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<i>LEIGH ANNE: There's a moment of orderly
silence before a football play begins.</i>

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<i>Players are in position, linemen
are frozen, and anything is possible.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Almost Indian-summer
weather here in mid-November.</i>

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[WHISTLE BLOWS]

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<i>LEIGH ANNE: Then, like a traffic accident,
stuff begins to randomly collide.</i>

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<i>From the snap of the ball
to the snap of the first bone...</i>

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<i>...is closer to four seconds than five.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER: First and 10.
Riggins, flea flicker back to Theismann.</i>

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<i>Theismann's in a lot of trouble.</i>

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[TAPE REWINDING]

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<i>LEIGH ANNE: One Mississippi.
Joe Theismann, the Redskins' quarterback...</i>

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<i>...takes the snap and hands off
to his running back.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER:
First and 10. Riggins-</i>

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<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Two Mississippi.</i>

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<i>It's a trick play, a flea flicker...</i>

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<i>...and the running back tosses the ball
back to the quarterback.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER:
Flea flicker back to Theismann.</i>

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<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Three Mississippi.</i>

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<i>Up to now, the play's been defined
by what the quarterback sees.</i>

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<i>Itís about to be defined
by what he doesn't.</i>

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<i>Four Mississippi.</i>

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<i>Lawrence Taylor is the best
defensive player in the NFL...</i>

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<i>...and has been from the time he
stepped onto the field as a rookie.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER:
Theismann's in a lot of trouble.</i>

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<i>And it was Lawrence Taylor...</i>

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<i>...who slammed Theismann to the ground
at the 42-yard line. The blitz was on...</i>

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<i>LEIGH ANNE: He will also change
the game of football as we know it.</i>

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<i>ANNOUNCER: We'll look at it with
the reverse angle one more time.</i>

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<i>And I suggest if your stomach is weak,
you just don't watch.</i>

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<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Legendary quarterback Joe Theismann...</i>

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<i>...never played another down of football.</i>

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<i>Now, y'all would guess that,
more often than not...</i>

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<i>...the highest paid player
on an NFL team is a quarterback...</i>

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<i>...and you'd be right.</i>

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<i>But what you probably don't know
is, more often than not...</i>

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<i>...the second highest paid player is,
thanks to Lawrence Taylor, a left tackle.</i>

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<i>Because as every housewife knows, the
first check you write is for the mortgage...</i>

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<i>...but the second is for the insurance.</i>

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<i>And the left tackle's job is to protect the
quarterback from what he can't see coming.</i>

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<i>To protect his blind side.</i>

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<i>The ideal left tackle is big,
but a lot of people are big.</i>

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<i>He's wide in the butt
and massive in the thighs.</i>

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<i>He has long arms, giant hands
and feet as quick as a hiccup.</i>

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<i>This is a rare and expensive
combination...</i>

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<i>...the need for which can be traced to that
Monday night game and Lawrence Taylor.</i>

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<i>For on that day, he not only
altered Joe Theismann's life...</i>

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<i>...but mine as well.</i>

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WOMAN:
Mr. Oher.

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Mr. Oher.

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Do you understand?
Do you know why I'm here?

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To investigate?

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Yes. To investigate.

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I'm here to investigate
your odd... predicament.

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Do you find it odd, your predicament?

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Michael?

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I don't know.

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- Can I-? Can I leave now?
- No, you canít.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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MAN:
Where's Coach Cotton's office?

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Thanks, man.

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They said you were the coach.

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Bert Cotton.

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Tony Hamilton, but everybody
just calls me Big Tony.

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Hey, Big Mike, check it out.

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Not even locked.

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White people are crazy.

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[GRUNTS]

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<i>TONY: I promised my ma, Boo,
on her deathbed...</i>

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...that I'd get my son, Steven, out of
public school and into a church school.

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I appreciate that, Tony,
but I'm not involved with admissions.

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I just figured maybe
I can come talk to you...

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...seeing as though
you might need some players.

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- What kind of sport does he play?
- Anything with a ball. The boy's good too.

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Classes start in a week.
It'd have to be for next semester.

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I know what you're thinking, coach.

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But look here, I got money, all right?

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See, I'm a mechanic at Wilsonís Auto,
the other side of town.

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Well, look, what if somebody drops out
or moves? Could they get in then?

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"They"? You only mentioned one son.

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Thatís right, Steven.
But there's another boy.

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- Heh. Another boy?
- Yeah.

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Big Mike. Sleeps on my couch
from time to time.

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It's a bad deal. You know,
his mom's on that crack pipe.

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He ain't got nobody else. He just
wanted to come along for the ride.

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- They're here?
- Yeah.

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Now, the little one, thatís Steven...

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...and the big one...

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Big Mike.

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STEVEN:
Swish!

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Big Mike! Ha-ha.

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Come on.

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Mother of God.

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<i>MAN: Steven Hamilton's paperwork
looks acceptable to me...</i>

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...and I believe he'll do fine.
But this other kid...

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- Big Mike.
- Michael Oher...

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...gives us no reason to believe that...

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...based on his records,
that he would be successful here.

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Well, how bad could it be?

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We're not exactly sure how old he is,
due to his lack of records.

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He has a measured IQ of 80,
which is sixth percentile.

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His grade-point average
begins with zero, 0.6.

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Everyone passed him along.

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They gave him D's so they could
hand their problem off to the next school.

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He's a brave kid.

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For wanting to come here,
for wanting a quality education.

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An education denied him by
the poor quality of schools he's attended.

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Most kids with his background wouldnít
come within 200 miles of this place.

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Coach Cotton, we understand your interest
in this young manís athletic abilities.

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He wouldnít be able to play sports
until he got his grades up.

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Forget sports.

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Look at the wall.

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"Christian. " We either take that
seriously or we paint over it.

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You don't admit Michael Oher
because of sports.

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You admit him because
it's the right thing to do.

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[STUDENTS CHATTERING]

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Class, this is Mike Oher...

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...and he's new here so I expect
you all to make him feel welcome.

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Mike, just take any empty seat.

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This is a quiz based on the information...

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...you learned last year
in your science curriculum.

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Don't worry, it's not gonna be graded.

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I just wanna see how much information
we need to hit again.

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Just answer whatever you know.

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[BELL RINGS]

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[STUDENTS CHATTERING]

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[GIRL LAUGHING]

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Thank you.

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- Can I leave now?
- Yeah.

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Take your book.

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WOMAN: I'm tired
of having someone always in our home.

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I'm tired of him eating all the food.

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TONY: Look, man, you gotta be Christian
about this thing.

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WOMAN: Let somebody else
be Christian about this thing.

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TONY: Dee, come on, I canít kick him out
on the street like he's some dog.

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DEE: Let somebody else
take the responsibility.

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TONY: What, you want me to go to
Beale Street and drop him off?

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DEE: When do I have time
just to be with you?

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TONY: All right, all right. Whatever.
You win. I'll take care of it.

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[WHISTLE BLOWS]

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WOMAN: I don't care if Patrick Ramsey
approved the chair.

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He's an NFL quarterback,
not Martha fricking Stewart.

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Because there is a difference
between Bunny Williams and a La-Z-Boy.

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<i>No, see, when MTV Cribs
comes to his house...</i>

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...heíll be showing off
his home theater.

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AII I'm gonna see
is a brown Barcalounger.

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No, listen to me, I'm the designer,
my name is on it.

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Deliver what I ordered, all right?
Thank you.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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Yeah!

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LEIGH ANNE: Whatíd I miss?
- Collins just got a dig.

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It's girls' volleyball, Mom.
You didn't miss anything.

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CROWD:
Oh!

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- Come on, Collins, move your feet.
SEAN: Good job, Collins.

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Go.

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We'll wait for you outside.

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Don't double condition in
the shower, you have homework.

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I'm going to Cannonís to study.

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SJ! SJ, do not go in the girls' locker
room again. Come here! SJ, come here!

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<i>MAN: The big kid's been here
for, what, a month?</i>

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He's still not cutting it in my class.

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Why does Admissions do this?
I mean, it's not fair to us or the boy.

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They're just setting him up to fail.

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I don't think he has any idea
of what I'm teaching.

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And how would you know if he did?
He won't even talk.

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He writes.

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His name. Barely.

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He threw this in the trash can.

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"I look and I see white everywhere:

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White walls, white floors,
and a lot of white people.

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The teachers do not know I have no idea
of anything they are talking about.

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I do not wanna listen to anyone,
especially the teachers.

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They are giving homework and expecting
me to do the problems on my own.

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I have never done homework in my life.

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I go to the bathroom,
look in the mirror and say:

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'This is not Michael Oher. "'

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He entitled it "White Walls. "

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How's the spelling?

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[CHUCKLING]

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Hi.

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Smile at them.
It lets them know you're their friend.

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You're Big Mike, right?

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Well, I'm Sean.

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But everyone calls me SJ. It's for
Sean Junior. My father's name is Sean.

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Sean Tuohy? He was a basketball star
at Ole Miss, point guard.

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Now he owns like a million Taco Bells.

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[HONKING HORN]

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[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

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LEIGH ANNE: Who is that, SJ?
SJ: Big Mike.

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Get your feet off my dash.

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Thank you. Put on your seat belt.

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[STARTS ENGINE]

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Big Mike?

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Mike, I got a call from someone
at the police department.

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You remember a story in the papers
a while back about a man who...

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...fell off an overpass?

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No one knew who he was.

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They didn't know if he jumped or if...

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Well, anyway, he- He passed away.

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Mike, that man was your father.

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They've been looking for
somebody to notify and they-

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They found your name in our registry.

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I'm really sorry, son.

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Were you close to him?

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When's the last time you saw him?

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I don't know.

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- He knows it!
- Who knows it and what does he know?

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The material. Michael Oher.
I gave him this test verbally.

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- Is that even allowed?
- A "C"? On how big a curve?

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He's been listening all along.
It's amazing what he's absorbed.

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And, trust me, he's listening to you too.
Now, his reading level is low...

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...and he's got no idea
how to learn in a classroom...

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I'm not saying he's gonna pass,
but Big Mike is not stupid.

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LEIGH ANNE: Hey. Good job.
SJ: Mama. Daddy.

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SEAN:
Good job. Hey...

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- ... I got a question for you.
SJ: Yeah?

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There was a little girl about two rows
back. What was her name?

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- Oh, that was Kinsey.
- Kinsey, yeah.

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I saw your little Indian feathers
get all ruffled up.

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Yeah! She is nice.

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SJ. Don't let this go to your head...

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...but I thought you were
very convincing in the role of...

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- Indian Number 3?
- Yes.

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I tried out for the chief,
but they gave it to Andy Sung.

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I canít be sure, but I think there's
some multi-cultural-bias thing working.

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Or maybe they just thought
that he'd make a better chief.

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Dad, he's, like, Chinese.

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Yeah, and you're Irish.

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If you weren't the chief,
how did you get the headdress?

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Dad, I'm gonna need a few more
of those free quesadilla tickets.

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[CHUCKLES]

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And where does the acorn fall?

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Hey, don't laugh too hard.
The quesadillas saved our ass.

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Don't use the A-word.

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What is he wearing?

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It's freezing.

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- What's his name again?
- Big Mike.

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Where is he going?

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Hey, Big Mike. Where you headed?

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Gym.

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Go ahead.

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Turn around.

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Big Mike!

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Stop the car.

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Big Mike.

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Hey. My name's Leigh Anne Tuohy.
My kids go to Wingate.

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You said you were going to the gym?

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School gym's closed.

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Why were you going to the gym?

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Big Mike, why were you
going to the gym?

00:21:07.930 --> 00:21:09.898
Because it's- It's warm.

00:21:11.401 --> 00:21:13.198
Do you have anyplace to stay tonight?

00:21:15.104 --> 00:21:16.401
Don't you dare lie to me.

00:21:29.352 --> 00:21:33.448
I've seen that look many times.
She's about to get her way.

00:21:34.390 --> 00:21:35.448
Come on.

00:21:37.894 --> 00:21:39.327
Come on.

00:21:42.532 --> 00:21:44.466
SJ, make room.

00:21:44.634 --> 00:21:46.295
Get inside.

00:21:48.004 --> 00:21:49.494
Come on.

00:22:00.983 --> 00:22:03.315
- Where we going?
- Home.

00:22:18.501 --> 00:22:23.063
I know, it's my favorite part.
He's so cute.

00:22:23.506 --> 00:22:25.599
How'd the dork do in the school play?

00:22:30.213 --> 00:22:31.510
Um...

00:22:31.681 --> 00:22:32.841
Okay.

00:22:33.282 --> 00:22:36.274
Collins, do you know Big Mike
from school?

00:22:37.787 --> 00:22:41.484
I'd give you the guest bedroom,
but it's full of sample boxes.

00:22:41.657 --> 00:22:44.956
And the sectional in the family room
slides apart when you sleep on it.

00:22:45.128 --> 00:22:47.323
Least thatís what Sean says.

00:22:47.497 --> 00:22:49.260
Mr. Tuohy sleeps on the couch?

00:22:49.532 --> 00:22:51.124
Only when he's bad. All right.

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:55.669
The powder room is right there and we
will be upstairs if you need us. All right?

00:22:56.372 --> 00:22:59.466
Okay. Sleep tight, honey.

00:23:52.762 --> 00:23:54.252
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Was this a bad idea?</i>

00:23:54.530 --> 00:23:55.554
What?

00:23:55.731 --> 00:23:59.167
Don't lie there and pretend like you're
not thinking the same thing as me.

00:23:59.335 --> 00:24:02.827
Tell me what you're thinking so I'll know
what's supposed to be on my mind.

00:24:03.005 --> 00:24:05.132
How well do you know Big Mike?

00:24:05.308 --> 00:24:07.776
Case you hadn't noticed,
he didn't have much to say.

00:24:07.944 --> 00:24:10.504
What's the big deal?
It's just for one night, right?

00:24:12.415 --> 00:24:15.009
It is just for one night,
right, Leigh Anne?

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:20.020
You don't think he'll steal anything,
do you?

00:24:21.157 --> 00:24:23.625
I guess we'll know in the morning.

00:24:35.738 --> 00:24:37.706
<i>ANNOUNCER [ON TV]:
- talking about Mississippi and Arkansas.</i>

00:24:37.874 --> 00:24:39.341
<i>The fight's gotten more interesting.</i>

00:24:39.508 --> 00:24:42.875
Well, if you hear a scream,
call the insurance adjuster.

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:45.106
[CHUCKLES]

00:25:02.331 --> 00:25:04.060
Mike?

00:25:13.409 --> 00:25:15.570
Big Mike?

00:25:16.112 --> 00:25:17.875
Mike?

00:25:30.826 --> 00:25:32.657
Big Mike!

00:25:40.770 --> 00:25:42.499
You gonna make me
walk the whole way?

00:25:43.272 --> 00:25:45.263
All right, then.

00:25:45.775 --> 00:25:47.174
Where are you going?

00:25:48.077 --> 00:25:49.101
I don't know.

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:53.809
Well, are you spending Thanksgiving
with your family?

00:25:54.116 --> 00:25:56.812
<i>ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Those 40, 50 guys
from State here can quiet them down.</i>

00:25:56.986 --> 00:25:59.420
<i>As you mentioned,
the Mississippi State defensive-</i>

00:25:59.588 --> 00:26:01.453
- Come and get it, y'all.
- Yeah, baby!

00:26:01.624 --> 00:26:03.216
SEAN:
Let's eat!

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.856
Come on!

00:26:05.695 --> 00:26:06.753
It's that Rebel turkey.

00:26:07.697 --> 00:26:10.530
Thank your mother for driving
to the store and getting this.

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:12.361
COLLINS: Thank you, Mama.
- Thank you, Mama.

00:26:12.535 --> 00:26:15.470
SEAN: Food and football.
LEIGH ANNE: Eat all you want.

00:26:15.638 --> 00:26:18.698
Come on. Hustle, hustle.
We gotta get back over there.

00:26:18.874 --> 00:26:20.569
SJ:
Going, Dad.

00:26:21.010 --> 00:26:22.375
Don't take my spot.

00:26:22.545 --> 00:26:25.013
- No rushing, SJ. SJ, slow down.
- Coming through.

00:26:25.181 --> 00:26:28.673
SJ: No.
SEAN: This is fantastic.

00:26:29.852 --> 00:26:33.879
LEIGH ANNE: Oh, yíall, I forgot
the potato salad. How's Ole Miss doing?

00:26:34.056 --> 00:26:36.547
SEAN:
They're kicking butt.

00:26:37.193 --> 00:26:39.252
<i>ANNOUNCER: One wide receiver left...
SEAN: Good, huh?</i>

00:26:39.428 --> 00:26:42.488
<i>...and one corner, number 30,
out in press coverage-</i>

00:26:42.665 --> 00:26:44.690
Sean, salad.

00:26:45.835 --> 00:26:47.700
SJ: It's great, Mom.
COLLINS: So good. Thanks, Mama.

00:26:47.870 --> 00:26:48.962
Yeah, Mama.

00:26:49.138 --> 00:26:52.198
<i>Nice little surge,
but not much running inside.</i>

00:26:52.375 --> 00:26:54.741
<i>SJ: Come on.
- And the Rebels got third and long here.</i>

00:26:54.910 --> 00:26:58.437
<i>Birdsong and Mawhinney on the tackle.
Ole Miss, five of 10 on third downs.</i>

00:26:58.614 --> 00:27:01.276
<i>From the 26, third down and six
for the Rebs here.</i>

00:27:01.450 --> 00:27:02.474
SJ:
Come on, defense.

00:27:02.651 --> 00:27:05.779
<i>I formation. The rain is slow,
let's see if they try a pass or not.</i>

00:27:05.955 --> 00:27:08.355
<i>Now Turner goes in motion
out of the backfield.</i>

00:27:08.524 --> 00:27:10.287
<i>State showing blitz, Manning to throw.</i>

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:13.758
<i>Runs to his right,
throws it at the feet of the-</i>

00:27:13.929 --> 00:27:15.624
- Hey. Mom.
- What?

00:27:15.798 --> 00:27:17.629
But it's Thanksgiving.

00:27:19.435 --> 00:27:22.529
- Wow.
- Why are we eating in here?

