Remember the Titans
| Remember the Titans | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Boaz Yakin |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer Chad Oman |
| Written by | Gregory Allen Howard |
| Starring | Denzel Washington Will Patton Donald Faison Nicole Ari Parker |
| Music by | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Editing by | Michael Tronick |
| Studio | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films Run It Up Productions Inc. Technical Black |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
| Release dates | September 29, 2000 |
| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000,000[1] |
| Box office | $136,706,683[1] |
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film is based on the true story of African American coach Herman Boone portrayed by Denzel Washington, as he tries to introduce a racially divided team at the T. C. Williams High School in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia during the early 1970s. Actor Will Patton portrays Bill Yoast, an assistant coach making a transition to help out Boone. The real life portrayal of athletes Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell, played by Ryan Hurst and Wood Harris, appear within the harmonized storyline; while Kip Pardue and Kate Bosworth also star in principal roles.
A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by the film studios of Walt Disney Pictures, Technical Black, Run It Up Productions Inc., and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. It was commercially distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. Remember the Titans explores civil topics, such as racism, discrimination and athletics. on September 29, 2000, the film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records. It features songs written by several recording artists including Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Hollies, Marvin Gaye, James Taylor and Cat Stevens.
Remember the Titans premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on September 29, 2000 grossing $115,654,751 in domestic ticket receipts. It earned an additional $21,051,932 in business through international release to top out at a combined $136,706,683 in gross revenue. The film was considered a financial success due to its $30 million budget costs. Preceding its theatrical run, the film was generally met with favorable critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas.
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[show]Plot[edit]
In 1971, at the segregated T. C. Williams High School, a black head coach Herman Boone (Washington) is hired to lead the school's football team. Boone takes over from the current coach Bill Yoast (Patton), nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. As a show of respect, Boone offers an assistant coordinator coaching position to Yoast. Yoast at first refuses Boone's offer, but reconsiders after the white players pledge to boycott the team if he does not participate. Dismayed at the prospect of the students losing their chances at scholarships, Yoast changes his mind and takes up the position of defensive coordinator.
Black and white football team members frequently clash in racially motivated conflicts at their football camp, including some between captain Gerry Bertier (Hurst), and Julius Campbell (Harris). But after forceful coaxing and rigorous athletic training by Boone, the team achieves racial harmony and success. After returning from football camp, Boone is told by a member of the school board that if he loses even a single game, he will be fired. Subsequently, the Titans go through the season undefeated while battling racial prejudice, before slowly gaining support from the community.
Just before the state semi-finals, Yoast is told by a member of the school board that he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame after the Titans lose one game, implying he wants Boone to be fired over his race. During the game, it becomes apparent that the referees are biased against the Titans. Yoast warns the head official that he will go to the press and expose the scandal unless it is refereed fairly. The Titans win, but Yoast is told that his actions have resulted in his loss of candidacy for induction.
While celebrating the victory, Bertier is in an automobile accident, after driving through an intersection. Although Bertier could not play due to injury, the team goes on to win the championship. Ten years later Bertier dies in a second car accident and team coaches and athletes reunite to attend his funeral.
Cast[edit]
- Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone
- Will Patton as Coach Bill Yoast, an assistant coach
- Wood Harris as DE Julius Campbell
- Ryan Hurst as LB Gerry Bertier
- Donald Faison as RB Petey Jones
- Ethan Suplee as OL Louie Lastik
- Kip Pardue as QB Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass
- Craig Kirkwood as QB Jerry "Rev" Harris
- Nicole Ari Parker as Carole Boone, Herman Boone's wife.
- Krysten Leigh Jones as Nicky Boone, Herman Boone's daughter.
- Hayden Panettiere as Sheryl Yoast, Bill Yoast's daughter.
- Kate Bosworth as Emma Hoyt
- Earl C. Poitier as OL Darryl "Blue" Stanton
- Ryan Gosling as DB Alan Bosley
- Gregory Alan Williams as Coach Paul "Doc" Hines, another assistant coach
- Burgess Jenkins as TE Ray Budds
Production[edit]
Filming[edit]
Filming locations for the motion picture included Atlanta, Georgia.[2]
Music and soundtrack[edit]
On September 19, 2000, the soundtrack was released on the Walt Disney Records label. The film score was orchestrated by musician Trevor Rabin and features music composed by various artists. From the instrumental score, the track "Titans Spirit", was the only cue (of the 12 composed) added to the soundtrack. It is also the only piece of music on the soundtrack album not to have been previously released.
"Titans Spirit" was a seven-minute exploration of the motion picture's energetic themes that projected from Washington as he spoke during filming. It has been used on numerous sports telecasts, particularly those on NBC, which utilized the score during its closing credits for the Salt Lake 2002, Athens 2004, Torino 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as with the final closing credits montage for their 12-year run with the NBA in 2002. The song was also played as veteran New York Mets players crossed home plate during the closing ceremonies at Shea Stadium, and as the New York Yankees were awarded their rings from their 2009 World Series championship.
