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I remember he was pretty mad about the film when it came out. I have never watched and I don’t know much about the guys actual life \. Did it make him look bad?


5 posted on 08/14/2023 4:03:32 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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“Did it make him look bad?”

No, but this does.


11 posted on 08/14/2023 4:08:07 PM PDT by EEGator
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He never wanted the movie to be made. Everyone in the movie, except an opposing player and the father of that player, was made to look really good in the flick. There was one teacher who seemed like a d-bag at first but eventually came around.

Nick Saban, Philip Fulmer, Lou Holtz, Tommy Tupperville and Ed Orgeron are all in the movie


17 posted on 08/14/2023 4:11:11 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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“I remember he was pretty mad about the film when it came out. I have never watched and I don’t know much about the guys actual life \. Did it make him look bad?”

Oher didn’t like his portrayal of himself. The movie showed him knowing nothing about football when he entered high school when the reality was he was already a star player. But I think the extremely low grade issue was true.


25 posted on 08/14/2023 4:27:16 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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The film made him out to be stupid and all.

He never received any royalties from the film while the family made money.


44 posted on 08/14/2023 5:06:34 PM PDT by DMD13
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The film made him look pretty dumb with no real idea how to play football or the importance of defending the quarterback. Later stories explained that he was just used to being twice as big as the other players and never developing strong techniques of blocking. That’s a good way to get knocked on his butt by a defensive lineman almost as big and skilled at what he’s doing when he gets to college.


66 posted on 08/14/2023 6:16:46 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
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