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:31.144
Shall we say grace?

00:27:48.798 --> 00:27:54.065
Heavenly Father, we thank you for
all the many blessings on this family.

00:27:54.236 --> 00:27:56.898
We thank you for bringing us
a new friend.

00:27:57.573 --> 00:28:00.736
And we ask that you look after us
on this holiday season...

00:28:00.910 --> 00:28:05.779
...that we may never forget
how very fortunate we are. Amen.

00:28:05.948 --> 00:28:07.438
Amen.

00:28:09.452 --> 00:28:12.353
SEAN: Let's check the score.
SJ: Up by 10.

00:28:13.789 --> 00:28:16.587
LEIGH ANNE: Collins, can you pass me
the green beans, please?

00:28:17.093 --> 00:28:21.325
Don't pick it with your fingers.
Just take- Take a sp- Ta-

00:28:23.966 --> 00:28:26.662
- SJ, elbows.
- Sorry.

00:28:29.905 --> 00:28:32.999
So, Big Mike. You like to shop?

00:28:34.944 --> 00:28:37.879
Because tomorrow I think I'm gonna
have to show you how it's done.

00:28:38.047 --> 00:28:39.605
[SNORTS]

00:28:43.285 --> 00:28:45.150
I got clothes.

00:28:45.321 --> 00:28:47.380
You have clothes.

00:28:47.556 --> 00:28:51.048
And an extra T-shirt in a plastic bag
does not a wardrobe make.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.984
I have clothes.

00:28:53.162 --> 00:28:56.154
Fine, let's go get them.
Just tell me where I'm going.

00:29:06.408 --> 00:29:07.466
All right.

00:29:08.277 --> 00:29:13.806
Tell me everything I need to know about
you. Who takes care of you? A mother?

00:29:13.983 --> 00:29:18.113
Do you have a mother?
A grandmother maybe?

00:29:22.525 --> 00:29:26.655
Tell you what, Big Mike, we can do this
the easy way or we can do this the hard way.

00:29:26.829 --> 00:29:28.763
You take your pick.

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.233
Fine.

00:29:33.536 --> 00:29:39.236
Tell me just one thing I should know
about you. Just- Just one.

00:29:41.477 --> 00:29:43.570
I don't like to be called Big Mike.

00:29:45.281 --> 00:29:46.680
Okay.

00:29:47.049 --> 00:29:50.917
Tell you what, from now on,
to me, you're Michael.

00:29:51.387 --> 00:29:52.945
Okay?

00:29:54.557 --> 00:29:56.718
So, Michael...

00:29:58.794 --> 00:30:00.386
...where are we headed?

00:30:00.563 --> 00:30:04.226
ALTON: I kid yíall not, yíall. I'm gonna
tell it. Make it rain and everything, right?

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:08.837
Shorty- Shorty gets to the top of the pole.
She just done-

00:30:12.374 --> 00:30:14.342
MAN 1: That's nice.
MAN 2: Yo, check it.

00:30:14.510 --> 00:30:17.502
MAN 3: What's that, a seven?
MAN 4: For real.

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.443
Yeah.

00:30:20.115 --> 00:30:21.412
ALTON:
Yeah, right there.

00:30:21.584 --> 00:30:24.610
- You know them?
- Man, I ain't got no idea, shorty.

00:30:24.787 --> 00:30:27.153
This is where your mother lives?

00:30:27.556 --> 00:30:30.320
- Let's go get them.
- Don't- Don't get out.

00:30:30.492 --> 00:30:33.052
Who's gonna help you
carry your clothes, Michael?

00:30:36.332 --> 00:30:38.391
Don't get out the car.

00:30:44.873 --> 00:30:46.602
ALTON:
Snowflake.

00:30:47.209 --> 00:30:49.609
Oh. That's Big Mike, man.

00:30:50.246 --> 00:30:53.044
Oh, Big Mike is in the house.

00:30:54.650 --> 00:30:56.777
Big Mike! Where you been, baby?

00:30:59.688 --> 00:31:04.352
Hey, who that fine thing you got driving you
around now, like Miss Daisy or something?

00:31:04.526 --> 00:31:05.857
Hey, David.

00:31:06.028 --> 00:31:10.124
ALTON: You need to holler at me about them
sneakers, man. I'm gonna take care of you.

00:31:13.302 --> 00:31:16.100
I run this over here in Hurt Village.
Baby, believe that.

00:31:19.942 --> 00:31:24.242
Ey. Hey, D, watch this. They always
go for the wink, watch this.

00:31:24.413 --> 00:31:27.507
There you go. Yeah, snowflake. Ha-ha-ha.

00:31:27.883 --> 00:31:30.613
You like that. Yeah.

00:32:06.221 --> 00:32:10.123
WOMAN 1: That girl will not listen to me.
WOMAN 2: She don't listen to nobody.

00:32:10.292 --> 00:32:13.159
- Hey, Mike.
- Hi, Big Mike.

00:32:20.936 --> 00:32:22.335
<i>MICHAEL:
She wasn't home.</i>

00:32:26.008 --> 00:32:29.409
Well, we can come back.

00:32:32.281 --> 00:32:35.307
She probably moved to a nicer place.

00:32:38.520 --> 00:32:40.511
[MEN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

00:32:46.028 --> 00:32:50.260
I've been in Memphis my whole life
and never been anywhere near here.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:55.836
- You're gonna take care of me, right?
MICHAEL: I got your back.

00:32:59.041 --> 00:33:01.566
Now just follow me, yíall. Uh-huh.

00:33:01.744 --> 00:33:03.302
There we go.

00:33:03.479 --> 00:33:06.505
Oh, we also got apparel for the ladies.

00:33:06.682 --> 00:33:10.140
But everything we got that'll fit him
is right here.

00:33:12.788 --> 00:33:13.880
This is it?

00:33:14.189 --> 00:33:17.488
If this is all you got, why's it say
"Big and Tall" on the sign?

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:21.060
Big and Tall. You need
Bigger and Taller.

00:33:23.132 --> 00:33:25.259
- Holler if you need me.
LEIGH ANNE: Thank you.

00:33:25.434 --> 00:33:29.928
- See anything you like?
- Hey, I got just what you're looking for.

00:33:30.105 --> 00:33:32.096
One thing I know about shopping
is that...

00:33:32.274 --> 00:33:35.038
...if you don't love it in the store,
you won't wear it.

00:33:35.210 --> 00:33:37.178
The store's where you like it the best.

00:33:37.346 --> 00:33:40.645
So before you choose something,
think of yourself wearing it.

00:33:40.816 --> 00:33:43.944
Say to yourself, "Is this me?"

00:33:46.989 --> 00:33:48.786
What about this one?

00:33:53.162 --> 00:33:56.620
Well, this is not atrocious, this...

00:33:57.032 --> 00:34:00.832
No? All right, well, you go look
over there and I'll go look over here.

00:34:04.173 --> 00:34:07.836
Why would you need this many coats
out of plastic?

00:34:10.112 --> 00:34:14.344
Good Lord. What is this made out of?

00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:23.182
That's the one? That's the one you like?

00:34:25.127 --> 00:34:27.186
Well, all right, then.

00:34:38.073 --> 00:34:39.404
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

00:34:41.143 --> 00:34:43.703
Have a great day! Learn something.

00:34:50.919 --> 00:34:52.079
[HORN HONKS]

00:34:52.254 --> 00:34:54.313
Oh, don't get your panties in a wad.

00:34:54.490 --> 00:34:55.616
[STARTS ENGINE]

00:34:55.824 --> 00:34:56.882
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:59.857
BETH:
The best part about Paris was the food.

00:35:00.028 --> 00:35:02.428
They use sauce like we use gravy.

00:35:02.598 --> 00:35:05.863
- I had to join a gym the day I got back.
WOMAN: Oh.

00:35:07.436 --> 00:35:10.030
Have yíall spent much time
on the other side of town?

00:35:10.205 --> 00:35:13.504
- Where exactly are you talking about?
- Alabama Street, Hurt Village.

00:35:13.675 --> 00:35:16.007
Hurt Village? That sounds like a threat.

00:35:16.178 --> 00:35:17.611
LEIGH ANNE:
Not far off.

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:20.043
I think it might hurt me to go there.

00:35:20.215 --> 00:35:22.115
It would hurt your reputation
to go there.

00:35:22.284 --> 00:35:25.776
Actually, I'm from there but didn't mind
hard work, and look where I am now.

00:35:25.954 --> 00:35:27.615
Eating an $18 salad?

00:35:27.789 --> 00:35:29.154
[WOMEN CHUCKLING]

00:35:29.324 --> 00:35:31.087
And it's a little soggy, to be honest.

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:34.855
What is this sudden interest in the projects?
Another one of your "charities"?

00:35:35.030 --> 00:35:39.160
Wait. Project for the projects.
Ooh. That's catchy!

00:35:39.334 --> 00:35:40.892
Y'all, money would raise itself.

00:35:41.069 --> 00:35:43.196
Okay. Count me in, Leigh Anne.

00:35:43.372 --> 00:35:44.396
[WOMEN CHUCKLING]

00:35:44.573 --> 00:35:47.269
- Break out your checkbooks.
WOMAN: Yes.

00:35:47.442 --> 00:35:51.003
SJ, you have two more minutes
on that Playbox thing, all right?

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:53.204
SJ: Aw, Mom!
- There you go.

00:35:57.686 --> 00:36:00.154
Michael, do you wanna stay here?

00:36:02.858 --> 00:36:07.227
I mean, because if you wanna stay here
for a while longer...

00:36:07.396 --> 00:36:12.265
...I can find some time to
figure out a bedroom for you.

00:36:13.635 --> 00:36:15.330
I mean, because look at this.

00:36:15.504 --> 00:36:18.803
You have practically ruined
a $10,000 couch.

00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:26.639
Do you wanna stay here, Michael?

00:36:29.251 --> 00:36:31.742
I don't wanna go anyplace else.

00:36:37.125 --> 00:36:38.854
Well, all right, then.

00:36:41.763 --> 00:36:43.754
SJ, you better be off that Playbox.

00:36:43.932 --> 00:36:46.093
SJ:
That wasn't two minutes.

00:36:46.735 --> 00:36:49.033
Good night, Mrs. Tuohy.

00:36:54.743 --> 00:36:58.179
I see on the admission that we're
Michaelís contact for medical emergencies.

00:36:58.347 --> 00:36:59.939
MRS. SMITH:
Sean wrote that in last week.

00:37:00.115 --> 00:37:03.209
We needed a contact number and
the ones listed weren't in service.

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:06.114
I love that man.

00:37:07.189 --> 00:37:08.281
What's this?

00:37:09.458 --> 00:37:13.360
The state makes schools measure
for career aptitude in the eighth grade...

00:37:13.528 --> 00:37:16.588
- ... and this just came with his file.
- What's it say about Michael?

00:37:16.765 --> 00:37:19.529
Spatial relations, third percentile.

00:37:19.701 --> 00:37:22.966
Ability to learn, fifth percentile.

00:37:23.138 --> 00:37:27.632
It's funny though. He tested in
the 98th percentile in one category.

00:37:27.809 --> 00:37:30.676
- Which one?
- Protective instincts.

00:37:33.248 --> 00:37:37.651
So over here you have a desk,
chest of drawers...

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:40.913
...you have a nightstand, a light,
an alarm.

00:37:41.089 --> 00:37:44.718
Sean says all pro athletes use futons
if they canít find a bed big enough...

00:37:44.893 --> 00:37:47.760
...so I got you one of those.
Of course the frame was heinous.

00:37:47.929 --> 00:37:51.330
I was not about to let that in my house,
but I got you something nicer.

00:37:53.101 --> 00:37:56.264
- It's mine?
- Yes, sir.

00:37:57.339 --> 00:38:00.103
- What?
- Never had one before.

00:38:00.842 --> 00:38:02.605
What, a room to yourself?

00:38:03.345 --> 00:38:05.006
A bed.

00:38:14.389 --> 00:38:17.017
Well, you have one now.

00:38:48.724 --> 00:38:51.625
MRS. BOSWELL:
Okay. Define osmosis.

00:38:52.327 --> 00:38:54.591
I think I know that one.

00:38:55.297 --> 00:38:58.926
It's when water passes through
a barrier.

00:38:59.101 --> 00:39:01.592
That's basically right, Michael.
Very good.

00:39:09.377 --> 00:39:13.313
Name the combatants
in the Battle of Waterloo.

00:39:13.482 --> 00:39:16.212
I know that one. Um...

00:39:16.384 --> 00:39:18.147
- The little guy, Napoleon.
- Uh-huh.

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:22.313
He was on one side
and a duke was on the other.

00:39:22.491 --> 00:39:23.981
Duke of Wellington.

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:27.219
Yeah, and the Duke of Wellington,
he had Russians helping him.

00:39:27.395 --> 00:39:28.419
Prussians.

00:39:42.677 --> 00:39:47.410
Enough with the rugby shirts.
You look like a giant bumblebee.

00:39:49.751 --> 00:39:50.979
SJ:
That Taco Bell.

00:39:51.153 --> 00:39:54.919
KFC catty-corner. And
the Long John Silverís on the next block.

00:39:55.090 --> 00:39:56.114
MICHAEL:
You own all of them?

00:39:56.291 --> 00:39:59.021
- Yeah. We've got like hundreds.
- Eighty-five.

00:39:59.294 --> 00:40:01.489
Is that why Mr. Tuohy
don't have to go to work?

00:40:01.730 --> 00:40:05.689
Whoa, whoa! Hey! I'm working even
when I'm not working.

00:40:06.434 --> 00:40:09.528
- What?
- And you eat at all these places for free?

00:40:09.704 --> 00:40:11.672
All you want. It's awesome.

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:14.775
What do yíall do with all
the leftover food from the restaurant?

00:40:14.943 --> 00:40:17.309
We have to throw some out,
what's already cooked.

00:40:17.479 --> 00:40:20.277
- That's too bad.
- Yeah, I'd rather sell it.

00:40:20.448 --> 00:40:22.780
Seems like you could give it away
or something.

00:40:22.951 --> 00:40:26.751
- You should check into that, Daddy.
SEAN: All right, I will, SJ.

00:40:26.922 --> 00:40:29.720
How come we're not eating
at one of your restaurants tonight?

00:40:29.891 --> 00:40:33.349
- Well, because tonight is a special occasion.
SJ: What?

00:40:33.895 --> 00:40:37.353
I talked to Coach Cotton. He said
Michaelís grades have improved enough...

00:40:37.532 --> 00:40:40.365
...that he can go out
for spring football in March.

00:40:40.535 --> 00:40:43.902
- Isn't that great?
- Oh, man! You're gonna crush some people!

00:40:44.506 --> 00:40:46.235
[SEAN CHUCKLES]

00:40:51.246 --> 00:40:54.044
- Hey, guys, how we doing?
- Great, thank you.

00:40:54.916 --> 00:40:58.374
I've got a design book I need to get.
Why don't you check our reservation?

00:40:58.553 --> 00:41:00.453
They'll seat us right away.
Can't it wait?

00:41:00.622 --> 00:41:03.090
They might be closed by then.
Come on, SJ!

00:41:03.258 --> 00:41:04.782
I need some new magazines.

00:41:07.162 --> 00:41:09.062
Michael, come on. Come on.

00:41:20.208 --> 00:41:23.541
Collins? Collins?

00:41:24.012 --> 00:41:26.537
Collins, come on, your dad's
already PO'd. Let's go.

00:41:26.715 --> 00:41:27.909
COLLINS:
Over here.

00:41:29.517 --> 00:41:31.644
[COLLINS CHUCKLING]

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:33.913
[CHATTERING]

00:41:36.291 --> 00:41:40.990
You remember this one, Mom?
You read it to us like a thousand times.

00:41:41.396 --> 00:41:45.093
"He gnashed his terrible teeth
and he roared his terrible roar. "

00:41:46.167 --> 00:41:48.067
I always liked this one.

00:41:48.236 --> 00:41:49.601
<i>Mm. Ferdinand.</i>

00:41:49.905 --> 00:41:51.736
Me too.

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:55.432
Michael, your mama ever read
either one of those books to you?

00:41:58.680 --> 00:42:00.238
No?

00:42:00.949 --> 00:42:02.507
COLLINS:
How cute!

00:42:02.684 --> 00:42:04.174
SEAN:
It was a good steak, huh?

00:42:04.352 --> 00:42:05.341
COLLINS:
Thank you, Daddy.

00:42:05.520 --> 00:42:07.078
LEIGH ANNE:
Thank you for a lovely dinner, Papa.

00:42:07.255 --> 00:42:08.620
SEAN:
Here we go.

00:42:23.805 --> 00:42:25.796
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

00:42:43.825 --> 00:42:48.558
Michael. Who was that boy
you were talking to at the restaurant?

00:42:48.730 --> 00:42:50.698
Marcus.

00:42:51.366 --> 00:42:55.462
- Marcus, and he- He works there?
- Yeah.

00:42:56.571 --> 00:42:58.402
How do you know him?

00:42:59.941 --> 00:43:02.136
He's my brother.

00:43:08.683 --> 00:43:11.584
Well, we'd really- We'd really
like to meet him someday.

00:43:12.821 --> 00:43:15.119
Would that be okay with you?

00:43:15.590 --> 00:43:17.524
MICHAEL:
I don't know where he stays.

00:43:18.226 --> 00:43:20.717
LEIGH ANNE:
When was the last time you saw him?

00:43:23.565 --> 00:43:25.123
When I was little, maybe.

00:43:29.771 --> 00:43:33.832
<i>LEIGH ANNE: "Once upon a time in Spain,
there was a little bull...</i>

00:43:34.009 --> 00:43:37.172
...and his name was Ferdinand.

00:43:37.545 --> 00:43:40.844
All the other little bulls he lived with
would run and jump...

00:43:41.016 --> 00:43:43.746
...and butt their heads together.

00:43:44.386 --> 00:43:46.911
But not Ferdinand.

00:43:48.089 --> 00:43:53.891
He liked to sit just quietly
and smell the flowers.

00:43:54.996 --> 00:43:58.796
He had a favorite spot out
in the pasture under a cork tree.

