262 reviews
Sales Rank: 1515

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Thx, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6

MPN: 786936144727
ISBN: 0788826859
UPC: 786936144727
EAN: 9780788826856
ASIN: B000056VP4

Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 2000
Release Date: March 20, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Based on a true story, a popular white high school football coach is demoted and replaced by a black coach and the two must work together to unite a team divided by the school's recent integration.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 8-JAN-2002
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com
With only one major star (Denzel Washington), an appealing cast of fresh unknowns, and a winning emphasis of substance over self-indulgent style, Boaz Yakin's Remember the Titans is, like Rudy before it, a football movie that will be fondly remembered by anyone who sees it.

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: Read 257 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars

Plain but has an important message. July 17, 2008
Remember the Titans starring Denzel Washington I believe is a Disney film so expect a sappy ending but this movie is worth watching. The story deals with racial harmony, I like the message but you feel the producers wanted this film to be as sugary sweet as possible. Washington always gives a solid performance, he's reason enough to give this football film a viewing, enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Movie June 13, 2008
This is a great movie. Even if you don't like sports, it is a good story. Delivery was fast. Completely satisfied.

1 out of 5 stars

Misleading garbage... May 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Intentionally false portrayal of race relations and Civil Rights in Virginia circa 1970.

I attended high school in Virginia 1963-1964 and the schools were already successfully integrated statewide without incident and without any ongoing conflict. The events the story is based on actually took place in 1962-1963.

I contacted the producers of this movie to question why they knowingly altered history and their response was that people would not feel "connected" to the story if it took place before the 1970s - that it needed to look more familiar. The result is a phony story and a false portrayal of the South unsuccessfully lagging six years behind the actual Civil Rights act.

Complete garbage.

5 out of 5 stars

worth it May 13, 2008
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.

2 out of 5 stars

Seen It All Before May 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

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.