In actuality, the team was undefeated, outscoring opponents 26531. In real life, such a thing didn't exist until 1972 (via ESPN), while Tyrell didn't exist at all. With other schools around the country looking to Charlotte as an example, the integration of schools began to happen quickly. : Ray Budds Coach Boone: I'm a winner. Man, no matter what I tell you, you ain't neva gonna know nothing about me. Colonel William G. Bass -IMDB, As we looked into the question, "How accurate is Remember the Titans?" Yeah, a fruitcake, huh? "I was never quite like that," Bass told the Greenville (SC) News. "But as far as the rest of Alexandria, it was sort of ho-hum.". The next year he was : Former Titan players have stated that this type of player would have been kicked off the team during training camp, before the season ever started. Remember the Titans - amazon.com Theirs was not the only new friendship. Herman Boone remembered the tour guide as being very old, possibly in his 90s, and that he had been leading these tours for about 60 years (via ESPN.com) "He knew everything," Boone recalled. Coach Boone: This is no democracy. : Coach Boone You got a job? Keep track of how much of Kip Pardues work you have seen. : There were also a few characters, such as Gerry's girlfriend Emma (Kate Bosworth), who were a combination of several real-life people and their personalities. Yakin--whose debut, Fresh, was one of the best independent films of the 1990s--understands the value of connecting small scenes to form a rich climactic payoff. Bertier For many reasons, certain facts and people didn't make it into the Disney version. -The Mighty Mighty Titans --." (Earl C. Poitier) "Does the term "cruel and unusual punishment" mean anything to you?" Gerry Bertier was unfortunately paralyzed in a car accident both in the movie and in real life but it actually happened after the Titans' championship game. Former Titan players have stated that this type of player would have been kicked off the team during training camp, before the season ever started. He's taking a shower. 2000. Left side. Kip headed west afterwards and enjoyed a successful . Charles Mitchell, a non-depicted player from the 1971 team, told ESPN.com, "There were more than a few times that I felt genuinely sorry for the teams we played." Remember the Titans Movie True Story - Gerry Bertier, Bill Yoast I killed my brother with malice in my heart. : The actual number who lost their lives was much lower. He is your daddy now, isn't he? Of course, Remember the Titans wasn't intended to be a biography. Nurse [annoyed] You - you're Superman. Often, his speeches were not about the importance of winning, but about the importance of playing your best. He won't let blacks play on his team. You don't listen to nobody man. : "I forced them to learn each other's culture. Push 'em, pull 'em. What are you talking about? Ben Weber, who played Carrie's pal (and Miranda's boyfriend) Skipper, shares his memories from the set of Sex and the City season 1. Disney brings 'Remember the Titans' to Blu-ray in a truly excellent presentation. Based on real events, this remarkable story celebrates how a town torn apart by friction and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony. How we remember him: Proclaiming to not be one to brag but still acting cocky as hell, being the running back, y'all, killing Coach Boone (Washington) with his fumbling issues, not being the running back anymore, replacing Ryan Gosling (at linebacker, even though I'd watch Donald Faison in Crazy, Stupid, Love). Clearly, the football team is the main focus of "Remember the Titans." PG. Biography Drama Sport The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. with a degree in Economics. Now, he's a pretty good runner [Sunshine throws football towards Gerry, who is standing at the other end of the field. With only one major star (Denzel Washington), an appealing cast of fresh unknowns, and a winning emphasis of substance over self-indulgent style, Boaz Yakin's Remember the Titans is, like Rudy before it, a football movie that will be fondly remembered by anyone who sees it. Quotes.net. : Coach Boone [Nurse exits hurriedly, followed by a projectile]. Coach Boone Also for the record, Ron never did Tai Chi outside the school. On the way to training camp, he pairs them each with someone of the opposite race to sit with and room with while at camp. Remember the Titans (2000) Burgess Jenkins: Ray Budds. Honestly, I think you're nothing. In the film, it's just Sheryl and her dad, who she calls "Coach," with no real mention of her mother's whereabouts. Julius: [laughing hysterically] Yeah, a fruitcake, huh? If you can't afford one, then borrow one from your old man. : We were just trying to play football." Here, Gerry's mom Jean Bertier recounts her son's accident, his recovery, and the inspiration that he was to her and so many others. Watch the Remember the Titans Movie Trailer: Coach Boone, Brad Smith, and Julius Campbell visit Bertier - See Photo, Read "Triumph Over Tragedy" by Jean Bertier, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Amazon.com: Remember the Titans (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) : Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Adeosun Faison, Craig Kirkwood, Ethan Suplee, Kip Pardue, Hayden Panettiere, Nicole Ari Parker, Kate Bosworth, Earl Poitier, Ryan Gosling, Burgess Jenkins, Neal Ghant, Boaz Yakin, Gregory Allen Howard: Movies & TV Movies & TV Bertier: [points to his mother in the crowd] That's my mother. Burgess Jenkins - Biography - IMDb hey bruvvard, maybe stop being a monkey and do something or im finna vibe check yo ass, ill eat your ass if you dont make that play m8. The football hits Gerry square in the back. : Williams. Burgess Jenkins - IMDb Coach Boone: Why don't you get this little girl, some pretty dolls or something coach? Well, what I've got to say, you really don't wanna hear 'cuz honesty ain't too high upon your people's priorities list. Could I speak with you in private? Coach Boone Although racial tension did exist in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971, it was significantly embellished for the movie. The majority of the Titan players in the film are based on real people (see the Titans team photo below). What, you say your name was Jerry? No, you must have said Jerry. Coach Boone, I'm Colonel Bass. Remember the Titans (2000) - Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier - IMDb But he did wear his hair long, as did most of the team because it was 1971 and that was the style (via ESPN.com). Yourself included. Extraction 2's Chris Hemsworth on his family, future, and fiery action sequel. You know my policy, Gerry. Release Date: September 29, 2000Based on a remarkable true story, "Remember the Titans" follows the explosive dramatic events that took place in Alexandria, . Bertier : It's affirmative action at its most potentially volatile, complicated by the mandate that the coach will be fired if he loses a single game in the Titans' 13-game season. Sometimes you've just got to cut a man loose. Coach Boone: [to Ray] Dean? I will not be intimidated. Kip headed west afterwards and enjoyed a Unfortunately, this brotherly love is met with a protest being held outside of the high school on the first day of school. ), being revealed as the reason for the Titans' reunion at a funeral, showing up almost unrecognizable in Sons of Anarchy and leading us to go, Can you believe that Opie (R.I.P.) In the movie, Sunshine (Kip Pardue) jokingly kisses Gerry Bertier (Ryan Hurst) on the lips. And who's team is this, Gerry? Team "By the second week of practice, we had come together. ESPN.com - Page2 - Reel Life: 'Remember the Titans' Gonna go and tell Coach Coon what to do, just like last time? Mr. Boone was an African American man who was hired to be the new coach for a high school in Virginia. Because they have not blocked for him worth a plug nickel, and you know it! As the fog collects around the headstones, Coach gives an inspirational speech about the soldiers who lost their lives fighting the same battle against racism being fought presently. There was no Virginia High School Hall of Fame in 1971, although it does exist today. Another fictionalized character is tight end Ray Budds (Burgess Jenkins). This never actually happened. In a Washington Post article, Bill Yoast's friend Patrick Welsh commented on the movie's position, "My friend Bill Yoast told me Disney had taken liberties with the facts, suggesting an overheated atmosphere of racial animosities and fears at the school and in the community that just hadn't existed." The next year he was recruited to play football by Yale University. What happened to Ray from Remember the Titans? "But it was not as overt as appears in the film.". Remember the Titans Blu-ray Review | High Def Digest Coach Boone You're out. Blue Stanton: Does the term "cruel and unusual punishment" mean anything to you? -'71 Titans Website, No. You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the night they played the Titans! Who's your daddy, Gary? Something went wrong. Coach Boone: This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Photos (2) Quotes (2) Photos . But any little two year old child can throw a fit! Boone don't cut anybody. It's also one of the highest grossing sports movies of all time. Around the same time that the boys were off at training camp, the cheerleaders were learning to come together as well. delivering the wanting to get "mine" speech. If you survive. 