00:44:00.402 --> 00:44:02.529
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
It was his favorite tree...</i>

00:44:02.704 --> 00:44:08.267
<i>...and he would sit in its shade
all day and smell the flowers. "</i>

00:44:08.443 --> 00:44:11.207
- Good night.
- Good night.

00:44:13.581 --> 00:44:16.175
- What?
- What?

00:44:16.451 --> 00:44:18.578
Why are you smiling?

00:44:18.853 --> 00:44:23.222
I don't know, I'm just happy.
Real happy.

00:44:23.391 --> 00:44:26.360
Does this happiness have anything
to do with Michael?

00:44:26.528 --> 00:44:28.155
No.

00:44:28.963 --> 00:44:31.864
It has everything to do with Michael.

00:44:33.234 --> 00:44:35.725
Mm. Mm.

00:44:35.970 --> 00:44:37.938
- Happy's good.
- Mm.

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:40.567
You know what I think we should do?

00:44:40.742 --> 00:44:43.540
We should start a charity
for kids like Michael.

00:44:43.711 --> 00:44:46.145
- Okay.
- Maybe fund a program at Wingate.

00:44:46.314 --> 00:44:47.338
Sure.

00:44:47.515 --> 00:44:49.779
Lord knows that school
could use a little color.

00:44:49.951 --> 00:44:53.546
Poor Michaelís like a fly in the milk
in that place.

00:44:53.721 --> 00:44:55.621
Are you listening to me?

00:44:57.459 --> 00:45:02.089
- Hmm?
- I try to concentrate on one...

00:45:02.897 --> 00:45:04.558
...thing...

00:45:04.999 --> 00:45:06.660
...at a time.

00:45:06.835 --> 00:45:08.530
[WHISPERING]
You knew I was a multitasker...

00:45:08.703 --> 00:45:10.068
...when you married me, right?

00:45:10.238 --> 00:45:14.299
- I sure did.
- Right. Okay, just checking.

00:45:18.113 --> 00:45:22.482
Okay, Tuohy family.
Big smiles, everyone.

00:45:23.284 --> 00:45:27.186
And one, two, three!

00:45:29.624 --> 00:45:30.648
Michael.

00:45:30.825 --> 00:45:32.952
Come on down here
and get in the next one.

00:45:33.161 --> 00:45:36.153
Come on. Come on. Come on down.

00:45:41.503 --> 00:45:44.563
Oh, come on. It's not like I'm gonna
put it on the Christmas card.

00:45:44.739 --> 00:45:49.039
Okay, let's scootch in a little tighter.

00:45:49.210 --> 00:45:50.734
That's good.

00:45:51.513 --> 00:45:52.844
Really big smiles.

00:45:53.014 --> 00:45:55.676
Okay, one, two, three.

00:45:55.850 --> 00:45:57.647
- Say "Rebels!"
ALL: Rebels!

00:46:01.856 --> 00:46:04.381
<i>ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: -a blitz off
the corner, quick pass over the middle.</i>

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:08.825
<i>- The hot route was there. And that's...
LEIGH ANNE: I got it.</i>

00:46:09.497 --> 00:46:11.829
- Who's winning?
- Tennessee.

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:14.662
- Ugh. Who they playing?
- Clemson.

00:46:14.836 --> 00:46:17.498
Your mama roots against Tennessee
no matter who they play?

00:46:17.672 --> 00:46:20.106
Uh- Yes, I do. With gusto.

00:46:20.275 --> 00:46:22.175
She canít stand Tennessee.

00:46:22.343 --> 00:46:25.403
Collie-bell, I thought you were
going over to your boyfriend's.

00:46:25.580 --> 00:46:27.445
Thought I'd hang around here
for the day.

00:46:28.316 --> 00:46:29.749
Hmm.

00:46:29.984 --> 00:46:31.542
I like that.

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:34.620
There's a couple messages on the machine.
I didn't check them.

00:46:34.789 --> 00:46:36.222
LEIGH ANNE:
All right.

00:46:37.192 --> 00:46:40.593
<i>BOBBY: Hey, Sean, hey, Leigh Anne, it's
your cousin Bobby. Happy New Year's.</i>

00:46:40.828 --> 00:46:43.695
- Listen, I've had about five cold ones...
- Of course you have.

00:46:43.865 --> 00:46:45.924
<i>...so I'm just gonna go ahead and ask:</i>

00:46:46.501 --> 00:46:49.834
Did yíall know there's a colored boy
in your Christmas card?

00:46:51.406 --> 00:46:52.532
[BOTH CHUCKLING]

00:46:52.874 --> 00:46:54.603
What?

00:46:55.210 --> 00:46:58.202
You just looked teeny-tiny next to him.

00:46:58.379 --> 00:47:00.347
Right? Like Jessica Lange and King Kong.

00:47:00.515 --> 00:47:01.573
[WOMEN LAUGHING]

00:47:01.749 --> 00:47:04.343
Hey, does Michael get
the family discount at Taco Bell?

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:08.046
Because if he does,
Sean's gonna lose a few stores.

00:47:08.223 --> 00:47:09.281
He's a good kid.

00:47:09.457 --> 00:47:12.392
Well, I say you make it official
and just adopt him.

00:47:12.560 --> 00:47:13.993
[WOMEN LAUGHING]

00:47:14.162 --> 00:47:18.462
He's gonna be 18 in a few months. Doesn't
really make much sense to legally adopt.

00:47:21.636 --> 00:47:22.660
Leigh Anne.

00:47:23.137 --> 00:47:25.662
Is this some sort of white-guilt thing?

00:47:26.007 --> 00:47:28.305
ELAINE:
What will your daddy say?

00:47:29.010 --> 00:47:32.309
Um... Before or after
he turns over in his grave?

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:34.948
Daddy's been gone five years, Elaine.

00:47:35.116 --> 00:47:38.244
Make matters worse, you were
at the funeral. Remember?

00:47:38.419 --> 00:47:40.785
You wore Chanel
and that awful black hat.

00:47:40.955 --> 00:47:42.752
Look, here's the deal.

00:47:42.924 --> 00:47:46.155
I don't need yíall to approve
my choices, all right?

00:47:46.327 --> 00:47:50.491
But I do ask that you respect them. You
have no idea what this boy's been through.

00:47:50.665 --> 00:47:53.327
And if this is gonna become
some running diatribe...

00:47:53.501 --> 00:47:56.197
...I can find an overpriced salad
a lot closer to home.

00:47:58.206 --> 00:48:01.573
- Leigh Anne, I'm sorry. We didn't intend to-
- No, we didn't, really.

00:48:01.743 --> 00:48:04.974
BETH:
I think what you're doing is so great.

00:48:05.146 --> 00:48:07.910
To open up your home to him?

00:48:08.283 --> 00:48:10.547
Honey, you're changing that boy's life.

00:48:11.386 --> 00:48:12.978
No.

00:48:13.521 --> 00:48:15.113
He's changing mine.

00:48:16.691 --> 00:48:19.023
And thatís awesome for you,
but what about Collins?

00:48:20.862 --> 00:48:23.160
- What about Collins?
ELAINE: Aren't you worried?

00:48:23.331 --> 00:48:25.026
I mean, even just a little?

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:29.636
He's a boy, a large, black boy,
sleeping under the same roof.

00:48:32.340 --> 00:48:33.637
Shame on you.

00:48:38.846 --> 00:48:40.177
I've got this.

00:48:42.283 --> 00:48:44.080
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Be honest with me, okay?</i>

00:48:45.987 --> 00:48:49.650
Does Michael being here
make you uncomfortable?

00:48:50.291 --> 00:48:53.727
They're stupid kids.
Who cares what they say?

00:48:53.895 --> 00:48:57.058
- What kids?
- At school.

00:48:57.565 --> 00:48:58.896
They're juvenile.

00:48:59.067 --> 00:49:01.092
And what do the juvenile kids say?

00:49:02.170 --> 00:49:04.400
It's really not worth repeating.

00:49:05.540 --> 00:49:07.440
And don't worry about SJ.

00:49:07.742 --> 00:49:11.940
He likes all the attention. He introduces
Michael as his big brother.

00:49:16.651 --> 00:49:18.016
And what about you?

00:49:18.419 --> 00:49:20.387
It's fine.

00:49:22.190 --> 00:49:25.284
I mean, you canít just throw him
out on the street.

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:27.621
I could make other arrangements.

00:49:31.632 --> 00:49:34.192
GIRL: Hi, Mike.
- Hi. Need a push?

00:49:34.369 --> 00:49:35.996
Yes.

00:49:41.075 --> 00:49:43.600
MICHAEL: Oh.
GIRL: Higher, Mike, higher!

00:49:43.778 --> 00:49:47.214
[MICHAEL &amp; GIRLS CHUCKLING]

00:49:47.415 --> 00:49:49.406
GIRL:
Higher!

00:49:51.652 --> 00:49:53.142
[GIRL GIGGLING]

00:49:53.621 --> 00:49:55.782
Higher!

00:49:56.691 --> 00:49:59.125
[MICHAEL &amp; GIRLS CHUCKLING]

00:49:59.460 --> 00:50:02.588
GIRL:
Don't look down, don't look down. Ah!

00:50:02.764 --> 00:50:03.788
[MICHAEL CHUCKLES]

00:50:35.830 --> 00:50:38.799
- Where are you going?
- Collins?

00:50:50.411 --> 00:50:52.709
Quit looking at me like that.

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:55.815
I mean, we study together at home.

00:51:12.533 --> 00:51:16.993
You know how much those things weigh?
This kid's gonna make us all famous.

00:51:17.171 --> 00:51:18.536
[CHUCKLES]

00:51:18.706 --> 00:51:22.938
Easy, Bert, man. It's only the spring.
He hasn't even had his first practice yet.

00:51:23.110 --> 00:51:25.135
No, he's a player.

00:51:25.580 --> 00:51:27.070
PLAYERS:
Break!

00:51:27.548 --> 00:51:29.516
QB: Ready.
PLAYERS: Break!

00:51:30.117 --> 00:51:33.780
COTTON: Get down, son.
Get down in your stance. In your stance!

00:51:34.055 --> 00:51:35.079
QB:
Go!

00:51:36.290 --> 00:51:40.056
COTTON:
Shuck him, shuck him! Ah, ah-

00:51:41.128 --> 00:51:44.222
Mike, son, you-
You fought off the block...

00:51:44.398 --> 00:51:46.730
...but then you wanna shuck
the blocker.

00:51:46.901 --> 00:51:49.870
All right? Shuck him. All right, let's go.

00:51:50.671 --> 00:51:52.400
QB:
Huddle up.

00:51:52.573 --> 00:51:54.302
Papa.

00:51:54.475 --> 00:51:55.499
[SIGHS]

00:51:55.676 --> 00:51:57.075
How's he doing?

00:51:57.245 --> 00:51:58.769
Hasn't quite gotten the hang of it yet.

00:51:58.946 --> 00:52:02.347
[PLAYERS YELLING]

00:52:04.285 --> 00:52:06.048
[WHISTLE BLOWING]

00:52:06.921 --> 00:52:08.013
COTTON:
Mike, son.

00:52:08.189 --> 00:52:10.282
Shuck the blocker, don't tote him!

00:52:10.458 --> 00:52:12.392
QB:
Set, go!

00:52:13.794 --> 00:52:17.423
No, no, no! No, no, no!

00:52:18.165 --> 00:52:19.723
QB:
Set, go!

00:52:28.442 --> 00:52:30.239
Balloons! They're balloons!

00:52:30.878 --> 00:52:33.813
Guys, quit looking at the balloons.
Everybody!

00:52:33.981 --> 00:52:36.848
COTTON: Most kids from bad situations
canít wait to be violent...

00:52:37.018 --> 00:52:38.645
...and that comes out on the field.

00:52:38.819 --> 00:52:41.982
But this kid, he acts like
he doesn't wanna hit anyone.

00:52:42.156 --> 00:52:44.056
He's Ferdinand the Bull.

00:52:44.225 --> 00:52:45.954
COTTON: What?
- Nothing.

00:52:47.461 --> 00:52:52.023
I thought he was gonna be a player. I canít
believe I used up all my chips to get him in.

00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:54.360
I thought you said
it was your Christian duty.

00:52:56.070 --> 00:52:58.766
Look, Bert, he's never even played before.

00:52:59.840 --> 00:53:03.139
Yeah, and he won't this fall if he
doesn't improve a lot before then.

00:53:03.477 --> 00:53:05.342
Who died and made him Bear Bryant?

00:53:05.513 --> 00:53:06.878
[LAUGHS]

00:53:07.048 --> 00:53:08.413
Unbelievable.

00:53:09.550 --> 00:53:11.677
Oh, God bless me.

00:53:11.852 --> 00:53:13.513
This is your summer workout sheet.

00:53:13.688 --> 00:53:15.918
Now, first it says to warm up
and get loose.

00:53:16.857 --> 00:53:18.620
Well, go ahead, get loose.

00:53:21.495 --> 00:53:23.053
Are you loose?

00:53:23.431 --> 00:53:27.197
Okay. Next, it's five 100-yard runs
to stretch out your legs.

00:53:27.368 --> 00:53:29.632
- Can we just go home and play video games?
- Look!

00:53:29.804 --> 00:53:32.967
Everybody at Wingate is expecting you
to be a star football player.

00:53:33.140 --> 00:53:34.767
Don't wanna let them down,
do you?

00:53:34.942 --> 00:53:36.876
- I don't know.
- What about Dad and Mom?

00:53:37.044 --> 00:53:39.706
Because, you see, in our family,
everyone's an athlete.

00:53:39.880 --> 00:53:43.941
Dad was a basketball star.
Collins plays volleyball and runs track.

00:53:44.118 --> 00:53:46.450
And me, well, as you know, I do it all.

00:53:46.621 --> 00:53:49.112
And Mom- Well, Mom was a cheerleader...

00:53:49.290 --> 00:53:53.021
...which doesn't exactly count,
but don't tell her I said that. Okay?

00:53:53.194 --> 00:53:55.355
- Okay.
- Okay.

00:53:55.529 --> 00:53:56.791
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

00:53:56.964 --> 00:54:00.024
- Yeah. Fifty.
MICHAEL: Uhn.

00:54:00.201 --> 00:54:02.135
SJ:
Fifty-one.

00:54:02.470 --> 00:54:05.803
Fifty-two. Fifty-three.

00:54:06.007 --> 00:54:09.170
Come on, you can get him.
Go, go, go! Come on!

00:54:09.343 --> 00:54:10.833
Five seconds left in the game!

00:54:12.713 --> 00:54:14.180
This way!

00:54:14.348 --> 00:54:15.508
This way!

00:54:15.683 --> 00:54:20.120
High knees, high knees, high knees!
Speed kills, baby! Run like the wind!

00:54:20.287 --> 00:54:21.311
[CHUCKLES]

00:54:21.489 --> 00:54:23.116
Go, Michael, go!

00:54:23.324 --> 00:54:25.155
Ninety-eight.

00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:26.583
Ninety-nine.

00:54:28.429 --> 00:54:29.726
One hundred.

00:54:29.897 --> 00:54:32.593
Move your feet, move your feet!
Come on, come on! Go!

00:54:32.767 --> 00:54:34.098
- There you go.
- Ahh!

00:54:34.268 --> 00:54:36.668
SJ: You gotta get the tackle,
come on, come on, come on!

00:54:37.405 --> 00:54:38.667
Come on, Michael.

00:54:38.839 --> 00:54:40.830
[GRUNTING]

00:55:03.297 --> 00:55:04.321
Mrs. Tuohy?

00:55:04.498 --> 00:55:07.934
I hear "Mrs. Tuohy," I look over
my shoulder for my mother-in-law.

00:55:08.102 --> 00:55:11.230
Call me Leigh Anne or Mama
or almost anything else.

00:55:14.375 --> 00:55:17.367
- Can you help me get something?
- What?

00:55:19.814 --> 00:55:21.042
Driver's license.

00:55:22.950 --> 00:55:26.283
Why do you need a driver's license
when you don't even have a car?

00:55:33.728 --> 00:55:36.253
Michael, why do you want
a driver's license?

00:55:36.964 --> 00:55:39.831
It's something to carry
with my name on it.

00:55:45.873 --> 00:55:46.897
[COMPUTER BEEPS]

00:55:47.074 --> 00:55:49.599
There's no one by the name of
Michael Oher in the system.

00:55:49.777 --> 00:55:52.177
Another last name, perhaps?

00:55:54.415 --> 00:55:57.111
Look, I will sign something
that says he lives with us.

00:55:57.284 --> 00:56:00.344
We'll pay for all of the insurance.
Whatever it takes. Okay?

00:56:01.322 --> 00:56:02.516
What's it gonna take?

00:56:02.690 --> 00:56:05.420
SEAN: You wanna do what?
- You heard me.

00:56:05.593 --> 00:56:08.858
- Shouldnít we at least talk about this?
- What do you think we're doing?

00:56:09.029 --> 00:56:11.122
And don't act like
I'm going behind your back.

00:56:11.298 --> 00:56:14.825
I know you put us down as
Michaelís medical contact at school.

00:56:15.002 --> 00:56:17.937
There is a huge difference
between paying for a broken arm...

00:56:18.105 --> 00:56:21.802
...and being legally responsible for
someone. I mean, a kid we barely know.

00:56:21.976 --> 00:56:25.275
That's another thing. We need to
find out more about his past.

00:56:25.446 --> 00:56:29.507
He won't talk about it. He's like an onion.
You have to peel him back a layer at a time.

00:56:29.683 --> 00:56:31.947
Not if you use a knife.

00:56:32.653 --> 00:56:35.816
What if we took him to a child
psychologist or something?

00:56:35.990 --> 00:56:38.652
- Do you really expect Big Mike to-?
- Michael.

00:56:38.826 --> 00:56:40.760
Do you expect Michael
to lie on a couch...

00:56:40.928 --> 00:56:43.453
...and talk about his childhood
like he's Woody Allen?

00:56:43.631 --> 00:56:46.293
I mean, Michaelís gift
is his ability to forget.

00:56:46.467 --> 00:56:50.426
He's mad at no one and he really
doesn't care what happened in the past.

