Remember the Titans (2000)

Director:

Boaz Yakin

Writer (WGA):

Gregory Allen Howard (written by)

Release Date:

29 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

They came together when their classmates and loved ones would not.

Plot:

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Plot Keywords:

1970s | Training | Racism | Affirmative Action | School

Awards:

8 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and some language.

Runtime:

113 min | USA:120 min (Director's Cut DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Covington, Georgia, USA

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Trivia:

In real life, Coach Bill Yoast has four daughters, not just Sheryl. Since two daughters were older and one a baby, Sheryl was with her father at most of the games and other events, and the filmmakers thought it would be confusing and distracting to depict the other three. The sisters were fine with it, and enjoyed the movie.

Goofs:

All "road" games for T.C. Williams obviously filmed on the same field, including the State Championship game.

Quotes:

Bertier: [sees Sunshine get out of car with long hair] Hey fellas! Look at that fruit cake!
Coach Yoast: Gerry, just keep your mouth shut and get back on that feild!
Colonel William G. Bass: Coach Boone, I'm colonol bass. We just got transfered here from Huntington Beach, California, this is my son, Ronnie, he's a quarterback.
Coach Boone: [shakes Sunshine's hand] How you doin' Ronnie?
Colonel William G. Bass: Coach Yoast.
Coach Yoast: [shakes Sunshine's hand as well] My Pleasure.
Coach Boone: We're pretty set at the, uh, quarterback colonel. But if they boy's any good, you might want to check out Wilson or Hamilton.
Colonel William G. Bass: Well, I met Coach Taber. He won't let blacks play on his team. The way I see it, if these boys can fight a war together, they can play football together. Now, he's a pretty good runner.
Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass: [chucks football towards Gerry, who is decently far away]
Bertier: [spins around, angry, as football hits him square in the back]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

Soundtrack:

Fire and Rain

Love this movie!

How great was this movie? I fell in love with it from being made to watch it in Health class in 11th grade. I love films about adversity within races, and this movie was a classic. Herman Boone has to bring blacks and whites together for a highschool football team to play with each other. Of course, it's the 70's and racism is still rampant. I love the message that people will mesh anyway despite outside complications. Julius' and Gerry's relationship was really profound and special. It crossed a lot of lines. Denzel was remarkable as Coach Boone. He took no crap, yet was scared to lose his position underneath. There was tension everywhere and it worked for the film. The players were really memorable to me. Blue, Rev, Sunshine, Petey, and Louie Lastik were adorable and hilarious. A great ensemble cast effort. The guy who played Yoast was good as well, because he had to learn to overcome prejudices he had that he never knew he did. Even better, was the fact that it's a true story which makes it all the more sweet. I watch this movie over and over and can practically say every line by heart. Great, great film. The Titans really were greater than the gods of Greek myth, and these guys were greater than any stereotype.