Radio

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Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin. It was inspired by and loosely based on the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a young man with an intellectual disability, James "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The film co-stars Debra Winger and Alfre Woodard. It was filmed primarily in Walterboro, South Carolina, and released by Sony Pictures Releasing on October 24, 2003. Radio received mostly negative reviews and grossed $52.6 million against a $30 million budget.