00:56:51.071 --> 00:56:52.197
You're right.

00:56:52.907 --> 00:56:56.172
Excuse me? "You're right"?

00:56:56.343 --> 00:56:58.811
How'd those words taste
coming out of your mouth?

00:56:58.979 --> 00:57:00.412
Like vinegar.

00:57:09.256 --> 00:57:11.986
Well, at least promise me
you'll think about it.

00:57:12.159 --> 00:57:13.956
All right.

00:57:14.662 --> 00:57:18.029
"All right, youíll think about it,"
or, "All right, we should do it"?

00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:20.429
Is there a difference?

00:57:22.636 --> 00:57:27.903
Just tell Gerald to hold on to the chiffonier
and I will be by there after a while.

00:57:28.342 --> 00:57:32.176
You know- I gotta call you back. Bye.

00:57:33.881 --> 00:57:35.872
Excuse me.

00:57:37.084 --> 00:57:38.676
I'm not cutting, I'm just asking.

00:57:38.853 --> 00:57:42.516
Let me tell you something. We have been
sitting around here for over an hour...

00:57:42.690 --> 00:57:46.922
...and when I look around and all I see are
people shooting the bull and drinking coffee.

00:57:47.094 --> 00:57:48.288
Who runs this place?

00:57:51.565 --> 00:57:54.125
I'd have it in shape in two days,
I can tell you that.

00:57:54.301 --> 00:57:57.361
- I bet you would. How can I help you?
- Oh, he was first.

00:57:57.538 --> 00:58:00.837
- No, you go ahead. I think I wanna hear this.
- Me too.

00:58:01.008 --> 00:58:02.737
I do not appreciate the attitude.

00:58:02.910 --> 00:58:05.708
Ma'am, now, you can tell me
what you want...

00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:08.075
...or I can make sure
you wait here all day.

00:58:08.249 --> 00:58:09.739
Now, how can I help you?

00:58:10.117 --> 00:58:12.017
I would like to become a legal guardian.

00:58:12.286 --> 00:58:14.481
Lord help that child.

00:58:18.058 --> 00:58:22.392
There's very little on Michael.
Most of his files have been lost.

00:58:22.563 --> 00:58:25.555
- Well, what is in there?
- A few case notes.

00:58:26.100 --> 00:58:30.560
This one describes an incident where
officers forcibly removed Michael...

00:58:30.738 --> 00:58:33.468
...from Denise Oher's care
when Michael was 7.

00:58:33.641 --> 00:58:36.439
Quite a scene evidently.
They had to split up the kids.

00:58:36.610 --> 00:58:40.137
- And it's far from the worst.
- Where is she? His mother?

00:58:40.314 --> 00:58:44.614
I don't know. If you find her, we got
a heap more files we could add to.

00:58:45.653 --> 00:58:47.245
Well, how many kids does she have?

00:58:47.421 --> 00:58:50.584
Least a dozen, probably. If not more.

00:58:50.758 --> 00:58:54.421
With her drug-arrest record, my guess
would be, she canít even remember.

00:58:54.595 --> 00:58:56.290
Can I see that?

00:59:00.768 --> 00:59:03.328
So we would need her permission,
right?

00:59:03.504 --> 00:59:08.168
No. Michael is a ward of the state.
Just apply and get a judge to sign off on it.

00:59:10.945 --> 00:59:15.041
So you would just give him away
without even telling his mother?

00:59:29.229 --> 00:59:31.493
MAN 1:
Check out this piece right here.

00:59:31.665 --> 00:59:33.326
MAN 2: Yeah.
MAN 1: Damn, girl.

00:59:38.672 --> 00:59:39.661
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
Miss Oher?</i>

00:59:43.477 --> 00:59:46.503
Hi. Miss- Miss Oher?

00:59:48.248 --> 00:59:51.479
- You from the state?
- No.

00:59:51.685 --> 00:59:54.711
My name is Leigh Anne Tuohy,
and your son...

00:59:55.055 --> 00:59:58.024
...Michael, lives with me...

00:59:58.692 --> 01:00:00.785
...and my family.

01:00:07.167 --> 01:00:10.193
How is my boy? How's Big Mike?

01:00:10.371 --> 01:00:13.465
He's fine. He's doing real well.

01:00:14.208 --> 01:00:16.699
We might have some wine in the kitchen,
if you...

01:00:16.877 --> 01:00:18.868
Oh, no, no. That's real kind.

01:00:19.246 --> 01:00:21.077
When did you last see Michael?

01:00:22.649 --> 01:00:24.617
I don't know.

01:00:24.785 --> 01:00:28.949
How many-? How many foster kids
you got living with you?

01:00:29.123 --> 01:00:33.219
Oh, I'm not a foster parent to Michael.
We're just helping him out.

01:00:33.560 --> 01:00:35.118
State don't pay you nothing?

01:00:35.429 --> 01:00:37.363
No, no.

01:00:37.531 --> 01:00:40.967
And you feed him and
you buy him clothes too?

01:00:41.135 --> 01:00:44.104
Well, when we can find them
in his size.

01:00:47.307 --> 01:00:49.605
You are a fine Christian lady.

01:00:49.977 --> 01:00:52.309
Well, I try to be.

01:00:53.614 --> 01:00:56.014
This all real nice, what you're doing...

01:00:56.183 --> 01:00:59.641
...but don't be surprised if one day
you wake up and he gone.

01:01:00.821 --> 01:01:02.083
What do you mean?

01:01:02.256 --> 01:01:06.886
He's a runner. That's what the state
called him after they took him from me.

01:01:09.797 --> 01:01:12.459
Every foster home they sent him to...

01:01:12.800 --> 01:01:16.031
...he'd slip out the window at night
and come looking for me.

01:01:16.203 --> 01:01:21.470
No matter where I was, that boy
would come find me, take care of me.

01:01:23.343 --> 01:01:27.006
I've had some health problems.

01:01:28.148 --> 01:01:32.244
Miss Oher, was Michael born
under a different name?

01:01:33.087 --> 01:01:37.080
Proctor. That was his daddy's last name.

01:01:37.591 --> 01:01:38.922
Where is he?

01:01:39.093 --> 01:01:42.927
- I ain't seen him since he left.
- And when was that?

01:01:43.097 --> 01:01:45.156
Week after Mike was born.

01:01:46.133 --> 01:01:48.192
Do you happen to have
his birth certificate?

01:01:56.425 --> 01:01:59.758
It's all right. I'll figure it out.

01:02:00.562 --> 01:02:01.961
[CLEARS THROAT]

01:02:14.042 --> 01:02:17.068
Mrs. Oher, youíll always be
Michaelís mama.

01:02:21.083 --> 01:02:22.516
Would you like to see him?

01:02:22.684 --> 01:02:26.586
[VOICE BREAKING]
No. Not this way.

01:02:28.857 --> 01:02:31.121
It's Williams.

01:02:32.627 --> 01:02:35.289
His last name's Williams.

01:02:36.865 --> 01:02:40.164
Couldnít even remember
who the boy's father is.

01:03:08.497 --> 01:03:12.558
I checked out the new Madden. The colors
are better, graphics brighter. It's awesome.

01:03:12.734 --> 01:03:15.328
Michael, we have something
we'd like to ask you.

01:03:16.004 --> 01:03:20.441
- What?
- Well, Leigh Anne and I, we-

01:03:20.709 --> 01:03:24.907
Well, we'd like to become
your legal guardians.

01:03:25.280 --> 01:03:26.338
What's that mean?

01:03:26.782 --> 01:03:29.774
What it means is,
is that we wanna know...

01:03:29.951 --> 01:03:33.250
...if you would like to
become part of this family.

01:03:42.063 --> 01:03:43.928
Kind of thought I already was.

01:03:44.099 --> 01:03:46.294
[LAUGHS]

01:03:46.468 --> 01:03:48.060
[FAMILY LAUGHING]

01:03:52.774 --> 01:03:55.368
Well, all right, then.

01:04:03.051 --> 01:04:04.814
Right here.

01:04:08.890 --> 01:04:11.586
LEIGH ANNE: You got a couple steps.
SEAN: Better watch that big foot.

01:04:11.760 --> 01:04:12.988
LEIGH ANNE:
One more.

01:04:13.161 --> 01:04:15.459
One more. There you go.

01:04:16.531 --> 01:04:18.931
All right. Take off the blindfold.

01:04:23.104 --> 01:04:27.598
SEAN: Well? That's the one you wanted,
isn't it? Heh.

01:04:27.776 --> 01:04:31.212
Here. Here you go, go ahead.
Take it for a ride. Go on.

01:04:31.379 --> 01:04:34.348
SJ: Can I go too?
- Yeah, but, Michael? Be careful.

01:04:34.516 --> 01:04:36.507
Shotgun!

01:04:36.685 --> 01:04:38.152
Whoo-hoo!

01:04:39.287 --> 01:04:42.882
- He wanted a truck?
- Well, Michael thinks he's a redneck.

01:04:43.058 --> 01:04:44.992
SJ:
Come on, Michael!

01:04:45.594 --> 01:04:49.394
Okay. See, you're the ketchup,
here at left tackle on the weak side.

01:04:49.564 --> 01:04:52.499
The first play is simple. Gap.

01:04:54.536 --> 01:04:58.529
Now, see, this just means that you're
going to block whoever's in front of you...

01:04:58.707 --> 01:05:01.904
...or on your inside shoulder, if
you're not covered by a defender.

01:05:02.077 --> 01:05:05.569
Now, I'll be the running back, and you
show me what you're supposed to do.

01:05:05.914 --> 01:05:07.313
Ready? Hike!

01:05:07.816 --> 01:05:11.684
You'll block him. He'll hit him.
Quarterback'll hand it off.

01:05:11.853 --> 01:05:13.718
He gets the ball, and he takes off!

01:05:13.889 --> 01:05:16.483
Open lane to the end zone.
All there is to it.

01:05:16.658 --> 01:05:17.920
What's going on here?

01:05:18.760 --> 01:05:20.421
Blended spice just scored.

01:05:20.595 --> 01:05:23.587
We were going through the playbook.
Michael got moved to offense.

01:05:23.765 --> 01:05:27.098
When you're done, put the players
back in the spice cabinet. Thank you.

01:05:27.269 --> 01:05:28.736
SJ:
No problem.

01:05:29.070 --> 01:05:32.801
Actually, Mom, we were
kind of waiting for you.

01:05:32.974 --> 01:05:34.908
You see,
the new Madden game came out...

01:05:35.076 --> 01:05:37.374
...and me and Michael
were wanting to go get it.

01:05:37.545 --> 01:05:41.174
- I canít, I've got a meeting in 10 minutes.
- But he can drive.

01:05:41.416 --> 01:05:43.179
He can drive us.

01:05:44.286 --> 01:05:45.810
[YOUNG MC'S "BUST A MOVE"
PLAYING OVER CAR STEREO]

01:05:45.987 --> 01:05:47.682
SJ:
Oh, yeah, thatís what I'm talking about.

01:05:47.856 --> 01:05:50.324
MICHAEL: What you know about this?
SJ: I know a lot about this.

01:05:50.492 --> 01:05:52.585
- Show me something then.
- I'll show you something.

01:05:52.761 --> 01:05:54.820
- I'll start it. Follow my lead.
- All right.

01:05:54.996 --> 01:05:56.122
- You ready?
- Yeah.

01:05:56.298 --> 01:05:57.356
<i>[RAPPING]
Next day's function</i>

01:05:57.532 --> 01:05:58.897
<i>[RAPPING]
High-class luncheon</i>

01:05:59.067 --> 01:06:00.557
<i>- Food is served
- And you're stone-cold munchin'</i>

01:06:00.735 --> 01:06:02.566
<i>- Music comes on
- People start to dance</i>

01:06:02.737 --> 01:06:04.728
<i>- But then you ate so much
- You nearly split your pants</i>

01:06:04.906 --> 01:06:06.737
<i>- A girl starts walkin'
- Guy starts gawkin'</i>

01:06:06.908 --> 01:06:08.500
<i>- Sits down next to you
- Starts talkin'</i>

01:06:08.677 --> 01:06:10.941
<i>- Says she wanna dance
- 'Cause she likes the groove</i>

01:06:11.112 --> 01:06:13.307
<i>- So come on, fatso
- And just bust a move</i>

01:06:13.481 --> 01:06:17.417
<i>If you want it
You got it</i>

01:06:17.585 --> 01:06:21.385
<i>You want it
Baby, you got it</i>

01:06:21.556 --> 01:06:25.549
<i>You want it
You got it</i>

01:06:25.727 --> 01:06:29.254
<i>You want it
Baby, you got it</i>

01:06:31.933 --> 01:06:33.025
[GLASS SHATTERING]

01:06:33.234 --> 01:06:35.099
LEIGH ANNE:
This is not a $40,000 Oushak, Omid.

01:06:35.270 --> 01:06:36.294
[PHONE RINGING]

01:06:36.471 --> 01:06:37.563
You're crazy, Leigh Anne.

01:06:37.739 --> 01:06:40.970
The borders are different widths.
They've been altered.

01:06:41.142 --> 01:06:44.976
We'll give you 17, tops, all right? Hello.

01:06:45.146 --> 01:06:47.171
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO]

01:06:47.349 --> 01:06:48.873
[SIRENS WAILING]

01:06:49.050 --> 01:06:50.881
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Ma'am, you canít get through.

01:06:51.052 --> 01:06:53.452
Those are my kids. Those are my kids.

01:06:55.924 --> 01:06:58.188
- Oh, my God.
MICHAEL: Please, God, let him be okay.

01:06:58.360 --> 01:07:00.385
LEIGH ANNE: Where are they?!
MICHAEL: I'm so sorry!

01:07:00.562 --> 01:07:04.658
- Michael, are you okay?
- I'm fine! SJ! Go help SJ!

01:07:05.333 --> 01:07:07.858
I'm so sorry. So sorry.

01:07:08.336 --> 01:07:09.997
MAN 1:
How are his vitals?

01:07:10.171 --> 01:07:11.729
MAN 2: Excuse me, ma'am.
- That's my son.

01:07:11.906 --> 01:07:14.170
SJ. SJ, baby.

01:07:14.342 --> 01:07:15.969
- Mama?
- Yes, baby?

01:07:16.144 --> 01:07:18.510
Do you think the blood'll
come out of my shirt?

01:07:20.015 --> 01:07:23.348
Yes, I think the blood
will come out of your shirt.

01:07:23.518 --> 01:07:25.281
MAN:
An air bag deploys at 200 miles an hour.

01:07:25.453 --> 01:07:27.580
Your son is too small
to be in the front seat.

01:07:27.756 --> 01:07:29.348
But he is okay, right?

01:07:29.524 --> 01:07:33.324
Busted lip, bruised face. Usually when
someone his size gets hit with a air bag...

01:07:33.495 --> 01:07:36.020
...it's a fractured face, broken neck,
maybe worse.

01:07:36.197 --> 01:07:39.997
It's like the air bag was coming for him
and changed direction.

01:07:40.168 --> 01:07:42.329
It's probably defective or something...

01:07:42.504 --> 01:07:44.836
...but your son's very, very lucky.

01:07:45.006 --> 01:07:48.373
No, I did. I called the insurance,
it's fine. It's fine.

01:07:48.543 --> 01:07:50.477
I'll talk to you later. I gotta go. Bye.

01:07:52.147 --> 01:07:53.512
[SIGHS]

01:07:54.315 --> 01:07:56.476
SJ's fine.

01:07:57.318 --> 01:08:02.051
He is. He's actually enjoying all
the attention he's getting back there.

01:08:03.291 --> 01:08:07.455
Hey, Michael, couldíve happened to
anyone, all right? It's not your fault.

01:08:08.463 --> 01:08:10.397
Honey, look at me.

01:08:16.237 --> 01:08:18.171
Michael, what happened to your arm?

01:08:19.808 --> 01:08:21.708
I stopped it.

01:08:28.149 --> 01:08:29.173
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:08:29.884 --> 01:08:30.908
TONY: Wide right!
MAN 1: Ready.

01:08:31.086 --> 01:08:35.022
TONY: Let's go.
MAN 2: We're going right, right, right!

01:08:37.859 --> 01:08:41.625
- Roll three, roll three.
TONY: Ready, set, go!

01:08:41.796 --> 01:08:43.491
[PLAYERS GRUNTING]

01:08:45.400 --> 01:08:46.924
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:08:47.202 --> 01:08:52.037
Oher! You got 100 pounds on Collis and
you canít keep him out of our backfield?

01:08:52.207 --> 01:08:54.869
Hold your block until
the whistle blows. Hold it!

01:08:55.043 --> 01:08:56.874
All right, let's go!

01:08:57.545 --> 01:08:59.206
What's with the camera?

01:08:59.380 --> 01:09:02.838
Michael always does better when
he sees what he's supposed to be doing.

01:09:03.818 --> 01:09:05.752
MAN:
Set, go!

01:09:07.856 --> 01:09:08.880
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:09:09.057 --> 01:09:12.652
- Holding. Left tackle.
SJ: Michael! Come on.

01:09:12.894 --> 01:09:14.589
Oher.

01:09:15.163 --> 01:09:16.596
Come here, son.

01:09:16.998 --> 01:09:21.332
If you're gonna hold him, hold him
inside here, between the tits. You got it?

01:09:21.503 --> 01:09:22.936
Will you look at me, son?

01:09:23.104 --> 01:09:27.097
If you grab him outside here like this or
with that horse-collar thing you just did...

01:09:27.275 --> 01:09:30.176
...you're gonna get flagged and
I'm gonna be pissed, you hear?

01:09:30.345 --> 01:09:32.074
All right, let's go!

01:09:33.181 --> 01:09:35.172
Baby, watch my stuff, all right?

01:09:36.117 --> 01:09:37.914
SJ:
Okay.

01:09:39.154 --> 01:09:41.918
Well, at least he'll look good
coming off the bus.

01:09:42.090 --> 01:09:45.651
They'll be terrified till they realize
he's a marshmallow.

01:09:47.896 --> 01:09:51.059
Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.

01:09:52.333 --> 01:09:53.425
Give me a minute, Bert.