It was also used during the 2008 Democratic National Convention to accompany the celebration and fireworks at Invesco Field after future president Barack Obama gave his nomination acceptance speech, and was also used immediately following his victory speech upon winning the 2008 Presidential Election.[3]
| Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Film score by Various Artists | |
| Released | September 19, 2000 |
| Length | 46:21 |
| Label | Walt Disney Records |
| Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | 2:29 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Spirit in the Sky" | 4:02 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Peace Train" | 4:08 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | 4:05 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 6. | "I Want to Take You Higher" | 2:44 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Up Around the Bend" | 2:42 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Spill the Wine" | 4:05 | ||||||||
| 9. | "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall" | 5:10 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Act Naturally" | 2:21 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Express Yourself" | 3:53 | ||||||||
| 12. | "Titan's Spirit" | 7:25 | ||||||||
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Total length: |
46:21 | |||||||||
Release[edit]
Home media[edit]
Following its release in theaters, the Region 1 widescreen Pan and scan edition of the motion picture was released on DVD in the United States on March 20, 2001.[4] A Special Edition widescreen format of the film was also released on March 20, 2001 along with a widescreen Director's cut version on March 14, 2006.[5]
A restored widescreen hi-definition Blu-ray version was released on September 4, 2007. Special features include backstage feature audio commentary with director Boaz Yakin, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Gregory Allen Howard, feature audio commentary with real-life coaches Herman Boone and Bill Yoast, "Remember The Titans: An inspirational journey behind the scenes" hosted by Lynn Swann, "Denzel Becomes Boone," "Beating The Odds"; Deleted scenes; Movie Showcase and seamless menus.[6]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Among mainstream critics in the U.S., Remember the Titans received favorable reviews.[7] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 73% of 132 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.3 out of 10.[8] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics' reviews, the film received a score of 48 based on 32 reviews.[7]
Writing for The New York Times, A. O. Scott said that "aside from a handful of tense showdowns at the line of scrimmage, there's not much else to see — is washed in on the flood tide of a thousand violins."[9] James Berardinelli writing for ReelViews, called the film "relentlessly manipulative and hopelessly predictable" but noted that it was "a notch above the average entry in part because its social message (even if it is soft-peddled) creates a richer fabric than the usual cloth from which this kind of movie is cut."[10] Describing some pitfalls, Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer said that "beneath its rah-rah rhetoric and pigskin proselytizing, it's no more provocative or thoughtful than a Hallmark Hall of Fame film or, for that matter, a Hallmark greeting card. Its heart is in the right place, but it has no soul."[11] Wilonsky however was quick to admit "The film's intentions are noble, but its delivery is ham-fisted and pretentious; you can't deny the message, but you can loathe the messenger without feeling too guilty about it."[11]
'Remember the Titans' has the outer form of a brave statement about the races in America, but the soul of a sports movie in which everything is settled by the obligatory last play in the last seconds of the championship game.
Todd McCarthy, writing in Variety, conveyed, "As simplistic and drained of complexity as the picture is, it may well appeal to mainstream audiences as an 'if only it could be like this' fantasy, as well as on the elemental level of a boot camp training film, albeit a PG-rated one with all the cuss words removed."[13] Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times viewed the film as "a parable about racial harmony, yoked to the formula of a sports movie." He surmised, "Victories over racism and victories over opposing teams alternate so quickly that sometimes we're not sure if we're cheering for tolerance or touchdowns. Real life is never this simple, but then that's what the movies are for".[12] In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle wrote that the film reminds the viewer that "it's possible to make a sentimental drama that isn't sickening — and a sports movie that transcends cliches."[14] Columnist Bob Grimm of the Sacramento News & Review, mildy cheered the motion picture commenting, "The film is quite lightweight for the subject matter, but Washington and company make it watchable."[15] Some detractors like Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly bluntly mused, "Denzel Washington should have held out for a better script before he signed on to star in Remember the Titans, but you can see why he wanted to do the movie: He gets to play Martin Luther King Jr. and Vince Lombardi rolled into one nostalgically omnipotent tough-love saint."[16] Film critic Jeff Vice of the Deseret News admitted that although the film contained dialogue that was "corny, clichéd, and downright cheesy at times," as well as how it relayed its message in one of the "most predictable, heavy-handed manners we've seen in a movie in years", he did compliment the film by noting that it "serves as a reminder of how much goodness there is inside people, just waiting for the right person to bring it out." He also viewed the casting as top notch saying that it helped to have a "rock-solid foundation in the form of leading-man Denzel Washington" at the helm.[17]
Box office[edit]
Remember the Titans opened strongly at the U.S. box office, grossing $26,654,715 in its first weekend and staying within the top five for six weeks.[18] It eventually went on to gross an estimated $115,654,751 in the U.S., and $136,706,683 worldwide.[1]
Accolades[edit]
The film was nominated and won several awards in 2000–01.
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Angel Awards | Silver Angel | ———— | Nominated |
| BET Awards 2001 | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Won |
| 2001 BMI Film & TV Awards | Film Music Award | Trevor Rabin | Won |
| Black Reel Awards of 2001 | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Won |
| Best Screenplay | Gregory Allen Howard | Won | |
| Best Film | Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman | Nominated | |
| 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actor - Drama | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama | Wood Harris | Nominated | |
| 2001 Casting Society of America Awards | Best Casting for Feature Film - Drama | Ronna Kress | Nominated |
| 2001 NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Denzel Washington | Won |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | ———— | Won | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Wood Harris | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nicole Ari Parker | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Krysten Leigh Jones | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 | Best Male Newcomer | Kip Pardue | Nominated |
| Youth in Film | Hayden Panettiere | Nominated | |
| 2001 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards | Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR | Robert L. Sephton, Christopher T. Welch, Julie Feiner, Cindy Marty, Gaston Biraben, Suhail Kafity | Nominated |
| Best Sound Editing - Music | Will Kaplan | Nominated | |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2000 | Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role | Hayden Panettiere | Nominated |
| 2001 Political Film Society Awards | Human Rights | ———— | Won |
| Exposé | ———— | Nominated | |
| Golden Satellite Awards 2000 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| 2001 Teen Choice Awards | Film - Choice Drama/Action Adventure | ———— | Nominated |
| 22nd Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress | Hayden Panettiere | Won |
| Best Family Feature Film - Drama | ———— | Nominated |
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