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Radio: Directed by Michael Tollin. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson. The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.
- (44K)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Michael Tollin
- 2003-10-24
[1] [2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
Dec 17, 2019 · Cuba Gooding Jr. received praise for his portrayal of James "Radio" Kennedy in the 2003 film 'Radio.' The man behind the character led a marvelous life.
- Staff Writer-TV
Radio is a good human-interest story that was inspired by events in 1976 in Anderson, South Carolina. Cuba Gooding, Jr., who plays the mentally challenged Radio, does such a good acting job, you will believe he is the real Radio.
In a racially divided town, coach Jones (Ed Harris) spots a mentally disabled African-American student named Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr.) near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him.
- (122)
- Michael Tollin
- PG
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
Oct 24, 2003 · The movie focuses in fictional form on Radio’s first season with the team, and about the bond that forms between the youngish man (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and lean, no-nonsense Coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris).
This is the decades-long story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach (Ed Harris) in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) whom he mentors, who before that had always been the target of jokes and teasing by the community.