107 product ratings - Remember the Titans (Widescreen Edition) New & Sealed Great For Christmas Disney, 11 product ratings - Choose your Movies $4 to $6 - Action, Comedy, Suspense - Buy 3 Movie 15% Off, 36 product ratings - BLU RAYS (Pl thru Sc) **BUNDLE DISCOUNT, ONLY $.50 SHIPPING ON 2nd+ ITEMS**, 101 product ratings - DISCOUNT DVD SALE (LISTING H) ONLY $.50 SHIPPING 2ND DVDS. Bill Yoast told producer Jerry Bruckheimer, "I have four daughters. [Yoast realizes the Hall of Fame board have fixed the game against the Titans]. I am the law! [getting up] The film stars Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone. : I'm not going to let you play for this team anymore. -'71 Titans Website. Remember the Titans: Where are they now? - 247Sports Description. This really happened. Movies Movie Features Remember The Titans True Story: What The Movie Gets Right & Changes By Charles Nicholas Raymond Published Dec 1, 2019 Disney's Remember the Titans was based on a true story, but how much of it actually happened in real life? An EW Investigation: Are all of Dwayne Johnsons characters the same person. : Big Ju : You can't be hurt like this. Ray Budds (Burgess Jenkins) is also a fictionalized character. No. Your killing me Petey! Blue Stanton: Coach we need a water break, we been out here all day! successful career as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch and Polo. 20 years of Wrong Turn: How a movie about murderous cannibals became an unkillable franchise. Bertier In the movie Remember the Titans, we see Coach Yoast (Will Patton) confront a crooked referee, telling him to call the game fairly or else he'll expose the whole plot to make the Titans lose the game, resulting in the firing of Coach Boone. "You achieve everything you ever wanted, then it all gets cut down in one night," Bertier said in an early 1970s' Washington Star article. Remember The Titans True Story: What The Movie Gets Right & Changes I'm supposed to wear myself out for the team? Emma: No, Gerry. : This incident never really happened. In the film we see Petey Jones (Donald Faison) and Ronnie Bass (Kip Pardue) enter a restaurant where they are refused service. Big Ju We are going to up-downs, until Blue is no longer tired, and thirsty. [Boone claps]. Julius and Gerry have formed a strong friendship throughout the season, and Julius takes the news of his friend never walking again hard. One of the things that puts some extra pressure on the film version of Coach Boone is the threat of losing his job. Sheryl ends up watching game films with Boone instead. Don't you see the family resemblance? Make your IMDb page stand out by adding a demo reel. -ESPN.com, No. : Nearly ten years earlier in the summer of 1971, head coach Bill Yoast of the newly integrated T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, is leading his white players in summer workouts. Everything Remember The Titans Doesn't Tell You About The True - Looper : What is going on here? I've been doing my job. Nah, nah what I'm gonna do is look out for myself and I'ma get mine. "It was something far more devastating to any human being than a brick could be. A high school football coach finds himself fighting for stakes much higher than the State Championship in this drama based on actual events. "Take a lesson from the dead. "I think that's where most of the kids' minds were. Only kin's allowed in here. : Bertier: [lying down on bed, looking at a poster of the Black Power salute that Julius is putting up.] The film depicts 1971 as a time when the "all Black" high school and the "all white" high school joined together in order to create the newly integrated T.C. [Coach Yoast counsels an injured Gerry Bertier]. : Coach Boone Ray Budds (Burgess Jenkins) is also a fictionalized character. Nothing but a pure waste of God-given talent. recruited to play football by Yale University. : I've got an announcement to make. Right. After leading his team to 15 winning seasons, football coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone (Washington), tough, opinionated, and as different from . There were approximately 50,000 casualties (killed/wounded/missing) at the Battle of Gettysburg. Like most movies inspired by a true story, some artistic liberties were taken in telling the onscreen version, although the real-life Coach Boone told The Observer-Reporter in 2002 that the movie is pretty accurate: "There are only about four or five things that were not true, but they weren't actually false either." Directed by Boaz Yakin Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Trevor Rabin Cinematography by Philippe Rousselot . . In reality, this never happened. : Bertier The 2000 Disney film "Remember the Titans" is best remembered as a heartfelt story about courage, brotherhood, and fighting racial bigotry in the name of football. Plot In 1981, a group of former football coaches and players attend a funeral for an unnamed person. This part of the film is true. Coach Boone: A water break? Big Ju Even though the attitude portrayed by the restaurant may have been similar to existing establishments in the United States at that time, this scene was a fictional device created to help emphasize the racial tension in the movie's storyline. Bertier Several other members of the football team also found themselves with successful careers in TV, real estate and business. Listen, I ain't running any more of these three-a-days. You make your decision, but you support that decision. Gerry Bertier ( / ri /, pronounced like "Gary"; August 20, 1953 - March 20, 1981) was a high school American football player and Paralympian. 