Factual error: About fifteen minutes into the film, Ed Harris is in his home watching film from the previous game. In the background, but purposely featured to make comparisons between Harris' character and former Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, is a commemorative Bear Bryant Coca-Cola bottle. The bottle commemorates the Bear's then-record 315th career victory as a head coach - a feat accomplished in 1981, five years AFTER the movie's 1976 setting.
Radio (2003)
Plot summary
Directed by: Michael Tollin
Starring: Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger, S. Epatha Merkerson
A mentally challenged teenager meets a football coach who he calls Coach Jones. Coach Jones sort of takes pity on him and asks Radio if he would like to help the football team out. Radio agrees and overtime him and the coach become close. Many people are skeptical such as the principal of the school Coach Jones teaches at and the father of one football player. But through the odds, Coach Jones and Radio make it out- together.
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Answer: The players (and their fathers) were jealous of Radio because Coach Jones began spending a lot of time with him. The players believed Coach Jones was neglecting them. The players immediately disliked Radio from the start for two reasons: his refusal to return the lost ball in the beginning irritated them and his mental disability was a source of ridicule.
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