01:09:54.802 --> 01:09:58.363
- We're in the middle of a practice.
- You can thank me later.

01:09:58.940 --> 01:10:00.430
LEIGH ANNE:
Come here.

01:10:00.608 --> 01:10:04.635
Michael. Remember when we first met
and we went to that horrible part of town...

01:10:04.812 --> 01:10:06.541
...to buy you those dreadful clothes?

01:10:06.714 --> 01:10:09.706
I was a little scared. You told me
not to worry, you had my back.

01:10:09.884 --> 01:10:11.351
- You remember that?
- Yes, ma'am.

01:10:11.519 --> 01:10:15.546
And if anyone tried to get to me,
you wouldíve stopped them, right?

01:10:15.723 --> 01:10:20.319
And when you and SJ were in that car
wreck, what did you do to the air bag?

01:10:20.495 --> 01:10:24.693
- Stopped it.
- You stopped it. You stopped it.

01:10:24.866 --> 01:10:29.826
This team is your family, Michael. You have
to protect them from those guys, okay?

01:10:30.004 --> 01:10:30.993
Listen.

01:10:32.774 --> 01:10:37.302
Okay. Tony here is your quarterback,
all right? You protect his blind side.

01:10:37.478 --> 01:10:40.379
When you look at him, you think of me,
how you have my back...

01:10:40.548 --> 01:10:42.846
...how you have his. Okay?

01:10:43.017 --> 01:10:45.008
All right, Tony, go back.

01:10:46.287 --> 01:10:47.879
All right.

01:10:48.156 --> 01:10:51.489
Oompa-Loompa here is your tailback.
When you look at him, think of SJ...

01:10:51.659 --> 01:10:55.151
...and how you'd never let anyone or
anything hurt him. You understand me?

01:10:55.597 --> 01:10:57.861
All right. Go back.

01:10:58.099 --> 01:11:00.727
- Got it?
- What about Collins and Mr. Tuohy?

01:11:00.902 --> 01:11:04.929
Fine, they can be on the team too.
Are you gonna protect the family, Michael?

01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:07.699
- Yes, ma'am.
- Good boy.

01:11:07.875 --> 01:11:09.672
Now go have some fun.

01:11:13.548 --> 01:11:14.845
[PLAYERS MURMURING]

01:11:15.049 --> 01:11:18.212
Yelling at him doesn't work, Bert.
He doesn't trust men.

01:11:18.386 --> 01:11:22.379
In his experience, they pretend
to care about you till they disappear.

01:11:28.997 --> 01:11:30.225
Wanna run a play?

01:11:30.398 --> 01:11:33.333
[ALL CHATTERING]

01:11:33.501 --> 01:11:35.526
SJ, you're gonna wanna get this.

01:11:35.903 --> 01:11:37.700
Okay.

01:11:39.240 --> 01:11:41.174
Come on, Michael.

01:11:46.080 --> 01:11:47.741
TONY:
Ready!

01:11:47.915 --> 01:11:49.143
Set, go!

01:11:53.254 --> 01:11:54.516
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:11:54.722 --> 01:11:57.316
- Yeah.
- All right, Michael, come on.

01:12:01.562 --> 01:12:03.086
TONY:
Set, go!

01:12:06.601 --> 01:12:10.093
- Whoo! Yes! Michael!
COTTON: All right, way to go, O, way to go!

01:12:13.241 --> 01:12:16.176
Ready! Set, go!

01:12:19.480 --> 01:12:21.004
Yes!

01:12:24.252 --> 01:12:25.446
That a boy.

01:12:25.620 --> 01:12:28.817
MICHAEL: You all right?
MAN 1: Hey, get over here. Let's go.

01:12:34.295 --> 01:12:36.263
MAN 2:
Come on, son!

01:12:36.564 --> 01:12:40.091
Okay. What'd you say to him?

01:12:40.268 --> 01:12:42.395
You should get to know your players,
Bert.

01:12:42.570 --> 01:12:46.472
He tested 98 percent
in protective instincts.

01:12:48.776 --> 01:12:50.710
I said you could thank me later.

01:12:52.046 --> 01:12:54.173
It's later, Bert.

01:12:55.383 --> 01:12:58.580
[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]

01:12:58.753 --> 01:13:01.779
<i>CROWD [CHANTING]:
Milford! Milford! Milford!</i>

01:13:05.827 --> 01:13:08.193
So much for home-field advantage.

01:13:08.363 --> 01:13:10.854
You ever see so many rednecks
in one place?

01:13:11.032 --> 01:13:13.592
NASCAR. Not even close.

01:13:13.768 --> 01:13:15.793
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

01:13:15.970 --> 01:13:19.133
Crusaders! Get ready for 48 minutes
of hell!

01:13:19.307 --> 01:13:20.797
Look at that fat ass.

01:13:20.975 --> 01:13:22.943
[PLAYERS LAUGHING]

01:13:23.111 --> 01:13:24.408
Pay them back on the field.

01:13:24.579 --> 01:13:26.672
Coming through. Hold on.
Listen up! Listen up!

01:13:26.848 --> 01:13:30.375
Don't let them get inside your head now.
Keep your composure! You ready?

01:13:30.551 --> 01:13:32.985
PLAYERS: Yeah!
- All right, let's go, Crusaders!

01:13:33.154 --> 01:13:34.746
[PLAYERS YELLING]

01:13:34.922 --> 01:13:37.083
LEIGH ANNE: Go, Wingate!
- Let's go, Crusaders!

01:13:37.258 --> 01:13:38.782
Michael!

01:13:39.727 --> 01:13:43.185
Damn, that ain't fair. They got
a big old black bear playing for them.

01:13:43.598 --> 01:13:46.362
- What is this, a circus?
- Right.

01:13:46.667 --> 01:13:51.070
Eyes forward, SJ. Sticks and stones.
Sticks and stones. Come on!

01:13:51.239 --> 01:13:52.968
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:14:04.919 --> 01:14:06.386
Go!

01:14:10.725 --> 01:14:13.558
- All right, all right. Good start.
- Nice.

01:14:15.329 --> 01:14:16.921
MAN: Ready.
PLAYERS: Break!

01:14:18.800 --> 01:14:20.893
- Let's go, O! Let's go!
PLAYER: Whoo!

01:14:21.436 --> 01:14:24.599
Hey, you guys, look at this big buck
we got right here! Whoo!

01:14:24.939 --> 01:14:27.464
Coming after you! Coming after you!

01:14:27.809 --> 01:14:30.039
You're all mine. All mine.

01:14:30.211 --> 01:14:32.975
Ready, set, go!

01:14:37.985 --> 01:14:39.282
Yeah!

01:14:39.454 --> 01:14:41.854
Don't let him rip through, Oher!
Come on, son.

01:14:42.056 --> 01:14:44.251
Yeah! That's right, boy!

01:14:44.425 --> 01:14:47.360
- All night long, fat ass! All night long!
MAN: Good job.

01:14:47.528 --> 01:14:51.988
I got you, boy! All night long.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!

01:14:52.166 --> 01:14:53.326
Now thatís my boy.

01:14:53.768 --> 01:14:54.860
It's all right, Michael.

01:14:55.036 --> 01:14:56.731
- It's all right. Come on.
- Let's go.

01:14:56.904 --> 01:14:58.462
Shake it off. Come on.

01:15:01.375 --> 01:15:05.141
Here we go. Round two, baby, round two.

01:15:07.315 --> 01:15:08.873
Ready!

01:15:09.317 --> 01:15:10.807
- Set!
- Switch! Switch!

01:15:10.985 --> 01:15:13.681
PLAYER 1: Got it! Got it!
PLAYER 2: Go!

01:15:17.458 --> 01:15:20.188
Whoo! Yeah!

01:15:20.761 --> 01:15:24.629
Oher, don't let him get the inside gap
on you. Come on. Use your head!

01:15:24.799 --> 01:15:28.166
- What is Bert doing? Nothing.
PLAYERS: Break!

01:15:28.669 --> 01:15:30.603
PLAYERS: Break!
- Hey, fat boy.

01:15:30.771 --> 01:15:34.502
We're not done yet. All game long,
boy. All game long!

01:15:34.675 --> 01:15:35.972
PLAYER:
Slot right, slot right.

01:15:36.444 --> 01:15:38.435
Ready, set, go!

01:15:40.381 --> 01:15:42.110
Pass, pass, pass!

01:15:43.484 --> 01:15:45.008
Stop this- Oh!

01:15:45.186 --> 01:15:46.244
Whoo-hoo-hoo!

01:15:46.420 --> 01:15:47.944
Yeah.

01:15:48.723 --> 01:15:50.350
Why another pass, Bert?

01:15:50.525 --> 01:15:52.459
Hey, where you going, fat boy?

01:15:52.627 --> 01:15:56.996
You better stay off my field. You are
not welcome here! This is my field!

01:15:57.164 --> 01:16:01.191
- Sixty-six, get back to your own bench!
- Bert! Be quiet. Bert!

01:16:02.904 --> 01:16:04.895
[PHONE RINGING]

01:16:10.478 --> 01:16:11.502
Hello?

01:16:11.679 --> 01:16:15.342
Enough with the trick plays, Bert.
Run the dang ball.

01:16:17.084 --> 01:16:19.518
You heard me. Run the dang ball. Run it!

01:16:21.422 --> 01:16:23.219
Wait, did he just hang up the phone?

01:16:23.391 --> 01:16:26.053
- No, I think he lost service.
- He did not lose service.

01:16:26.227 --> 01:16:28.855
- Whoo!
DAD: Oh, thatís my boy, Jimmy!

01:16:29.030 --> 01:16:32.591
Number 66! Kicking that blue gum's ass.

01:16:34.602 --> 01:16:36.900
Hey. Crotch-mouth.

01:16:37.071 --> 01:16:40.734
Yeah, you. Zip it or I'll come
up there and zip it for you.

01:16:44.045 --> 01:16:45.239
Sticks and stones?

01:16:45.413 --> 01:16:47.608
You know what, SJ, just turn forward.

01:16:47.782 --> 01:16:51.343
Just pick up the camera and
keep shooting. Come on.

01:16:52.119 --> 01:16:53.586
PLAYER 1:
Push it, push it, push it!

01:16:54.589 --> 01:16:56.250
PLAYER 2:
And go!

01:17:00.094 --> 01:17:01.527
Squeeze in!

01:17:05.533 --> 01:17:06.591
Hah.

01:17:06.767 --> 01:17:09.201
It's all right. All right, all right,
we can come back from that.

01:17:09.370 --> 01:17:10.928
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:17:11.305 --> 01:17:13.364
Set, go!

01:17:26.487 --> 01:17:27.511
PLAYERS:
Break!

01:17:27.688 --> 01:17:29.417
PLAYER:
And go!

01:17:33.427 --> 01:17:34.724
Come on!

01:17:34.895 --> 01:17:36.863
MAN: Get him!
- He's gone. He's gone.

01:17:39.233 --> 01:17:40.962
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

01:17:42.470 --> 01:17:44.631
- He's gotta shut that hole off.
- No.

01:17:46.941 --> 01:17:51.810
Unbelievable. Three plays. Three
plays. What were we in, 4-3? Come on!

01:17:51.979 --> 01:17:53.344
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:17:53.514 --> 01:17:55.345
PLAYER 1: Ready.
PLAYERS: Break!

01:17:55.516 --> 01:17:58.485
66:
Whoo! That's right, biggie, me and you.

01:17:58.653 --> 01:18:01.918
Me and you, biggie, one more time.
Here we go.

01:18:03.524 --> 01:18:05.151
Ready!

01:18:06.227 --> 01:18:07.717
Set! Go!

01:18:16.671 --> 01:18:20.505
All right, Bobby, cut back. Son,
you gotta cut back, you gotta cut back.

01:18:20.675 --> 01:18:23.735
- Come on. Let's go. Back to huddle.
- You fat, black piece of crap.

01:18:23.911 --> 01:18:27.711
Hey! Hey! Ref, are you gonna
do something about this?

01:18:27.882 --> 01:18:30.874
He just kicked my boy in the head
and he cussed him!

01:18:31.052 --> 01:18:32.883
Thank you.

01:18:33.054 --> 01:18:36.046
Unsportsmanlike conduct, Wingate.
Fifteen yards.

01:18:36.223 --> 01:18:38.350
- What?
- You shut up, you get another 15.

01:18:42.530 --> 01:18:45.988
This young man plays for my team.
My team!

01:18:46.167 --> 01:18:50.228
And I will defend him
like he's my own son against you...

01:18:50.404 --> 01:18:54.465
...or any other redneck son of a bitch!

01:18:55.109 --> 01:18:57.907
Don't worry, coach. I got your back.

01:18:58.512 --> 01:19:00.446
[MURMURS]

01:19:07.588 --> 01:19:09.283
Come here, son, come here.

01:19:10.124 --> 01:19:12.251
- Try Gap.
- Gap?

01:19:12.426 --> 01:19:13.450
Gap.

01:19:14.261 --> 01:19:17.856
All right. Gun rip, 47 Gap.
On one, on one. Ready.

01:19:18.032 --> 01:19:19.556
ALL:
Break!

01:19:24.371 --> 01:19:27.204
Your coach ain't here
to protect you now, is he?

01:19:34.248 --> 01:19:36.307
Ready!

01:19:37.151 --> 01:19:38.914
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
This team is your family, Michael.</i>

01:19:39.086 --> 01:19:40.644
TONY:
Set!

01:19:45.326 --> 01:19:46.350
Go!

01:19:46.527 --> 01:19:48.495
[GRUNTING]

01:19:52.466 --> 01:19:54.457
Cut back, cut back. Block him, Oher.

01:19:54.869 --> 01:19:56.427
He's got a hole! He's got a hole!

01:20:00.875 --> 01:20:02.740
- Get him, Michael.
- SJ!

01:20:02.910 --> 01:20:05.378
SEAN: Get him, Michael. Come on, go!
LEIGH ANNE: Run, Michael!

01:20:07.882 --> 01:20:09.247
Go, go, go!

01:20:09.416 --> 01:20:11.247
- Go, Mike!
- Go, Michael!

01:20:11.418 --> 01:20:12.817
Yeah, touchdown!

01:20:12.987 --> 01:20:14.955
Hey! Hey! Touchdown!

01:20:15.122 --> 01:20:16.282
[YELLS]

01:20:16.991 --> 01:20:18.390
Ooh.

01:20:19.059 --> 01:20:20.788
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:20:22.429 --> 01:20:24.397
<i>Yo! Deliverance!</i>

01:20:24.565 --> 01:20:28.001
You see number 74?
Well, thatís my son.

01:20:29.904 --> 01:20:31.394
Way to go, bro! Ha-ha-ha.

01:20:31.572 --> 01:20:33.437
Okay, here's what we got.
Dead ball foul.

01:20:33.607 --> 01:20:36.235
- Now what? Was he holding?
- No.

01:20:36.410 --> 01:20:40.073
- Did he hit after the whistle?
- I don't believe so.

01:20:40.247 --> 01:20:42.215
Then what was the flag for?

01:20:42.383 --> 01:20:45.841
I don't know. Excessive blocking.

01:20:46.187 --> 01:20:47.211
You're kidding me.

01:20:47.788 --> 01:20:49.221
[GROANS]

01:20:51.125 --> 01:20:54.219
Sorry, coach. I stopped
when I heard the whistle.

01:20:54.395 --> 01:20:55.885
Where were you taking him, Mike?

01:20:56.063 --> 01:20:59.760
To the bus. It was time for him
to go home.

01:21:01.769 --> 01:21:03.862
Attaboy, Michael Oher. Attaboy!

01:21:04.038 --> 01:21:06.666
Go get them! Go get them, Crusaders!

01:21:09.076 --> 01:21:12.102
TONY:
Ready, set, go!

01:21:17.284 --> 01:21:19.047
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:21:21.956 --> 01:21:23.856
[CHEERING]

01:21:24.024 --> 01:21:26.151
TONY:
Ready, set, go!

01:21:30.731 --> 01:21:31.857
[GRUNTS]

01:21:33.367 --> 01:21:35.460
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:21:35.636 --> 01:21:37.467
- Whoo!
- Whoo! Michael!

01:21:39.807 --> 01:21:41.399
TONY:
Set, go!

01:21:41.775 --> 01:21:43.265
[GRUNTING]

01:21:48.849 --> 01:21:50.373
Yeah!

01:21:53.988 --> 01:21:58.049
Hey! Hey! Rub the head, rub the head.
All right, let's go!

01:21:58.559 --> 01:22:01.084
- Oh.
- Tackle, over there.

01:22:01.862 --> 01:22:04.092
Ready, set, go!

01:22:04.431 --> 01:22:05.921
[GRUNTING]

01:22:06.100 --> 01:22:07.499
Stay.

01:22:10.938 --> 01:22:12.701
[GROANING]

01:22:26.720 --> 01:22:29.780
Ready, 21! Ready, 21!

01:22:30.124 --> 01:22:31.853
Set!

01:22:32.092 --> 01:22:33.650
Pull it!

01:22:44.805 --> 01:22:45.931
[CHEERING OVER TV]

01:22:46.106 --> 01:22:48.438
[MICHAEL GRUNTING OVER TV]

01:22:49.476 --> 01:22:50.875
[TV CLICKS OFF]

01:22:52.880 --> 01:22:53.904
[PHONE RINGS]

01:22:54.114 --> 01:22:56.514
Tom Lemming Recruiting, please hold.

01:22:56.684 --> 01:22:58.743
Tom Lemming Recruiting, please hold.

01:22:58.919 --> 01:23:02.286
Coach Saban wants his monthly
recruiting updates FedExed.

01:23:02.456 --> 01:23:06.950
Does he really think getting it one day
early is gonna give LSU a leg up?

01:23:07.361 --> 01:23:10.159
Hey, have you filled all the slots
in the Army all-star game?

01:23:10.331 --> 01:23:11.628
Yeah, why?

01:23:11.799 --> 01:23:13.323
You might wanna open one up.

01:23:20.140 --> 01:23:23.132
[PLAYERS YELLING
AND CROWD CHEERING OVER COMPUTER]

01:23:30.317 --> 01:23:31.875
Oh.

01:23:35.789 --> 01:23:36.813
Wow.