101 product ratings - Remember the Titans (DVD, 2001, Full Frame Version), 29 product ratings - Remember the Titans [New DVD] Expanded Version, Unrated, 11 product ratings - Remember the Titans (Blu-ray Disc, 2007). Coach Boone But I'm the same mean cuss with everybody out there on that football field. She was not alive when the movie was made. You wanna act like a star, you'd better give me a star effort, do you hear me? I thought I'd be out the next week." That's just the way it is. Bertier Coach Boone: Alright, listen up! The T.C. : Actor: Remember the Titans. View cart for details. About this item Specifications Movie MPAA Rating: Pg Genre: Action/Adventure Movie Studio: Walt Disney Run Time (minutes): 96 Format: Blu-ray Language: English Street Date: March 29, 2011 TCIN: 13400418 UPC: 786936813760 Item Number (DPCI): 058-51-0416 Origin: Made in the USA or Imported Description You make a decision, but you support your decision. You. -'71 Titans Website, No. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside you mind! The movie shows Alan giving up his spot to Pete (Donald Faison) during a game. [Gerry says nothing] Gerry, if you wanna play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you, who is your daddy? Academy Award winner Denzel Washington (2001: Training Day - Best Actor; 1989: Glory Best Supporting Actor) shines in Remember The Titans now more stirring and uplifting than ever on Blu-ray Disc. He had been approached by elite college football powerhouses, such as Notre Dame and Alabama. Jerry tells the jokes, Dean sings the songs and gets the girl. Team You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. Is this your team? Soon What team? I guess Disney, being the family movie production company that it is, felt that to depict a toilet stool coming through your window was a bit much. do something. 107 product ratings - Remember the Titans (DVD, 2000) Widescreen. Now get on the bus. : Coach Yoast: [to referee] I know all about it, Titus. This did not happen in real life. [Nurse comes running in] It's never blatantly stated in "Remember the Titans," but it is implied that people aren't expecting much out of the 1971 Titans football team. I don't like to look like I only have one daughter,'" says Yoast of his conversation with Bruckheimer. "She was not quite the football fanatic they show here," says father Bill Yoast. I've never gotten over that incident that particular night, because I could never understand how anybody could feel so bad about another human being as to throw a toilet commode through a window. Coach Yoast: I've tried. Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is the football coach for Hammond High School. I don't care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. Parents, are they here? Boone spoke about this durning the Remember the Titans DVD commentary, "There wasn't a brick thrown through my window," Herman Boone says. Remember the Titans - Blu-ray Denzel Washington - DVDBeaver Who's your daddy? I feel like I'm just doing a job. The film depicts this as the first meeting of the two coaches, when in fact, it happened at least one year earlier. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.". That's my brother.), watching the championship game from his hospital bed and getting so worked up that he throws his shoe at Alice (is Alice secretly the most memorable character? But sometimes, in order to make a movie, some characters need to be added to create conflict or make it really spark. : But, who do we really, really remember? As dramatic a moment this makes, it didn't really happen this way. : There seems to be a problem serving the request at this time, Remember the Titans (DVD, 2001, Full Frame Version), 4 Film Favorites: Denzel Washington Collection (DVD). What's wrong, Gerry? But the cornerback quickly learns to respect and cherish his new teammates. This is my son, Ronnie, he's a quarterback. I was afraid of you, Julius. This scene was fictionalized for the movie, as was Coach Tyrell (Brett Rice). I'm not dead. This effort to improve race relations is most keenly felt on the school's football team, the Titans, and bigoted tempers flare when a black head coach (Washington) is appointed and his victorious predecessor (Will Patton) reluctantly stays on as his assistant. He wants them to learn from each other. [opens door, and shouts] Well that football field out there tonight, that's our universe. "As we stood there in that cemetery, (we) listened to him paint the picture of the thousands of young men who just fell dead.". Not even Doc or Boone. You know who your daddy is, doncha? And you will take this ball and run every single one of them! Remember the Titans DVDs & Blu-ray Discs for sale | eBay In 1996, the real Sheryl Yoast passed away from a heart condition that had gone undetected for years. Big Ju: Why should I give a hoot about you? Former students state that many of the racial barriers had been broken down by 1971, when federal pressure resulted in the consolidation of three high schools, one of which was T.C. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. NO! "But that's Hollywood. To be honest, despite Ryan Gosling being Ryan Gosling, there was never a way that the outcome could be anything but the best Titans one-two punch of all time (Steve McNair and Eddie George are a close second).

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