The movie is loosely based on actual events that took place in 1971, when T.C. Williams and the Titans won the Virginia High School League Group AAA state championship. However, the events depicted in the movie differ from history in certain respects.
Similarities:
-In 1971, Herman Boone faced the challenge of a lifetime, and his inspirational story was captured in the Disney film Remember the Titans starring Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington. In 1971, racial tensions ran high in Alexandria, VA, as three schools were newly integrated to form the T.C. Williams High School. It was from this union that the Titan football team was created. The former rivalries between the schools coupled with the strain between the black and white players resulted in a team that was far from united.
-Tensions only escalated when Boone, assistant coach of the former T.C. Williams High School, was named head coach of the Titans, passing over Bill Yoast, the local favorite and successful head coach of the former white Hammond High. Yoast’s supporters were angered by Boone’s appointment, which was seen as a gesture of goodwill to the black community.
-Remarkably, the two coaches were able to put aside their prejudices, and in doing so they unified their players to form a team whose common vision was to respect each other and win football games.At the same time, through the game of football, Boone and Yoast were able to help their small Virginian community put aside their intolerance and join together to support their children. The Titans became one of the best teams in Virginia, compiling a 13-0 record and went on to win the state championship.
Differences:
- Every school they played against had whites and blacks.
- TC Williams was not an underdog when Coach Boone started there. However, the roster and coaching staff changed considerably from the previous year. They were preseason ranked the nation's second best team. They won the state championship by 4 touchdowns.
- Gary Bertier was crippled several months after the football season.
- The Virginia High School Football Hall of Fame didn't exist back then, yet there were significant pressures for Coach Yoast to ensure a loss to regain his position as head coach.
- The character who wouldn't block for Rev, 'cause he is black, didn't exist although it alludes to the team obstacles that existed in the time of bussing and racial tensions.
Trevor Rabin was the music director in Remember the Titans. He wrote 12 pieces for Remember the Titans but only one ended up on its soundtrack. This piece was "Titans Spirit". to listen to this piece click on this link. [1]
Trivia
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Was filmed at Druid Hills High School[2], outside of Atlanta.
Just as in the movie, T.C. Williams trained at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. However, the exterior shots of buildings and monuments barely resemble those at Gettysburg College, despite "looking historical." No "on-location" filming took place at Gettysburg College. No on-location shooting was done in Alexandria, VA, either, and the high school and fields don't resemble the actual T.C. Williams, nor does the city much resemble Alexandria.
When the team finishes its run over the battlefield at Gettysburg, Coach Boone references "Fifty thousand men died right here on this field," but this is incorrect. In fact, total casualties, i.e., killed, wounded, captured, missing, totaled between 46,000 and 51,000. Deaths were under 10,000. (more details at Battle of Gettysburg)
Opened with a gross of $20.905m in the USA and prevented September 2000 from being one of the worst months for movies ever.[citation needed]
The football camp scenes were filmed at Berry College, in Rome, Georgia.
While the movie understandably dramatized the team as underdogs who overcome adversity to win the state championship, in reality the team is still remembered as one of the most talented in Virginia history, especially on defense. Most opponents were over-matched. T.C. Williams' actual opponent in the state championship was Andrew Lewis High School of Salem, Virginia. T.C. Williams won 27-0 in the actual match. However, the championship game was different in the film as the championship game opponent was George C. Marshall High School, a team that had given the Titans a more competitive game in the regular season. The movie preserved that the title game was played at Victory Stadium in Roanoke, Virginia.
In real life, Sheryl Yoast passed away in 1996 at the age of 34, due to a heart condition that went unnoticed for years.
In the movie Bill Yoast had only one daughter, in real life Mr. Yoast had 4 daughters.
At the premiere the then-President Bill Clinton was present.
Coincidently, the film's composer, Trevor Rabin, is South African and grew up during South Africa's Apartheid years, which closely paralleled the divisions depicted in the film.
Julius Campbell's mother and brother died shortly before the film was released.
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