01:23:37.591 --> 01:23:39.286
[LAUGHING]

01:23:44.531 --> 01:23:46.692
[LAUGHING]

01:23:52.072 --> 01:23:54.199
What did I tell you?

01:24:03.017 --> 01:24:05.451
I want him. I want him bad.

01:24:06.120 --> 01:24:10.853
<i>ALL: Y-E-L-L, everybody yell.
Say, everybody yell.</i>

01:24:11.025 --> 01:24:14.893
<i>Y- E-L-L, everybody yell</i>

01:24:15.062 --> 01:24:17.724
Nice kick this time, Collins. Nice job.

01:24:17.898 --> 01:24:19.763
What in the world?

01:24:20.067 --> 01:24:23.503
All right, yíall keep practicing.
Remember, point your toes.

01:24:23.670 --> 01:24:28.664
<i>PLAYERS: One, two, three, one! One, two,
three, two! One, two, three, three!</i>

01:24:28.842 --> 01:24:31.003
You gonna buckle up today, son?

01:24:33.313 --> 01:24:36.680
Shoot, man, Fulmer's here.
Might as well go home.

01:24:36.850 --> 01:24:39.978
What do you say, fellas? Doing
all right? Good to see everybody.

01:24:40.154 --> 01:24:42.418
Came all the way from Knoxville
to see for myself.

01:24:42.589 --> 01:24:45.717
Heck, coach, we drove from Clemson,
nine hours.

01:24:45.893 --> 01:24:47.485
Coach Fulmer. It's a real honor.

01:24:47.661 --> 01:24:50.596
My pleasure. I've watched your program.
You've done really well.

01:24:50.764 --> 01:24:53.892
I don't think there's any question
youíll be at the next level soon.

01:24:54.068 --> 01:24:56.901
Oh, well, you know, we do
what we can with what we've got.

01:24:57.771 --> 01:25:00.365
Is that-? Is that Michael? Is that O'Hare?

01:25:00.541 --> 01:25:04.807
It's Oher. Like a paddle in a boat. Oher.

01:25:08.449 --> 01:25:11.350
You think we might see some drills,
perhaps?

01:25:11.518 --> 01:25:15.579
- I think all the coaches would appreciate it.
- Oh, yes, sir. You bet.

01:25:16.623 --> 01:25:17.647
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:25:17.825 --> 01:25:19.690
Listen up, fellas!
We're gonna do a board drill.

01:25:19.860 --> 01:25:22.351
Big Mike,
Jay Collis, best on best right here.

01:25:22.529 --> 01:25:24.224
Let's go, come on, come on!

01:25:24.398 --> 01:25:26.389
[PLAYERS YELLING]

01:25:32.372 --> 01:25:33.464
On the whistle, men.

01:25:45.986 --> 01:25:47.476
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

01:25:47.654 --> 01:25:48.916
[GRUNTING]

01:25:49.089 --> 01:25:50.784
[CROWD YELLING]

01:25:53.927 --> 01:25:54.951
Wow.

01:25:56.230 --> 01:25:59.222
[PHONES BEEP]

01:26:02.002 --> 01:26:03.026
Coach. Thank you.

01:26:03.203 --> 01:26:06.104
- Where are you off to, coach?
- Back to South Carolina.

01:26:06.273 --> 01:26:10.334
You tell Michael Oher, if he can qualify
with the grades, Clemson wants him.

01:26:10.511 --> 01:26:12.741
Yeah, good luck with that, Brad.

01:26:12.913 --> 01:26:14.972
You've done a great job
with this young man.

01:26:15.149 --> 01:26:17.344
He was a little raw
when we first got him...

01:26:17.518 --> 01:26:19.952
...but we've, you know,
coached him up a little bit.

01:26:23.056 --> 01:26:25.115
Where is that?

01:26:25.292 --> 01:26:28.659
Well, make me guess.

01:26:30.564 --> 01:26:31.588
Hello, Mama.

01:26:31.765 --> 01:26:34.563
Did you know to be eligible
for a Division I scholarship...

01:26:34.735 --> 01:26:38.831
- ... Michael will need to make a 2.5 GPA?
- Really?

01:26:39.006 --> 01:26:43.534
His ACT is low and I don't see it getting
any better if he retakes it. Right there.

01:26:43.710 --> 01:26:44.972
Well, what's his GPA now?

01:26:45.145 --> 01:26:47.670
1.76.

01:26:47.848 --> 01:26:50.112
That's not bad when you
consider where he started.

01:26:50.284 --> 01:26:52.650
Well, he's gonna have to
make all A's this year.

01:26:53.153 --> 01:26:56.748
I'm serious.
And that might not even be enough.

01:26:56.924 --> 01:26:58.516
So he goes to a junior college.

01:26:59.226 --> 01:27:02.127
Unh-uhn. Most inner-city kids that
go to JC drop out in the first year.

01:27:02.296 --> 01:27:04.560
And his shot at the pros
would go out the window.

01:27:04.731 --> 01:27:07.791
Pros? Are we even sure
he's gonna get college offers?

01:27:10.971 --> 01:27:13.462
<i>NICK [OVER MACHINE]:
Michael, Nick Saban from LSU.</i>

01:27:13.640 --> 01:27:16.006
<i>Looking forward to you
coming down and visiting.</i>

01:27:16.176 --> 01:27:19.145
<i>LOU: Greetings, I'm Lou Holtz
from South Carolina. I'm call-</i>

01:27:19.313 --> 01:27:22.805
<i>MAN: We are very interested in having
Michael over to Knoxville for a visit.</i>

01:27:24.051 --> 01:27:25.279
Phil Fulmer, Tennessee.

01:27:25.452 --> 01:27:29.855
There's 20 more of them on there.
And these things right here, 50 of them.

01:27:30.023 --> 01:27:31.490
- Any of those from Ole Miss?
- No.

01:27:31.658 --> 01:27:34.593
They're not gonna start recruiting
till they hire another coach.

01:27:34.761 --> 01:27:38.492
Doesn't make any difference
unless Michael makes his grades. Ahem.

01:27:39.866 --> 01:27:40.890
What are we gonna do?

01:27:43.044 --> 01:27:46.138
I understand you applied
for a teaching position at Wingate.

01:27:47.381 --> 01:27:49.178
I wasn't religious enough for them.

01:27:49.817 --> 01:27:55.380
I'm a spiritual person, Mrs. Tuohy,
but I have certain, shall we say, doubts.

01:27:56.457 --> 01:27:58.482
Well, I appreciate your honesty,
Miss Sue.

01:27:58.859 --> 01:28:00.451
What's the situation with Michael?

01:28:00.628 --> 01:28:03.096
- He needs to do better in school.
- Obviously.

01:28:03.264 --> 01:28:04.526
But why the big push?

01:28:04.698 --> 01:28:08.759
Well, he's in line for a football
scholarship if he gets his grades up.

01:28:08.936 --> 01:28:12.099
- Is he considering Ole Miss?
- Better be.

01:28:13.507 --> 01:28:15.065
I'd love to work with him.

01:28:15.242 --> 01:28:17.642
Well, when would you like to start?

01:28:18.512 --> 01:28:22.380
Mrs. Tuohy, um, there's something
you should know about me.

01:28:22.550 --> 01:28:24.245
I don't usually tell many people...

01:28:24.418 --> 01:28:28.081
...but it's something I feel you should
be aware of before you hire me.

01:28:28.756 --> 01:28:30.815
Uh- What is it?

01:28:31.725 --> 01:28:33.249
I'm a Democrat.

01:28:35.396 --> 01:28:37.159
Okay.

01:28:42.436 --> 01:28:44.961
- I don't understand it.
- Yet.

01:28:45.139 --> 01:28:47.403
You don't understand it yet.

01:28:49.210 --> 01:28:50.700
How big is your head, Michael?

01:28:50.945 --> 01:28:52.276
Big.

01:28:52.446 --> 01:28:53.879
And what's in there?

01:28:54.048 --> 01:28:55.345
- A brain.
- A brain.

01:28:55.516 --> 01:28:57.211
It's full of knowledge.

01:28:57.384 --> 01:29:02.014
Like a file cabinet with maps,
and shortcuts for figuring things out.

01:29:02.690 --> 01:29:06.524
You'll get there, Michael Oher, because
I'm here to help you use those maps...

01:29:06.694 --> 01:29:10.721
...and reach your destination,
like Sacagawea led Lewis and Clark.

01:29:10.898 --> 01:29:12.126
Sacagawea?

01:29:12.299 --> 01:29:15.666
We'll get to that.
And the history books have it wrong.

01:29:15.836 --> 01:29:19.033
All you need to know
is I'll get you there.

01:29:19.840 --> 01:29:21.831
Do you believe me?

01:29:24.612 --> 01:29:26.239
You trust me, Michael?

01:29:28.482 --> 01:29:29.506
Yes, Miss Sue.

01:29:32.353 --> 01:29:33.547
Try it again.

01:29:35.089 --> 01:29:37.922
What's the next one? Read that
to me. Okay, what does it say?

01:29:38.092 --> 01:29:42.529
First we have to find the constant.
Now, where is the constant?

01:29:43.130 --> 01:29:45.291
Good. See?

01:29:45.466 --> 01:29:48.663
Who'd have thought we'd have
a black son before we knew a Democrat?

01:29:48.836 --> 01:29:50.394
[DOORBELL RINGS]

01:29:50.838 --> 01:29:54.035
LEIGH ANNE: Doorbell!
SEAN: I got it, guys.

01:29:56.644 --> 01:29:58.703
Coach, how are you? Come in.
Sean Tuohy.

01:29:58.879 --> 01:30:01.677
- Nick Saban, nice to meet you.
- Nice to see you. My pleasure.

01:30:01.849 --> 01:30:04.113
I appreciate the opportunity
to come in your home.

01:30:04.285 --> 01:30:06.719
- This is my daughter, Collins.
- Pleasure to meet you.

01:30:06.887 --> 01:30:09.754
- And you must be Leigh Anne.
- That would be me, Coach Saban.

01:30:09.924 --> 01:30:11.357
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.

01:30:11.525 --> 01:30:14.016
Just call me Nick.
This is an incredible home.

01:30:14.195 --> 01:30:16.425
The Windsor valances are a nice touch.

01:30:16.597 --> 01:30:20.590
Well, thank you.
You obviously have excellent taste.

01:30:20.768 --> 01:30:22.702
NICK:
Well, we appreciate quality...

01:30:22.870 --> 01:30:24.735
...and recognize it when we see it.

01:30:26.307 --> 01:30:28.707
Michael, why don't you come in
and say hello?

01:30:28.876 --> 01:30:31.208
- Nick Saban. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

01:30:31.378 --> 01:30:33.471
NICK: And you must be SJ.
- That's me.

01:30:33.647 --> 01:30:37.048
Michael, why don't you and Nick
go into the living room and talk?

01:30:37.384 --> 01:30:38.510
Can SJ come?

01:30:38.686 --> 01:30:41.712
- Absolutely. We'll recruit the both of you.
- All right.

01:30:44.725 --> 01:30:46.886
I find him extremely handsome.

01:30:47.061 --> 01:30:48.961
Yeah, I'm right here, Leigh Anne.

01:30:49.129 --> 01:30:50.653
Yeah, I know.

01:30:50.831 --> 01:30:53.823
NICK: So, Michael, we would love
to get you down to LSU for a visit.

01:30:54.001 --> 01:30:55.969
We've got a great thing going
right now.

01:30:56.136 --> 01:30:59.594
You have an opportunity to be
successful as a person, as a student...

01:30:59.773 --> 01:31:04.005
...and an opportunity to be a part of the
next national championship team at LSU.

01:31:04.178 --> 01:31:07.204
So, what do you say?
Would you like to commit to a visit?

01:31:07.381 --> 01:31:08.814
SJ: Can I ask a question?
NICK: Sure.

01:31:09.149 --> 01:31:12.676
My brother and I are very close,
and so...

01:31:12.853 --> 01:31:17.688
...I'm very afraid that if he goes off
to school, I might not get to see him.

01:31:17.858 --> 01:31:19.519
- So...
- Go on.

01:31:19.693 --> 01:31:23.493
I guess I was just wondering
how much access I'd have to him.

01:31:23.664 --> 01:31:26.098
NICK: Well, SJ, you would have
total access to Michael.

01:31:26.267 --> 01:31:29.361
But better than that, in his first game
in Tiger Stadium...

01:31:29.536 --> 01:31:32.300
...we would like for you to lead
the team out of the tunnel.

01:31:32.473 --> 01:31:34.873
- What do you think about that?
- Sounds good.

01:31:37.478 --> 01:31:39.469
[CROWD CHEERING]

01:31:42.449 --> 01:31:44.440
[GRUNTING]

01:31:46.453 --> 01:31:48.387
[DOORBELL RINGS]

01:31:49.356 --> 01:31:50.550
Come on in.

01:31:50.724 --> 01:31:53.921
Greetings. I'm Lou Holtz from
the University of South Carolina.

01:31:54.094 --> 01:31:57.063
Leigh Anne Tuohy. Nice to meet you.
Come on in. Michael?

01:31:57.231 --> 01:31:59.358
Hello. I'm Tommy Tuberville,
Auburn University.

01:31:59.533 --> 01:32:01.728
Leigh Anne Tuohy. Nice to meet you.
Michael?

01:32:01.902 --> 01:32:05.360
- Houston Nutt, University of Arkansas.
- Leigh Anne Tuohy. Nice to meet you.

01:32:05.539 --> 01:32:08.064
- Ole Miss cup, huh?
- Michael?

01:32:09.043 --> 01:32:10.067
[SIGHS]

01:32:10.244 --> 01:32:12.508
Oh, come on. You know this.

01:32:12.680 --> 01:32:14.409
It's logical.

01:32:25.659 --> 01:32:28.219
I guarantee, you come to
University of South Carolina...

01:32:28.395 --> 01:32:30.886
...it'll be the smartest decision
you've ever made.

01:32:31.065 --> 01:32:34.694
We want you, we need you,
but the other thing is, Mike, you need us.

01:32:38.439 --> 01:32:39.463
Ow!

01:32:39.640 --> 01:32:42.575
Knoxville is a tremendous place
to live and-

01:32:42.743 --> 01:32:45.735
HOUSTON: I know there's Lions,
there's Tigers, there's Bears.

01:32:45.913 --> 01:32:48.040
Hey, there's only one Razorback
in the world.

01:32:48.215 --> 01:32:51.946
And not only that, you will look great
in Gamecock red.

01:32:52.119 --> 01:32:53.143
What's in it for me?

01:32:53.320 --> 01:32:57.017
SJ, I'm gonna get you a hog hat
and the whole family a hog hat.

01:32:57.191 --> 01:32:59.318
Are you telling me thatís
the best you can do?

01:32:59.493 --> 01:33:01.791
SJ, you remind me of me as a boy.

01:33:01.962 --> 01:33:04.328
Coach, help me help you.

01:33:04.498 --> 01:33:08.025
I can give you a Gamecock headdress,
and with real feathers.

01:33:16.810 --> 01:33:20.211
- What do you got for me, Phil?
- I've been thinking a lot about that...

01:33:20.381 --> 01:33:22.975
...and one of the things
I think would be special...

01:33:23.150 --> 01:33:27.143
...is we'll walk arm-in-arm to the center
of Neyland Stadium in the first ball game...

01:33:27.321 --> 01:33:29.653
...and do the coin toss together.
How's that sound?

01:33:29.823 --> 01:33:32.291
Coach Fulmer, it's a pleasure
doing business with you.

01:33:32.459 --> 01:33:35.257
My pleasure, CJ. You bet you, buddy.

01:33:35.429 --> 01:33:37.397
[CROWD CHEERING]

01:33:43.804 --> 01:33:44.828
[DOORBELL RINGS]

01:33:45.572 --> 01:33:47.096
Congratulations on getting hired.

01:33:47.274 --> 01:33:50.038
Thank you, ma'am.
Ole Miss is my dream job.

01:33:50.210 --> 01:33:53.338
You're coming a little late to the party
and we're diehard Rebels...

01:33:53.514 --> 01:33:55.948
...so I'm gonna pretty much
give you a road map.

01:33:56.116 --> 01:33:57.743
- Got it.
- LSU is out.

01:33:57.918 --> 01:33:59.909
Everybody knows Saban's
going to the NFL.

01:34:00.087 --> 01:34:02.885
Don't wanna name names,
but on Michaelís first two trips...

01:34:03.056 --> 01:34:05.320
- ... somebody took him to a titty bar.
- Terrible.

01:34:05.492 --> 01:34:07.687
Tell me about it.
He had nightmares for weeks.

01:34:07.861 --> 01:34:10.159
So when he visits,
I want you to feed him Italian.

01:34:10.330 --> 01:34:12.924
He likes fettuccine Alfredo.
And take him to a movie.

01:34:13.100 --> 01:34:16.331
<i>Not Chainsaw Massacre
because heíll just cover his eyes.</i>

01:34:16.503 --> 01:34:18.903
Then get him in bed by 10. Got it?

01:34:19.072 --> 01:34:20.266
- Yes, ma'am.
- All right.

01:34:20.441 --> 01:34:22.272
- What about Tennessee?
- Mm.

01:34:22.609 --> 01:34:24.440
Breaks my heart,
but they're still in the hunt.

01:34:24.611 --> 01:34:26.977
Ahem. Fulmer made SJ a sweet deal.

01:34:27.147 --> 01:34:29.707
- I hear that kid can really pepper the gumbo.
- Hmm.

01:34:29.883 --> 01:34:32.613
He's his daddy's boy. You ready?

01:34:32.786 --> 01:34:34.686
- Let's do it.
- All right.

01:34:34.855 --> 01:34:37.289
ED: Mike, do you love barbecue?
I tell you what, Mike.

01:34:37.458 --> 01:34:40.916
You can go to a gas station and
get the best barbecue you ever got.

01:34:41.094 --> 01:34:42.561
It's a wonderful place to live.

01:34:42.729 --> 01:34:46.893
Fried catfish, all the good food that
we love to eat and that's not good for us...

01:34:47.067 --> 01:34:49.331
...you can have it there, Mike,
I promise you.

