Remember The Titans-How Fictional?

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A lot of the stuff was fictional...including scores, crucial plays in the game, etc.

There's a website that discusses all the facts and BS somewhere. I forget what it is, though. Just search for it.
 

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Was based on T.C. Williams H.S. up in Skinsraj neck of the woods. My dad grew up there and knew most of the coaches and he loved the movie, even though it was sensationalized in parts.
 

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For the record, I loved the movie. But while based on fact, a lot of it was fictional.

Great fucking move, though. One of my favorites. And the soundtrack is crucial.
 

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Movies like that will say "Based on a true story" which means what happened was true but they change details of the movie to make it more "Hollywood"

Great movie though. Loved it.
 

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Loved the movie and it doesn't hurt that they actually showed my high school's scoreboard in the movie.
 

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in reality, they took the two best teams in the state and combined them to create one superhuman powerhouse of blacks and whites. their closest game was a 30+ shellacking if i remember correctly. They domintated.

Great movie though. Cooler that i've played ball against that school
 

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DSethi,
Do you know what the names of the two high schools were that combined to make T.C. Williams?
 

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na i forget...ESPN occasionally has a write-up of all the fiction in these "true stories". When Friday Night Lights came out ESPN wrote something up about these movies, which included Remember the Titans and Hoosiers.

Actually i found it, hold on
 

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here's some shit:
In Reel Life: It's implied that the Titans were underdogs.

In Real Life: "There were more than a few times that I felt genuinely sorry for the teams we played," said Charles Mitchell, a backup running back. "We would have won the state championship without the coaches, in my opinion. We were that dominating. We were that deep." In fact, at the end of the season the Titans were the second-ranked team in the nation.
 

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In Reel Life: In the championship game, the Titans trail 7-0 at the half, 7-3 at the end of the third quarter, and are still behind 7-3 with less than two minutes remaining and Marshall holding the ball. Even though Marshall can run out the clock and win, a Marshall player takes off on what appears likely to be a long TD run. He's tackled from behind by Julius, and fumbles. Rev picks up the fumble and runs in for the winning TD.

In Real Life: The real championship game was much less dramatic. Williams beat Lewis 27-0, with Lewis netting minus-5 total yards on offense.

The Titans did play against Marshall, and it was their closest game: 21-16. But that was the fifth game of the regular season. T.C. Williams had a pretty easy time of the postseason, beating Annandale 28-0 in the regional playoffs, knocking off Woodrow Wilson 36-14 in the state semifinals, then trouncing Lewis for the title.
 

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