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<html> <head> <title>The Blind Side</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Blind Side <nobr>(17-Nov-2009)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-blind-side-1.jpg" height=220 width=148 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> John Lee Hancock<p><b>Writer:</b> John Lee Hancock<p><b>Based on a book:</b> <i>The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game</i> by Michael Lewis<p><b>Music by:</b> <a href="/people/746/000026668/">Carter Burwell</a><p><b>Producers:</b> Gil Netter; Andrew A. Kosove; Broderick Johnson<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/229/000249479/">Sports Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/691/000083442/">Football</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>Football drama fictionalizes events surrounding the true story of All-American offensive tackle <a href="/people/698/000345660/">Michael Oher</a>.<p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ABSTRACT</font><br><a href="/people/698/000345660/">Michael Oher</a>, a struggling African-American teenager from a broken home facing an uncertain future, turned his life around when affluent couple Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy took him in and acted on his love of football, fostering his maturation into an athletically-gifted young man with a satisfactory grade point average. <i>The Blind Side</i> is Oher's story brought to the silver screen, following the future Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle from unforgiving upbringings through to a much-publicized All-American stint playing college football at Ole Miss.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000024835/"><font size=-1>Kathy Bates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Misery</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000023532/"><font size=-1>Sandra Bullock</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Net</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/119/000344084/"><font size=-1>Lily Collins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mirror Mirror</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000132339/"><font size=-1>Kim Dickens</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Joanie Stubbs on <i>Deadwood</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000166073/"><font size=-1>Phillip Fulmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Sep-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head Coach, University of Tennessee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000165331/"><font size=-1>Lou Holtz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000083027/"><font size=-1>Tim McGraw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Country Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Not a Moment Too Soon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/020/000163528/"><font size=-1>Nick Saban</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head Coach, Alabama Crimson Tide</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/601/000023532/">Sandra Bullock</a></td><td> ... Leigh Anne Tuohy</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/276/000083027/">Tim McGraw</a></td><td> ... Sean Tuohy</td></tr><tr><td>Quinton Aaron</td><td> ... Michael Oher</td></tr><tr><td>Jae Head</td><td> ... S. J. Tuohy</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/119/000344084/">Lily Collins</a></td><td> ... Collins Tuohy</td></tr><tr><td>Ray McKinnon</td><td> ... Coach Cotton</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/735/000132339/">Kim Dickens</a></td><td> ... Mrs. Boswell</td></tr><tr><td>Adriane Lenox</td><td> ... Denise Oher</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/907/000024835/">Kathy Bates</a></td><td> ... Miss Sue</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Catherine Dyer</td><td> ... Mrs. Smith</td></tr><tr><td>Andy Stahl</td><td> ... Principal Sandstrom</td></tr><tr><td>Tom Nowicki</td><td> ... Literature Teacher</td></tr><tr><td>Libby Whittemore</td><td> ... Sarcastic Teacher</td></tr><tr><td>Brian Hollan</td><td> ... Jay Collis</td></tr><tr><td>Melody Weintraub</td><td> ... History Teacher</td></tr><tr><td>Sharon Morris</td><td> ... Investigator Granger</td></tr><tr><td>Omar Dorsey</td><td> ... "Big Tony" Hamilton</td></tr><tr><td>Paul Amadi</td><td> ... Steven Hamilton</td></tr><tr><td>IronE Singleton</td><td> ... Alton</td></tr><tr><td>Hampton Fluker</td><td> ... David</td></tr><tr><td>Rhoda Griffis</td><td> ... Beth</td></tr><tr><td>Eaddy Mays</td><td> ... Elaine</td></tr><tr><td>Ashley LeConte Campbell</td><td> ... Sherry</td></tr><tr><td>Stacey Turner</td><td> ... DMV Employee</td></tr><tr><td>Elizabeth Omilami</td><td> ... CPS Employee</td></tr><tr><td>Afemo Omilami</td><td> ... CPS Caseworker</td></tr><tr><td>Maria Howell</td><td> ... CPS Welfare Worker</td></tr><tr><td>Patrick G. Keenan</td><td> ... Man in CPS Line</td></tr><tr><td>Eric Benson</td><td> ... Milford #66</td></tr><tr><td>David Dwyer</td><td> ... Milford Dad</td></tr><tr><td>Catherine Combs</td><td> ... Collins's Friend #1</td></tr><tr><td>Kelly Johns</td><td> ... Collins's Friend #2</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Pralgo</td><td> ... Lemming's Associate</td></tr><tr><td>Whitney Branan</td><td> ... Lemming's Secretary #1</td></tr><tr><td>Brian Sutherin</td><td> ... Lemming's Secretary #2</td></tr><tr><td>Rachel St. Gelais</td><td> ... Little Girl on Playground</td></tr><tr><td>Brandon Rivers</td><td> ... Michael Age Seven</td></tr><tr><td>Jody Thompson</td><td> ... Paramedic</td></tr><tr><td>James Donadio</td><td> ... Photographer</td></tr><tr><td>L. Warren Young</td><td> ... Big and Tall Salesman</td></tr><tr><td>Brett Rice</td><td> ... Cousin Bobby</td></tr><tr><td>Kevin Nichols</td><td> ... Memphis Policeman</td></tr><tr><td>Preston Brant</td><td> ... Michael's Brother</td></tr><tr><td>Matthew Atkinson</td><td> ... Valet Parker</td></tr><tr><td>Trey Best</td><td> ... Michael's Brother Age Twelve</td></tr><tr><td>Omid Soltani</td><td> ... Rug Salesman</td></tr><tr><td>Destiny Long</td><td> ... Alton's Girlfriend</td></tr><tr><td>April Rich</td><td> ... Teacher in Lounge</td></tr><tr><td>Jaye Tyroff</td><td> ... Milford Player #35</td></tr><tr><td>Ben Keen</td><td> ... Wingate Quarterback</td></tr><tr><td>John Newberg</td><td> ... Official</td></tr><tr><td>John Henry Hancock</td><td> ... Rabid Ole Miss Fan</td></tr><tr><td>Joe Chrest</td><td> ... Clemson Coach</td></tr><tr><td>Michael Fisher</td><td> ... Georgia Assistant Coach</td></tr><tr><td>Lamont Koonce</td><td> ... Tennessee Assistant Coach</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/571/000166073/">Phillip Fulmer</a></td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/826/000165331/">Lou Holtz</a></td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>Tom Lemming</td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>Houston Nutt</td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>Ed Orgeron</td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>Franklin "Pepper" Rodgers</td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/020/000163528/">Nick Saban</a></td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>Tommy Tuberville</td><td> ... Himself</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? We would love to see your review.<br><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/review/?id=209932" rel="nofollow">Submit your review for this film</a></td></tr></table><br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=209932" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </div> </body> </html>