Radio

2003
PG
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

45K

YOUR RATING

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris in Radio (2003)

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Football Biography Drama Sport

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

45K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations

Videos9

Trailer 2:32

Radio

Clip 1:11

Radio Scene: Radio's Teaching Us

Clip 1:11

Radio Scene: Radio's Teaching Us

Clip 1:13

Radio Scene: James Robert Kennedy

Clip 1:14

Radio Scene: Why Are You Doing This?

Clip 0:55

Radio Scene: Linda's Advice

Clip 0:59

Radio Scene: Meeting With Coach Jones

Photos140

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Storyline

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Trivia
On September 2, 2016, James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy was inducted into the T. L. Hanna Hall Of Fame.

Goofs
In the barbershop, when the coach resigns, one shot shows a man wearing a John Deere trucker hat. The deer on the hat is jumping upward, which means it was produced in 2000 or later. In 1976, the deer jumped downward.

Quotes
Coach Jones: [at the final confrontation in the barbershop] "... but the truth is,we're not the one been teachin' Radio, Radio's the one been teachin' us - cause the way he treats us all the time is the way we wish we treated each other even part of the time."

Crazy credits
During the end credits, clips show the real James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy at Hanna High School football games in the present day.

Connections
Edited into Tosh.0: Life Savings for a Rasta Banana (2013)

Soundtracks
Let It Ride
Written by Randy Bachman and Charles Turner
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Excellent thought-provoking film done with super editorial work and world-class acting by Ed Harris & Cuba Gooding Jr.

The fact that the movie is based on a true story contributes to a better and, of course, more realistic experience and keeps the viewer focused on the basic theme of the movie. The story is filled with unexpected twists which keeps the viewer at all times from figuring the ending out. In one moment you think that something happens to Coach Jones or Radio. Well it does, but certainly not what you'd expect.

The film becomes at no point boring or too sentimental and the acting performances by Ed Harris & Cuba Gooding Jr. are some of their best in my opinion. The ending puts a long lasting smile on your face and makes you wonder if what you are doing is right. Well I guess that was what Michael Tollin & Mike Rich were trying to do. First-class movie.

Esbjørn Nordby Birch. Denmark.