Merkerson - Mama Kennedy
*Alfre Woodard - Principal Daniels
*Debra Winger - Linda
*Riley Smith - Johnny
*Chris Mulkey - Frank
*Patrick Breen - TuckerReception
Radio made $52,277,485 dollars in the box office total. On
Rotten Tomatoes [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/radio/ Rotten Tomatoes entry] ] 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, thePaul Simon song "Kodachrome" can be heard on a car radioReferences
External links
*imdb title|0316465
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1009232/index.htm "Someone to Lean On"] by Gary Smith - the magazine article that inspiredMike Tollin to make the film.
* [http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/radio.php Answers some questions about the factual accuracy of the movie]
* [http://www.radioandcoachjones.com/ The official website of Radio and Coach Jones]
* [http://hanna.anderson5.net/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=960c991b71ee1533acc3fc18d7912dff&pageid=426&sessionid=5626b3e7799f20c8f8a55fb645085a6b T.L. Hanna High School's page about Radio]
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