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Radio (2003 film)
Radio
is a 2003 American
semi-biographical
sports
drama film
directed by
Mike Tollin
, and inspired by the 1996
Sports Illustrated
article "Someone to Lean On" by
Gary Smith
. The article and the movie are based on the true story of
T. L. Hanna High School
football coach Harold Jones (
Ed Harris
) and a mentally challenged young man, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
). The film co-stars
Debra Winger
and
Alfre Woodard
. It was filmed primarily in
Walterboro, South Carolina
because its buildings and downtown core still fit the look of the era the film was trying to depict.
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