01:34:49.503 --> 01:34:51.801
And for you, SJ, this is what I can do.

01:34:51.972 --> 01:34:54.065
At Ole Miss, we have
The Grove by the stadium.

01:34:54.241 --> 01:34:57.642
We walk it before every game
in front of thousands of people.

01:34:57.811 --> 01:34:59.711
It's a sacred ritual. And I'm in front.

01:35:00.247 --> 01:35:02.147
Seen it a thousand times.

01:35:02.316 --> 01:35:06.082
Ever seen it from the front of the line?
Next year, you and me, leading the team.

01:35:06.253 --> 01:35:10.189
Tennessee offered to let me
run on the field and flip the coin.

01:35:13.126 --> 01:35:15.185
I'll throw in a sideline pass.

01:35:25.472 --> 01:35:26.905
Have you decided yet, Michael?

01:35:27.674 --> 01:35:29.574
No, Miss Sue.

01:35:30.344 --> 01:35:32.710
But you like Tennessee?

01:35:33.680 --> 01:35:35.011
Yeah. That's a good school.

01:35:36.116 --> 01:35:38.107
Not at the academic level of Ole Miss...

01:35:38.285 --> 01:35:41.277
...but they have a outstanding
Science Department.

01:35:42.155 --> 01:35:44.385
You know what they're famous for?

01:35:44.825 --> 01:35:47.089
They work with the FBI...

01:35:47.261 --> 01:35:51.220
...to study the effects of soil
on decomposing body parts.

01:35:51.398 --> 01:35:53.093
What's that mean?

01:35:53.267 --> 01:35:56.725
Well, when they find a body, the police
wanna know how long it's been dead.

01:35:56.904 --> 01:35:59.839
So the fine folks at Tennessee
help them out.

01:36:00.641 --> 01:36:03.337
Oh, they have lots of body parts.

01:36:03.544 --> 01:36:07.605
Arms and legs and hands...

01:36:07.781 --> 01:36:10.306
...from hospitals and medical schools.

01:36:10.884 --> 01:36:12.181
[CHUCKLES]

01:36:13.086 --> 01:36:14.951
And do you know where they store them?

01:36:18.892 --> 01:36:21.053
Right underneath the football field.

01:36:23.230 --> 01:36:27.758
So while it's fine and dandy
to have 100,000 fans cheering for you...

01:36:27.935 --> 01:36:32.565
...the bodies you should be worried about
are the ones right under the turf.

01:36:32.739 --> 01:36:35.833
Set to poke up through the ground
and grab you.

01:36:40.647 --> 01:36:43.616
Well, it's your decision
where you wanna play ball.

01:36:43.784 --> 01:36:45.979
Don't let me influence you.

01:36:55.762 --> 01:36:57.195
[APPLAUSE]

01:37:14.648 --> 01:37:17.913
All the other teachers are on board.
I don't know what your problem is.

01:37:18.085 --> 01:37:22.021
I'm sorry. I will not give a student
a grade he or she doesn't deserve.

01:37:22.322 --> 01:37:25.655
Well, Michael needs a B.

01:37:25.826 --> 01:37:28.488
What does he have to do
to deserve that?

01:37:30.163 --> 01:37:33.030
Right now Michaelís doing
C- minus, D-plus work.

01:37:33.600 --> 01:37:37.366
His best chance at improvement is
the written essay at the end of the year.

01:37:37.537 --> 01:37:39.630
It counts for a third of the grade.

01:37:41.008 --> 01:37:43.670
Well, that's it. We're sunk.

01:37:43.844 --> 01:37:44.868
[GAME PLAYING ON TV]

01:37:45.045 --> 01:37:47.912
<i>Why don't you write about
Great Expectations?</i>

01:37:48.081 --> 01:37:49.946
You're a lot like Pip.

01:37:50.117 --> 01:37:55.578
I mean, he was poor. He was an orphan
and someone kind of found him.

01:37:55.756 --> 01:37:57.656
You should be able to relate to that.

01:38:01.728 --> 01:38:04.788
Fine. We'll go through the reading list.

01:38:04.965 --> 01:38:07.661
But you're gonna have to pick one,
Michael.

01:38:08.101 --> 01:38:09.125
<i>Pygmalion.</i>

01:38:12.572 --> 01:38:14.403
<i>A Tale of Two Cities.</i>

01:38:14.574 --> 01:38:16.439
"The Charge of the Light Brigade. "

01:38:16.610 --> 01:38:20.046
<i>Half a league, half a league
Half a league onward</i>

01:38:20.213 --> 01:38:21.771
I love that one.

01:38:22.149 --> 01:38:24.413
He loves it.

01:38:26.086 --> 01:38:29.544
Why don't you do this?
And I'll watch basketball.

01:38:33.293 --> 01:38:34.692
SEAN:
Okay.

01:38:38.298 --> 01:38:41.927
<i>All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.</i>

01:38:42.769 --> 01:38:46.728
They named LSU's stadium Death Valley
because of this story.

01:38:47.808 --> 01:38:51.369
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
was writing about LSU-Ole Miss.

01:38:51.545 --> 01:38:52.876
- You're kidding.
- No.

01:38:53.046 --> 01:38:56.140
- It's a great story.
- It's a poem!

01:38:56.316 --> 01:38:58.784
<i>"Forward, the Light Brigade!"</i>

01:38:58.952 --> 01:39:00.283
That's like the offense.

01:39:00.454 --> 01:39:02.581
<i>"Charge for the guns," he said:</i>

01:39:02.756 --> 01:39:03.950
It's the end zone.

01:39:04.491 --> 01:39:06.891
<i>Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.</i>

01:39:07.060 --> 01:39:10.791
<i>"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?</i>

01:39:11.531 --> 01:39:14.864
<i>Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:</i>

01:39:15.035 --> 01:39:16.559
Someone made a mistake?

01:39:17.137 --> 01:39:19.605
Yeah. Their leader.

01:39:19.906 --> 01:39:21.134
Their coach.

01:39:23.110 --> 01:39:27.240
But why would they go ahead
if they knew he messed up?

01:39:29.883 --> 01:39:32.317
<i>Theirs not to make reply</i>

01:39:32.652 --> 01:39:35.348
<i>Theirs not to reason why</i>

01:39:35.722 --> 01:39:38.156
<i>Theirs but to do and die:</i>

01:39:38.892 --> 01:39:41.861
<i>Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.</i>

01:39:44.664 --> 01:39:46.359
They're all gonna die, aren't they?

01:39:48.668 --> 01:39:49.692
Yeah.

01:39:53.240 --> 01:39:55.936
That's really, really sad.

01:39:59.112 --> 01:40:01.945
I think you just found
something to write about, Michael.

01:40:18.331 --> 01:40:20.799
<i>MICHAEL:
Courage is a hard thing to figure.</i>

01:40:20.967 --> 01:40:24.835
<i>You can have courage based
on a dumb idea or a mistake...</i>

01:40:25.005 --> 01:40:27.303
<i>...but you're not supposed to
question adults...</i>

01:40:27.474 --> 01:40:31.706
<i>...or your coach or your teacher
because they make the rules.</i>

01:40:32.679 --> 01:40:36.376
<i>Maybe they know best,
but maybe they don't.</i>

01:40:37.450 --> 01:40:41.477
<i>It all depends on who you are,
where you come from.</i>

01:40:41.655 --> 01:40:44.522
<i>Didn't at least one of the 600 guys
think about giving up...</i>

01:40:44.691 --> 01:40:46.921
<i>...and joining with the other side?</i>

01:40:47.093 --> 01:40:50.927
<i>I mean, valley of Death,
that's pretty salty stuff.</i>

01:40:53.366 --> 01:40:55.163
<i>That's why courage is tricky.</i>

01:40:56.203 --> 01:40:59.570
<i>Should you always do
what others tell you to do?</i>

01:41:00.207 --> 01:41:03.370
<i>Sometimes you might not even know
why you're doing something.</i>

01:41:03.543 --> 01:41:06.239
<i>I mean, any fool can have courage.</i>

01:41:07.047 --> 01:41:11.040
<i>But honor, that's the real reason
you either do something or you don't.</i>

01:41:11.618 --> 01:41:14.553
<i>It's who you are
and maybe who you want to be.</i>

01:41:15.956 --> 01:41:18.117
<i>If you die trying for
something important...</i>

01:41:18.291 --> 01:41:22.751
<i>...then you have both honor and
courage, and that's pretty good.</i>

01:41:23.330 --> 01:41:25.628
<i>I think that's what the writer was saying.</i>

01:41:25.799 --> 01:41:29.633
<i>That you should hope for courage
and try for honor.</i>

01:41:29.803 --> 01:41:35.366
<i>And maybe even pray that the people
telling you what to do have some too.</i>

01:41:39.412 --> 01:41:41.073
Kevin Lin.

01:41:41.248 --> 01:41:43.239
[APPLAUSE]

01:41:46.119 --> 01:41:49.020
- Good job.
- Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.

01:41:50.357 --> 01:41:53.292
Matthew Nichols.

01:41:53.960 --> 01:41:56.895
-2.52.
- Hmm?

01:41:57.097 --> 01:42:01.329
Michaelís final GPA.
Got it off of Paulís computer.

01:42:01.534 --> 01:42:03.593
He did it, Sean. He did it.

01:42:04.304 --> 01:42:06.602
Wait a minute. You broke into
the principalís computer?

01:42:06.773 --> 01:42:08.240
Hmm?

01:42:09.309 --> 01:42:11.072
Michael Oher.

01:42:11.244 --> 01:42:13.109
[APPLAUSE]

01:42:13.280 --> 01:42:14.304
[CHUCKLES]

01:42:15.382 --> 01:42:17.213
GIRL:
Michael.

01:42:18.118 --> 01:42:20.814
Where in the world did you find
a baby picture of Michael?

01:42:20.987 --> 01:42:23.922
Scanned it off an Internet ad
for a toddler boutique.

01:42:30.297 --> 01:42:33.061
- Congratulations, Michael.
MICHAEL: Thank you.

01:42:48.615 --> 01:42:50.048
SJ:
Michael, up top!

01:42:50.250 --> 01:42:51.274
[CHUCKLES]

01:42:53.486 --> 01:42:54.953
Way to go, bro.

01:42:55.622 --> 01:42:57.055
All right, that's enough.

01:42:57.223 --> 01:43:00.681
Young man, I think I need a proper hug.

01:43:06.166 --> 01:43:08.634
You're gonna be staying
in Deaton Hall. Where is it?

01:43:08.802 --> 01:43:10.099
It's 109. It's right there.

01:43:10.270 --> 01:43:13.831
You'll be on the meal plan so youíll be
eating over here in Johnson Commons.

01:43:14.007 --> 01:43:16.100
Johnson Commons, all-you-can-eat
self-serve ice cream.

01:43:16.276 --> 01:43:17.368
- Mm-hm.
- As much as you want?

01:43:17.544 --> 01:43:18.568
[PHONE RINGS]

01:43:18.745 --> 01:43:20.872
That's how Mama put on
her freshman 10.

01:43:21.081 --> 01:43:22.105
[CHUCKLES]

01:43:22.282 --> 01:43:25.683
- Stop it.
- Whew.

01:43:26.419 --> 01:43:28.080
Hello.

01:43:29.656 --> 01:43:31.123
This is Mrs. Tuohy.

01:43:31.291 --> 01:43:35.591
They just wanna ask you a couple questions,
Michael. You have nothing to hide.

01:43:36.396 --> 01:43:39.024
Mrs. Tuohy? Mr. Oher?
My name is Jocelyn Granger.

01:43:39.199 --> 01:43:41.724
I'm the Assistant Director of
Enforcement for the NCAA.

01:43:41.901 --> 01:43:43.334
Please, call me Leigh Anne.

01:43:46.873 --> 01:43:48.500
So let's do this, shall we?

01:43:48.675 --> 01:43:51.940
If you wouldn't mind,
I'd prefer to speak with Michael alone.

01:43:52.579 --> 01:43:54.274
LEIGH ANNE:
And how long is that gonna take?

01:43:54.447 --> 01:43:55.573
A while.

01:43:57.984 --> 01:43:59.918
It's all right. It's okay.

01:44:00.120 --> 01:44:01.712
Go on.

01:44:04.391 --> 01:44:05.415
Michael.

01:44:05.592 --> 01:44:09.187
Michael. I'll be waiting for you
in the lobby, all right?

01:44:12.932 --> 01:44:14.126
<i>LEIGH ANNE:
I don't know, Sean.</i>

01:44:14.300 --> 01:44:16.530
Just have a bad feeling about this one.

01:44:16.703 --> 01:44:19.365
This woman is tough, tough, tough,
tough, tough. Hold on.

01:44:20.407 --> 01:44:21.931
Hey.

01:44:22.876 --> 01:44:24.776
The client wants what?

01:44:25.712 --> 01:44:28.772
Were you aware that Coach Cotton
was accepting a job at Ole Miss?

01:44:28.948 --> 01:44:29.972
No.

01:44:30.150 --> 01:44:32.812
And that this job offer came
after you signed with them?

01:44:34.054 --> 01:44:36.716
Sean Tuohy, your legal guardian,
went to Ole Miss.

01:44:36.890 --> 01:44:37.914
He played basketball.

01:44:38.525 --> 01:44:40.993
And Mrs. Tuohy went to Ole Miss
as well.

01:44:41.161 --> 01:44:42.458
She was a cheerleader.

01:44:42.629 --> 01:44:45.223
Is it safe to say that Ole Miss
is their favorite school?

01:44:45.398 --> 01:44:49.767
Do they like any other universities?
What about, say, Tennessee?

01:44:49.936 --> 01:44:51.426
No, they can't stand Tennessee.

01:44:53.139 --> 01:44:54.265
And your tutor.

01:44:54.441 --> 01:44:56.671
- Miss Sue?
- Miss Sue.

01:44:56.843 --> 01:44:59.778
Miss Sue is an Ole Miss grad too.

01:45:00.246 --> 01:45:03.079
Miss Sue ever try to persuade you
to attend Ole Miss?

01:45:08.755 --> 01:45:12.088
Did you know that the Tuohys
make generous donations to Ole Miss?

01:45:12.258 --> 01:45:14.920
That even Miss Sue makes donations?

01:45:15.095 --> 01:45:17.222
That the Tuohys,
they have a condo in Oxford...

01:45:17.397 --> 01:45:20.332
...so they can attend
as many athletic events as possible.

01:45:20.567 --> 01:45:25.834
That in fact, both Sean and Leigh Anne
Tuohy are by our definition boosters.

01:45:28.174 --> 01:45:29.971
Mr. Oher.

01:45:30.276 --> 01:45:32.107
Mr. Oher.

01:45:32.278 --> 01:45:35.213
Do you understand?
Do you know why I'm here?

01:45:36.483 --> 01:45:38.007
To investigate?

01:45:38.184 --> 01:45:41.176
Yes. To investigate.

01:45:41.354 --> 01:45:45.154
I'm here to investigate
your odd... predicament.

01:45:46.092 --> 01:45:49.858
Do you find it odd, your predicament?

01:45:51.664 --> 01:45:53.393
Michael.

01:45:53.967 --> 01:45:55.935
I don't know.

01:45:56.936 --> 01:46:00.872
- Can I-? Can I leave now?
- No, you can't.

01:46:02.108 --> 01:46:03.234
What do you want, ma'am?

01:46:03.409 --> 01:46:05.934
- I want the facts. I need the truth.
- I didn't lie.

01:46:06.112 --> 01:46:09.081
- I wanna know what you think about this.
- Think about what?!

01:46:18.625 --> 01:46:22.857
The NCAA fears that
with your recruitment...

01:46:23.029 --> 01:46:24.360
...a door might be opened...

01:46:24.831 --> 01:46:26.924
...that boosters from schools
in the South...

01:46:27.100 --> 01:46:30.092
...will become legal guardians
of young athletes without means...

01:46:30.270 --> 01:46:32.670
...and funnel them to their alma maters.

01:46:32.839 --> 01:46:36.036
I'm not saying I believe it.
I'm not saying I don't.

01:46:36.209 --> 01:46:40.009
But there are many people involved in this
case who would argue that the Tuohys...

01:46:40.180 --> 01:46:42.512
- ... they took you in, they clothed you...
- No.

01:46:42.682 --> 01:46:45.617
...they fed you, they paid for
your private education.

01:46:45.785 --> 01:46:48.686
- They bought you a car, paid for a tutor...
- No. No.

01:46:48.855 --> 01:46:53.849
...all as part of a plan to ensure that you
play football for the University of Mississippi.

01:47:11.444 --> 01:47:14.641
Michael? We're not finished.

01:47:14.814 --> 01:47:17.339
The toile's not available,
like I told you months ago.

01:47:17.517 --> 01:47:22.045
So why don't we go with the ticking?
The low nap. It's a beautiful-

01:47:22.222 --> 01:47:25.453
I'll call you back. Bye.
Michael. So, what happened?

01:47:25.758 --> 01:47:28.318
- Why'd you do it?
- What?

01:47:28.494 --> 01:47:30.962
All along you wanted me
to go to Ole Miss.

01:47:31.130 --> 01:47:33.155
Well, of course I did. We love Ole Miss.

01:47:33.333 --> 01:47:34.800
- Why'd you do this for me?
- What?

01:47:34.968 --> 01:47:38.233
Everything. Was it for you
or was it for me?

01:47:38.404 --> 01:47:41.339
Was it so I would go to school
where you wanted?

01:47:41.507 --> 01:47:43.668
Was it so I would do what you wanted?

01:47:43.843 --> 01:47:46.243
- Michael, no, I-
- That's what she thinks.

01:47:46.946 --> 01:47:48.174
Is she right?

01:47:48.715 --> 01:47:51.115
Michael, honey, I need for you
to just listen to me.

01:47:51.284 --> 01:47:52.842
Don't you dare lie to me.

01:47:56.322 --> 01:47:57.846
I'm not stupid.

01:47:58.024 --> 01:48:03.485
Michael? Michael, of course
you're not stupid, Michael. Mi-

01:48:07.233 --> 01:48:08.928
I should've followed him.

01:48:09.102 --> 01:48:11.093
You had no way of knowing
he'd disappear.

