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Radio: Summary: The movie "Radio," starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Ed Harris, is based on a true story about a mentally challenged young man who inspires his hometown's football team to a championship. The title of the movie is "Radio." It is rated PG, and is directed by Mike Tollin. It is based on a true story about James Robert "Radio" Kennedy who is played by, Cuba Gooding Jr. Another main character is Coach Harold Jones, who is played by Ed Harris. The first day the movie was released in theaters was October 24, 2003. Radio inspired his hometown's football team to win a championship, even after it didn't accept him at first. When you were in high school or just around town, did you ever see a mentally challenged person be treated like dirt? James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, is a mentally challenged, young Black man, who in the mid 1970's, spent his afternoons walking past the local high school football field. Radio would walk past the field pushing a shopping cart every day. In the cart was a radio. One day a football came over the fence nearby where he was standing, watching and learning how to coach and how to make friends with many people, and as he picked up the ball, he looked at the players and the coach and walked away with it. Coach Jones invited Radio to be his assistant. The football players didn't like this, so they tortured Radio in every way they could possibly think of. Coach Jones didn't tolerate this kind of behavior and asked Radio to stay as long as he wanted. Some people in the town complained that Radio was a distraction to Coach Jones and the football team, but soon he would change T.L. Hannah High School forever. Ed Harris, whose character was Coach Harold Jones, took Radio in as his own son practically. He fed him and bought him clothes. Soon after that, the whole town noticed how much attention Radio could use. So around Christmas time, the town would buy many presents for Radio so he felt more welcome with the community. Also, Radio got involved with High School activities, such as helping coach the basketball team, and he did the morning announcements. Radio has been with the High School ever since then (and to this day is still known to help with the extra curricular activities and mainly help coach the football team and try to make it to the championship again). “Radio” is a movie full of social psychology in a way of social interaction of the coaches, teammates, and town community. This is a very big important part because from the beginning to the end the people around Radio changes the view points of the movie. Radio's background in his life was a shallow and harsh family. At the end of the movie when he witnessed the death of his mother, took a harsh turn on his social relationship with the coach, new football friends and community around him.