Based on a true story‚ the movie Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin and written by Gregory Allen Howard‚ is the story of an African American football coach named Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) who was appointed as head coach to the football team‚ over Bill Yoast (Will Patton)‚ of the first integrated high school in Virginia - T.C. Williams High School located in Alexandria. At a football camp‚ the newly integrated team is forced to overcome their prejudices against one another and eventually
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"Remember the Titans" Remember the Titans is a movie about victory. Personal victories‚ team victories‚ and victories over racism all combined with the victories won with embracing change and finding conflict resolution is what made this movie so enjoyable to me and also why I feel others would enjoy it as well. Remember the Titans is a movie based on true events that almost anyone can relate to. It is a sports drama that not only focuses on football and America’s love of the game‚ but the
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The biggest theme in the film is overcoming adversity. Its something that exists and is real in the shape of defeating your opponents. Overcoming adversity is affirmed throughout the film. Remember the Titans is another great example of overcoming adversity. The movie starts out with a black coach‚ replacing a white coach in rural Virginia‚ which was white dominated at the time. When this happened many bricks were thrown through Coach Boones’s‚ the black coach‚ house. Riots and rallies were held
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If I had to pick a character that i relate to‚ I would choose Louie from Remember The Titans. I would choose Louie because we both play football‚ make good grades‚ and are Christians. In the movie‚ Louie plays the line in football‚ as well as I. We both have good grades and Christianity in common. This is why I think I relate to Louie. In the movie‚ Louie is a starting nose tackle and offensive tackle for the Titans. I also start at tackle and nose. In the movie‚ Louie has a big part in
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Remember The Titans was a movie that was set in a very hostile time in our country. We were in the middle of what I like to call a civil war. Although there were no battles or gunfights our country was torn in half. There was an issue dealing with race in the United States. The movie‚ Remember the Titans is based on actual events that occurred in the year 1971. Mainly on the integration of a school called TC Williams High School. When the school was integrated the old football coach‚ Coach Yoast
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Remember the Titans is a film that is based on the racial beliefs of the 1970’s and how those beliefs impacted the integration of schools. The movie centers on a high school football team‚ the Titans‚ and how their team overcame racist beliefs. The team was everything to the people‚ but once the school had to integrate people became hostile. An African American coach‚ Coach Boone‚ took the coaching position from the white head coach Bill Yoast‚ and many people found that unbelievable. Yoast becomes
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how individuals and groups behave and their mental processes. Characteristics of these behaviors and mental processes are portrayed in many different ways within the movies that we create. Within the movie‚ Remember the Titans‚ many social psychology concepts are present. Remember the Titans is a movie set in Virginia 1971‚ its about a high school football team and how they come together in order to try and win the state championship. Unfortunately it is not that simple‚ this is a high school that
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Remember the Titans-Movie Review There once was a time when African Americans and Whites were segregated for generations‚ but it was time for a change. This inspiring story‚ Remember the Titans‚ shows in a example of change. A group of high school football players had to learn to respect each other regardless of the color of their skin. Although many did protest‚ the football players prevailed and became of symbol of unity in the area. This lead to an inspiring message that no matter how different
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PAGE �1��� Race Conflict in Remember the Titans Duquesne University Chester Skinner / MLLS 714 11/11/2008� In the movie Remember the Titans Gerry and Julius worked to overcome racial issues and eventually resolved their unnecessary conflict. They came to develop an amazing friendship built on trust and respect. They eventually learned to appreciate the meaning of trusting a man for who they are as a person rather than the color of their skin. Early in the movie Gerry and Julius would not acknowledge
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Remember the titans Why do you think we watched the movie? Personally‚ I believe the reason as to why we watched the movie ‘Remember the Titans’‚ which is based on a true story‚ is because this movie is one that clearly speaks volumes on a very important issue that is‚ against racism. The movie contains action and comedy to grab the viewers’ attention however with all its excitement it intertwines a great lesson about being against racism. The movie demonstrates the segregation between the black
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