Remember the Titans (Widescreen Edition)

Set in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971, the fact-based story begins with the integration of black and white students at T. C. Williams High School. 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. 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. The players represent a hotbed of racial tension, but as the team struggles toward unity and gridiron glory, Remember the Titans builds on several subplots and character dynamics to become an inspirational drama of Rocky-like proportions.

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. Likewise, Washington provides a solid dramatic foundation (his coach is obsessively harsh, but for all the right reasons) while giving his younger co-stars ample time in the spotlight. The result is a film that achieves what it celebrates: an enriching sense of unity that's unquestionably genuine. (Ages 9 and older) --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

• worth it: I just watched this movie and midway through it I had to stop and do some research. I basically groaned when I noticed that Disney did the film because I do NOT trust disney to ever stick to the facts when presenting anything "based on a true story". I was shocked by what I found.
  They didnt stick to all the facts. No suprise. But what DID suprise me was how many they actually did stick with. Sure they took artistic license but at least I didnt have to chuck it as a total work of fiction...and more importantly I think they caught the "spirit" of the story pretty damn well. Unity is possible. Not easy. But possible. And it can produce dramatically good results.
  
  Of course I would have loved the movie anyway since Denzel was in it, lol. Hes always good.
  
  Its a must see movie and although it does get a bit corny here and there overall its a winner. After you watch it go check out the true story behind it. Good stuff.
• Seen It All Before: Denzel Washington stars as a coach brought in to lead a hitherto white high school team, circa 1971, to both victory and racial accord. Well practiced at spinning dross into gold, the actor has enough authority to make you briefly forget the corruption of Gregory Allen Howard's script -- he can clear a frequency for himself amid even the worst static. As one of those black characters who's never wrong, essentially because being wrong would make him human, Washington eases past the thicket of platitudes, slipping by child actors whose scene-stealing tactics would shame Walter Brennan and playing off the rest of the otherwise likable young cast like a seasoned session man tapped to mellow the upstarts.
• Erin's review: REMEMBER THE TITANS!
  
  
  This movie is great. It is about a football team in the 70's or 80's in Texas. They were one of the first teams to have black and white people together. At first the team does not get along but they go though rough times and learn how to get along and become a good team.
  
  I think this movie is a good movie it has a very good moral. It is a good movie for everyone and any ages. I believe that blacks and whites should be treated the same. I think that you should watch this movie and give it a chance.
  
• Simply Fantastic.: The Story: In 1971 the T.C. Williams High School is desegregated and Herman Boone Played by Denzel Washington is hired as the Head Coach of the football team in place of the previous coach Bill Yoast played by Bill Patton. This replacing causes an outrage as the white kids refuse to play for a black coach. In order to get the white and black students to play together Boone hires Yoast as his defensive coach and takes the kids to camp to give them a tough lesson in brotherhood. After hard work and being pushed by the coach to get to know each other and see past the colour of each others skin the Titans are born and on entering the season they become an unstoppable team.
  
  The Review: Simply the story telling, the inspirational acting and the fact that this is based on a true story makes this film a masterpiece and something truly memorable. As a person who takes an interest in the race relations of the mid 60s and 70s America, this is an educational film that shows me these decades weren't all full of racial hatred. Denzel, once again takes on a convincing role as Coach Boone. Washington embraces roles from this era and he showed us once again why he is considered one of the greatest African American actors of all time. Ryan Hurst who plays Gerry Bertier, and who in my opinion is a very underrated actor gave an exceptional performance when displaying the young white kid full of hate who then learned the error of his ways to become best friends with Julius Campbell his Black athletic equal.
  
  A very good movie which I would highly recommend to the masses.
• 256 Reviews????: It seems like everyone else... including myself.. thinks this is a great movie and an awesome blu-ray...
  
  ..So...
  
  yea..
  
  Go out and buy this... its an awesome blu-ray.. and a great movie...