Radio (2003)

Name: Radio
Released: 2003
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Debra Winger

• Movies, Drama

• 109 min

7.3

His courage made them champions.

Directed by: Michael Tollin
Casting: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Debra Winger, Chris Mulkey, Sarah Drew, Brent Sexton, Riley Smith, Patrick Breen, Bill Roberson, Michael Harding, Rebecca Koon, Hi Bedford-Roberson, Michael Kroeker, Mark Robert Ellis, Shelley Reid, Leonard Wheeler, Bert Beatson, Deborah McTeer, Tammy Arnold, Michael Flippo, Ringo Starr
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2003-10-24
Status: Released

Tags: mentally disabled, high school, friendship, sports, american football, 1970s, american football coach, biography, based on true story, inspiration, kindness, inspiring story, teenage daughter, disability, schoolteacher, mentor protégé relationship, racial issues, based on magazine, newspaper or article, father daughter relationship, uplifting

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.