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Remember the Titans is an American drama film released in 2000. It was directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures, and starred Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone. Remember the Titans centers on racial tensions in the football team of the newly integrated T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

The movie is based on actual events that took place in 1971, when T.C. Williams and the Titans won the state championship. However, the events depicted in the movie differ from history in many important respects.

The film also used many 1970s popular songs like Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and Marvin Gaye's & Tammi Tarrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on its soundtrack.

Plot Summary

The film takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, sometime during the early 1970s, at a recently desegregated high school known as T.C. Williams. Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is hired as Assistant Head coach for the school's football team, working under Head Coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton). In a move by the School Board, Boone becomes Head Coach and Yoast chooses not to become Assistant Head Coach, when offered by Boone, but changes his mind later on. The coloured and caucasian members of the football team clash in racially-motivated conflicts on a few occasions throughout their time at football camp. But after forceful coaxing and team building efforts executed by Coach Boone, eventually the team manages to achieve some form of unity, as well as success. The main conflict is taken to a personal level by the portrayal of the conflict between Garry Bertier (Ryan Hurst) and Julius Campbell (Wood Harris). Eventually, Bertier is involved in an automobile accident while celebrating one of the team's victories. While Bertier is unable to play in the final game due to his injuries, (including paralization) the team goes on to win the championship, and set an example for the town.

Cast

Denzel Washington
as Coach Herman Boone
Will Patton
as Coach Bill Yoast
Wood Harris
as Julius Campbell
Ryan Hurst
as Gerry Bertier
Donald Faison
as Petey Jones
Craig Kirkwood as Jerry 'Rev' Harris
Ethan Suplee
as Louie Lastik
Kip Pardue
as Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass
Hayden Panettiere
as Sheryl Yoast
Nicole Ari Parker
as Carol Boone
Kate Bosworth
as Emma Hoyt
Earl Poitier as Blue Stanton (as Earl C. Poitier)
Ryan Gosling
as Alan Bosley
Burgess Jenkins as Ray Budds

Trivia

The film is made more accessible to non-fans of football by careful music editing - whenever the Titans complete a key play or turn the game in their favor, the music changes to upbeat rock.
The original script was full of profanity but Disney, in an effort to produce a good family film, asked producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, to remove all extreme profanity from the script.
Was filmed at Druid Hills High School, outside of Atlanta

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Movies - Remember the Titans

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