Lets discuss the movie "Remember The Titans" (2000)

Not really OP. Northern Virginia is not like rest of Virginia, culturally. I would say DC was just as progressive as NYC in the 60s and even more so today. Its not that be of a stretch with the civil rights movement sweeping large cities.

R1 you’re delusional if you think they would be fine with Sunshine in the 60s. Even NYC had major homophobia and gay bashing.

You’re living in a Utopia.

This film took place in the 70s. I never said homophobia didn't exist. Are you that fkin dense. Don't twist my words, you stupid fuck.

I haven't seen this movie for years, but I didn't read it that his character was actually gay - he got labeled as such by certain teammates because he had long hair and was from California, but instead of angrily denying it or freaking out or whatever, he just decided to mess with his teammates. It was just meant to show that he was an open-minded hippie type.

R3 you’re the stupid fuck. You are claiming the team would be fine with Sunshine and even be ok with him kissing one of the straight guys. No. The 70s were no better for gays.

r4, Thats what I remembered as well from this film. But I didn't want to disappoint the OP. Great film, nonetheless.

I'm with r4 He wasn't gay, he just knew which buttons to push. Sunshine was a real guy and not gay.

r5, you must be a hysterical mary. Learn how to fight and protect yourself. Life was not a 24/7 hell hole for gays even in the 70s, IN suburban dc. Educate yourself, and stop being a victim all the time.

Majority of straights hated gays, even in DC.

Dame Maggie was great in it!

He wasn't gay. Watch the film.

I didn't recognize Ryan Hurst from Sons of Anarchy, Walking Dead as Bertier for years.

They’re giving this now on USA network

A good movie. I enjoy it.

OP isn’t very bright

I watched this tonight. I hadn't seen it in almost 20 years. It really has a great cast. A young Hayden Panettiere. As the OP indicated, a pre-nose job Ryan Gosling. Donald Faison post-Clueless and pre-Scrubs and looking sexy and ripped. Wood Harris is an early role as well.

Denzel is the star but Will Patton almost steals the film. I forgot what a great actor he is.

That fat guy is super hot now.

He'd be hotter if he wasn't a Scientologist.

I currently work with Jerry “Rev” Harris; you want me to ask him?

Are you an attorney r19?

No. I work in budget and Jerry works in payroll.

Wow this thread has really walked down some intriguing paths.

Yuck.

Denzel. Double yuck.

I don't think Sunshine was gay. He was supposed to be so chill that he was okay with being considered gay. Maybe he was supposed to be bi. It's not clear in the script.

Thank you Larry King, s R10! It's one of my favorites.

Is this the one where Cuba Gooding Jr. plays a mentally retarded black man that rides around in a shopping cart?

The character Sunshine WAS NOT GAY you twats.

The movie was based on a true story and that guy really existed. If he were turned gay for the movie or if he was gay in real life we'd have heard it EVERYWHERE.

But we didn't. Because neither the character nor the real guy were gay.

R1 Virginia was always pretty backwards up until around the mid 2000’s. My high school had been renamed to Justice H.S. and now T.C. Williams the high school in the movie is up for a name change. Even here in Northern Virginia the confederacy and it’s losing loving lovers are still in place (hiding their pride mostly but still here).

There are still backwards boomers here and I had the displeasure of running into two this weekends while enjoying the Kanto weekend in Pokemon Go.

I moved from California to Alexandria, VA (where the movie takes place) in 1978, so just a few years after the period which the story covers. I found it horribly unrealistic. The movie made it seem like Alexandria was some sort of typical southern backwater town, when in fact it's directly across the river from Washington, DC and adjacent to Arlington.

R20 - I meant that I work with the REAL Jerry “Rev” Harris, not the guy who played him in the film.

Very cool r30.