01:48:14.240 --> 01:48:16.174
Was he right?

01:48:16.743 --> 01:48:18.734
What he said about us?

01:48:18.911 --> 01:48:20.469
Leigh Anne, be reasonable.

01:48:20.647 --> 01:48:24.413
We gave clothes to a boy who had one
pair of shorts and we gave him a bed.

01:48:24.584 --> 01:48:27.849
To hell with the NCAA.
I would do it again tomorrow.

01:48:28.021 --> 01:48:30.512
What about all the rest of it?

01:48:30.690 --> 01:48:34.285
All the stuff we did to make sure
that he got a scholarship.

01:48:34.927 --> 01:48:36.952
A scholarship to Ole Miss.

01:48:37.664 --> 01:48:40.224
He could go anywhere he wanted.
He knew that.

01:48:40.400 --> 01:48:45.133
Oh, did he? Did you ask him?
Because I sure as hell know I never did.

01:48:48.007 --> 01:48:51.374
Hey. Come here.

01:48:59.485 --> 01:49:01.510
Yeah.

01:49:01.854 --> 01:49:03.321
[SIGHS]

01:49:07.894 --> 01:49:10.294
Am I a good person?

01:49:10.463 --> 01:49:12.294
Not a joke.

01:49:12.465 --> 01:49:14.660
Not rhetorical.

01:49:16.336 --> 01:49:20.238
You are the best person that I know.

01:49:21.507 --> 01:49:25.341
Everything you do, you do for others.

01:49:26.813 --> 01:49:29.407
And why is that?

01:49:31.551 --> 01:49:34.076
I have not a clue.

01:49:34.921 --> 01:49:39.551
But you obviously get some sort of
sick satisfaction out of it.

01:49:44.297 --> 01:49:47.061
- Sean.
- Yeah?

01:49:47.333 --> 01:49:50.166
What if he never comes back?

01:49:51.204 --> 01:49:53.195
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

01:49:56.509 --> 01:49:59.808
Oh. Heh. Whoo!

01:49:59.979 --> 01:50:03.881
Big Mike. Hey, get your ass
on in here, man.

01:50:04.050 --> 01:50:06.416
- I'm looking for my mama.
- Your mama?

01:50:06.586 --> 01:50:08.816
Yeah, I seen Dee Dee around.

01:50:08.988 --> 01:50:11.218
As a matter of fact...

01:50:11.391 --> 01:50:14.792
Oh, yeah, she usually stop by
for a taste around this time.

01:50:15.194 --> 01:50:17.992
Look, I tell you what,
why don't you just come on inside?

01:50:18.164 --> 01:50:23.602
I'm gonna get you a 40, we gonna chop
it up like real folk. Just until she get here.

01:50:25.405 --> 01:50:28.602
Come on, now.
Ain't nobody gonna bite you, baby.

01:50:36.983 --> 01:50:37.972
Hey.

01:50:38.151 --> 01:50:41.348
Hey, Big Mike, go on down there
in the living room, man. Have a seat.

01:50:41.521 --> 01:50:43.148
Liven this bitch up in here, yíall.

01:50:43.322 --> 01:50:45.586
Give me a couple of 40s
out that refrigerator.

01:50:45.758 --> 01:50:47.350
- Sit down, man.
- Big Mike, boy.

01:50:47.527 --> 01:50:49.119
Damn, sure good to see you.

01:50:49.362 --> 01:50:52.422
Yeah, you looking good too.
You looking fit.

01:50:52.598 --> 01:50:54.190
I heard you playing a little ball.

01:50:55.368 --> 01:50:59.361
Y'all know that old rich-kid football ain't
got nothing on that public-school league.

01:50:59.539 --> 01:51:01.507
Niggas packing knives in they socks.

01:51:01.674 --> 01:51:03.301
[LAUGHING]

01:51:03.509 --> 01:51:05.773
Hey. I played a little ball myself.

01:51:05.945 --> 01:51:09.108
- Back in the day. You knew that, right?
- Yeah, I heard.

01:51:09.315 --> 01:51:13.649
Little quarterback. Up there at MLK.
Yeah.

01:51:14.086 --> 01:51:15.110
Thank you, baby.

01:51:15.288 --> 01:51:18.451
What about you, David?
You still playing ball over at JC?

01:51:18.624 --> 01:51:21.752
- Naw, br-
- No, man. David ain't with that no more.

01:51:21.928 --> 01:51:23.452
He with me now.

01:51:23.629 --> 01:51:27.793
As a matter of fact, look,
I can open up a spot for you too.

01:51:27.967 --> 01:51:31.630
I got tired of going to class.
People always trying to tell me what to do.

01:51:31.804 --> 01:51:36.332
Well, in that case, then, look here,
turn that up right there, little-bitty bitch!

01:51:36.809 --> 01:51:39.471
- Ha-ha-ha.
- Bitty bitch!

01:51:41.881 --> 01:51:44.873
Hey, man. I'm just messing with D, man.

01:51:45.518 --> 01:51:48.919
Ahh. I heard you staying
on the other side of town.

01:51:49.722 --> 01:51:54.386
Yeah, that what Dee Dee said. Said you
got you a new mama now. Yeah, man.

01:51:54.560 --> 01:51:56.494
MAN: Hell, yeah.
ALTON: She fine too.

01:51:56.662 --> 01:51:58.960
Yeah, she fine. Mm-mm. Ooh!

01:51:59.265 --> 01:52:01.699
Hey, she got any other kids?

01:52:04.837 --> 01:52:06.532
She got a daughter?

01:52:08.274 --> 01:52:10.208
You tap that?

01:52:11.544 --> 01:52:12.568
[LAUGHS]

01:52:12.745 --> 01:52:15.543
Yeah. Yeah, you tapped that, didn't you?
Yeah.

01:52:15.715 --> 01:52:16.875
Big Mike!

01:52:17.049 --> 01:52:20.507
ALTON: Big Mike done got a little piece,
yíall! He can't stand hisself now.

01:52:20.686 --> 01:52:22.244
Hey, Big-

01:52:22.522 --> 01:52:24.786
He done- He done lost his mind.

01:52:24.957 --> 01:52:26.049
Hey, where you going?

01:52:26.225 --> 01:52:28.693
I'm gonna just go wait for Mama
at the apartment.

01:52:31.063 --> 01:52:32.087
[SCOFFS]

01:52:32.431 --> 01:52:34.524
Hey, man. Just go on heading on.

01:52:34.700 --> 01:52:39.831
Sit down. I'm just trying to find
out a little bit about your fine white sister.

01:52:40.039 --> 01:52:43.008
Because I likes me some of
that mommy-daughter action.

01:52:43.175 --> 01:52:45.200
Shut up.

01:52:49.115 --> 01:52:50.582
"Shut up"?

01:52:50.750 --> 01:52:53.742
Who in the hell is you telling to shut up?

01:52:56.322 --> 01:52:58.882
I will bust a cap in your fat ass...

01:52:59.058 --> 01:53:02.118
...and then drive east to pay a visit
to your cracker-ass mama...

01:53:02.295 --> 01:53:03.592
...and her sweet little daughter.

01:53:03.763 --> 01:53:04.889
[GRUNTING]

01:53:05.064 --> 01:53:06.759
[WOMEN SCREAMING]

01:53:07.366 --> 01:53:08.458
Big fella.

01:53:08.634 --> 01:53:09.794
[GUNSHOT]

01:53:11.237 --> 01:53:12.465
[SCREAMS]

01:53:16.342 --> 01:53:18.833
[BABY CRYING]

01:53:19.011 --> 01:53:20.808
WOMAN:
My baby!

01:53:21.080 --> 01:53:23.947
You monster! Get out!

01:53:24.684 --> 01:53:26.311
[SCREAMING]

01:53:36.462 --> 01:53:37.656
- Mama!
- Mama!

01:53:52.778 --> 01:53:54.769
[MEN CHATTERING]

01:54:00.386 --> 01:54:03.219
ALTON:
He gone, snowflake.

01:54:09.028 --> 01:54:10.552
Michael was here?

01:54:10.730 --> 01:54:14.666
Yeah, but you tell him I'll be seeing
him around. Oh, he gonna get his.

01:54:15.434 --> 01:54:16.992
So Michael was here?

01:54:17.403 --> 01:54:20.099
Last night. Gonna come by here
and sneak me then run off.

01:54:20.940 --> 01:54:23.807
Yeah. Tell him to sleep
with one eye open.

01:54:25.011 --> 01:54:26.171
You hear me, bitch?

01:54:32.718 --> 01:54:34.982
No, you hear me, bitch.

01:54:35.755 --> 01:54:39.350
You threaten my son, you threaten me.

01:54:39.525 --> 01:54:43.154
You so much as cross into downtown,
you will be sorry.

01:54:43.329 --> 01:54:45.058
I'm in a prayer group with the DA...

01:54:45.231 --> 01:54:47.995
...I'm a member of the NRA,
and I'm always packing.

01:54:53.372 --> 01:54:56.671
What you got in there, a. 22?
Or a Saturday Night Special?

01:54:56.842 --> 01:54:57.866
[CHUCKLES]

01:54:58.044 --> 01:55:01.536
Mm-hm. And it shoots just fine
all the other days too.

01:55:19.298 --> 01:55:22.028
[PHONE RINGS]

01:55:27.106 --> 01:55:28.471
<i>- Michael?
MICHAEL: Mama?</i>

01:55:56.769 --> 01:55:58.964
<i>MICHAEL: You think the police
are gonna come and get me?</i>

01:55:59.972 --> 01:56:02.497
LEIGH ANNE: I imagine the last thing
they want in Hurt Village...

01:56:02.675 --> 01:56:05.439
...is a bunch of cops snooping around.

01:56:08.414 --> 01:56:13.351
I swore I would never ask this, but
how did you get out of there, Michael?

01:56:16.088 --> 01:56:19.683
When I was little and
something awful was happening...

01:56:19.859 --> 01:56:22.020
...my mama would tell me
to close my eyes.

01:56:22.862 --> 01:56:26.764
She was trying to keep me from
seeing her do drugs or other bad things.

01:56:27.399 --> 01:56:30.368
And when she was finished
or the bad things were over...

01:56:30.536 --> 01:56:35.872
...she'd say, "Now when I count to
three, you open your eyes.

01:56:36.041 --> 01:56:41.536
The past is gone, the world is a good
place, and it's all gonna be okay. "

01:56:44.350 --> 01:56:46.648
You closed your eyes.

01:56:49.221 --> 01:56:53.681
You know, when I was driving
all over kingdom come looking for you...

01:56:53.859 --> 01:56:56.589
...I kept thinking about one thing.

01:56:57.563 --> 01:56:59.531
Ferdinand the Bull.

01:57:02.568 --> 01:57:06.368
I know I should've asked you this
a long time ago, Michael.

01:57:07.072 --> 01:57:09.233
But do you even wanna play football?

01:57:10.743 --> 01:57:13.234
I mean, do you even like it?

01:57:14.113 --> 01:57:15.512
I'm pretty good at it.

01:57:15.915 --> 01:57:17.780
Yeah, you are.

01:57:20.319 --> 01:57:21.980
Sean and I have been talking and...

01:57:22.488 --> 01:57:25.924
...Michael, if you're gonna
accept a football scholarship...

01:57:26.759 --> 01:57:29.819
...we think it should be to Tennessee.

01:57:31.931 --> 01:57:37.392
And I promise that I will be
at every game, cheering for you.

01:57:38.037 --> 01:57:40.631
- Every game?
- Every game.

01:57:42.041 --> 01:57:45.340
But I will not wear that gaudy orange.
I will not.

01:57:45.511 --> 01:57:48.071
It is not in my color wheel
and I'm not gonna wear it.

01:57:51.083 --> 01:57:54.075
So you want me to go to Tennessee?

01:57:54.854 --> 01:57:58.346
I want you to do whatever you want.

01:57:58.524 --> 01:58:01.425
It is your decision, Michael.
It's your life.

01:58:03.362 --> 01:58:05.296
What if I wanted to flip burgers?

01:58:09.034 --> 01:58:11.935
It's your decision. It's your life.

01:58:14.807 --> 01:58:16.604
Okay.

01:58:17.877 --> 01:58:19.276
Okay, what?

01:58:21.680 --> 01:58:23.477
<i>MICHAEL:
I'm sorry I left the other day.</i>

01:58:23.649 --> 01:58:25.082
You were pretty upset.

01:58:25.251 --> 01:58:28.812
- You asked a lot of questions.
- I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this.

01:58:28.988 --> 01:58:30.922
But all the questions you asked...

01:58:31.090 --> 01:58:34.059
...were about why everybody else
wanted me to go to Ole Miss.

01:58:34.226 --> 01:58:35.250
Okay.

01:58:35.427 --> 01:58:38.089
Not once did you ask
why did I wanna go there.

01:58:40.165 --> 01:58:41.325
All right.

01:58:41.500 --> 01:58:45.095
Fine, Michael. Why do you
wanna go to Ole Miss?

01:58:45.271 --> 01:58:48.399
Because it's where my family
goes to school.

01:58:49.041 --> 01:58:51.009
It's where they've always
gone to school.

01:58:58.918 --> 01:59:01.113
LEIGH ANNE: College will be a different
experience for you.

01:59:01.287 --> 01:59:02.276
SJ, stop it.

01:59:02.454 --> 01:59:04.854
- There's gonna be lots of distractions.
- Have fun.

01:59:05.024 --> 01:59:08.983
Always gonna be some nimrod in the dorm
who wants to play video games all night...

01:59:09.161 --> 01:59:10.992
...or fool around on the Internet.

01:59:11.163 --> 01:59:12.255
Just have fun.

01:59:12.431 --> 01:59:14.592
You'll be spending
a lot of time at practice...

01:59:14.767 --> 01:59:18.328
...which means youíll have to be
very dedicated to your studies, all right?

01:59:18.504 --> 01:59:20.699
SJ, if you don't stop it right-
Come here.

01:59:20.873 --> 01:59:22.397
Relax, Mama.

01:59:22.608 --> 01:59:26.601
I just got back from the library. I reserved
a private cubicle for the semester.

01:59:26.779 --> 01:59:29.509
Here's your class schedule
and our study-hall hours.

01:59:29.682 --> 01:59:33.049
Now, if yíall don't mind, I'm gonna
go move into my new apartment.

01:59:33.218 --> 01:59:35.516
- Thank you, Miss Sue.
FAMILY: Thank you, Miss Sue.

01:59:35.688 --> 01:59:38.156
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
LEIGH ANNE: Let's see what you got.

01:59:38.324 --> 01:59:41.919
College Writing, good. Psychology,
Math Lab, which is gonna be good-

01:59:42.094 --> 01:59:44.028
- Hi.
LEIGH ANNE: Well, you know why.

01:59:44.196 --> 01:59:45.720
A lot of good classes.

01:59:45.898 --> 01:59:48.662
- You gonna have a lot of fun.
COLLINS: SJ!

01:59:51.737 --> 01:59:54.706
Michael Oher, you listen to me,
all right?

01:59:54.873 --> 01:59:58.468
I want you to enjoy yourself, but if
you get a girl pregnant out of wedlock...

01:59:58.644 --> 02:00:02.740
...I will crawl in the car, drive up here
to Oxford, and I will cut off your penis.

02:00:03.082 --> 02:00:04.140
She means it.

02:00:05.517 --> 02:00:07.985
- Yes, ma'am.
- All right.

02:00:09.221 --> 02:00:10.313
[SIGHS]

02:00:10.489 --> 02:00:13.925
Well, the 78's gonna be a parking lot
so we should get going.

02:00:14.093 --> 02:00:17.620
I want everyone to say their goodbyes,
all right? Here. Bye, baby.

02:00:17.796 --> 02:00:19.457
MICHAEL: Thank you, Mama.
- You're welcome.

02:00:23.235 --> 02:00:24.793
[CAR ALARM CHIRPS]

02:00:29.208 --> 02:00:31.233
Why does she always do that?

02:00:31.777 --> 02:00:35.907
She's an onion, Michael. You have to
peel her back a layer at a time.

02:00:38.650 --> 02:00:40.345
Be right back.

02:00:51.497 --> 02:00:53.294
What?

02:00:59.438 --> 02:01:00.462
What, Michael?

02:01:01.006 --> 02:01:03.304
I need a proper hug.

02:01:26.432 --> 02:01:29.924
<i>LEIGH ANNE: I read a story the other day
about a boy from the projects.</i>

02:01:30.836 --> 02:01:34.328
<i>No daddy, in and out of foster care.</i>

02:01:34.807 --> 02:01:38.538
<i>He'd been killed in a gang fight
at Hurt Village.</i>

02:01:38.944 --> 02:01:43.404
<i>In the last paragraph, they talked about
his superb athletic skills...</i>

02:01:43.582 --> 02:01:45.675
<i>...and how different
his life might've been...</i>

02:01:45.851 --> 02:01:48.786
<i>...if he hadn't fallen behind
and dropped out of school.</i>

02:01:48.954 --> 02:01:52.549
<i>He was 21 years old the day he died.</i>

02:01:52.724 --> 02:01:55.090
<i>It was his birthday.</i>

02:02:00.365 --> 02:02:02.390
<i>That could have been anyone.</i>

02:02:02.568 --> 02:02:05.401
<i>It could've been my son, Michael.</i>

02:02:06.004 --> 02:02:08.029
<i>But it wasn't.</i>

02:02:10.843 --> 02:02:14.108
<i>And I suppose I have God
to thank for that.</i>

02:02:16.849 --> 02:02:20.114
<i>God and Lawrence Taylor.</i>

02:02:31.296 --> 02:02:32.957
<i>One Mississippi.</i>

02:02:49.815 --> 02:02:51.806
[CROWD CHEERING]

02:03:09.801 --> 02:03:15.330
The New England Patriots have traded
the 23rd pick to the Baltimore Ravens.

02:03:15.507 --> 02:03:18.999
And with the 23rd pick
in the 2009 NFL draft...

02:03:19.178 --> 02:03:24.878
...the Baltimore Ravens select Michael
Oher, offensive tackle, Mississippi.

02:03:24.902 --> 02:03:44.902
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