"The Blind Side" opened at #2 at the box office, grossing $34,119,372 with an average of $10,971, becoming the second highest gross of that weekend behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon. To prepare for the role of Michael Oher, Aaron trained with the Georgia Tech football team in the spring of 2009. When Quinton Aaron auditioned for the film, he was working as a security guard between acting gigs & after his audition, Aaron left a card with his contact information, offering to work as a security guard on set in case he wasn't selected for the role. Initially, Sandra Bullock initially turned down the starring role three times due to discomfort with portraying a devout Christian and she felt she couldn't objectively represent such a person's beliefs on screen, but after visiting the real Leigh Anne Tuohy, Bullock not only won the role, but she also took a pay cut & agreed to receive a percentage of the profits instead. Julia Roberts was originally offered Sandra Bullock's role, but she turned it down. The film premiered on November 17 in New York City and New Orleans and opened in theaters on November 20 in the rest of the United States and in Canada. The filming for the school scenes took place at Atlanta International School and The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia & it features many of their students as extras. According to Reuters, the production budget was $29 million. The film was produced by Alcon Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. ![]() Phillip Fulmer (then coach of Tennessee).Lou Holtz (then coach of South Carolina).Nick Saban (then coach of Louisiana State).Tommy Tuberville (then coach of Auburn).Quinton Aaron as Michael "Big Mike" Oher.Potential problems in the film include Michael's poor academic standing which may prohibit him from participating in extracurricular activities at the school, his learning disability which may extend to other aspects of his life beyond his schooling whether he actually can play football, and authorities questioning Leigh Anne and all the Tuohys' motivations in inviting Michael into their home and family. ![]() Part of that emotional investment for Leigh Anne is fully understanding Michael as a person so that he can fulfill his potential as a human being, which includes giving him opportunities such as what Coach Cotton initially saw in Michael as a potential left tackle. That one night slowly extends itself both in terms of time and emotion as the Tuohys begin to treat Michael like one of the family and vice versa. ![]() Believing that he is indeed homeless, Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), a fast food franchise owner, wife of Sean Tuohy and the mother of Wingate students, Collins and S.J. Boswell (Kim Dickens), who begins to understand that he learns in a different way. Set in 2003, seventeen year old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) grew up in the projects in Memphis, Tennessee living in foster care, no longer living with his drug addicted mother (Adriane Lenox) and runs away to sleep wherever else he can find.Ĭoach Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon)'s belief that Michael would be an asset to the school's football program based solely on his size and seeing him move, Michael is accepted into Wingate Christian School, an exclusive private school despite his abysmal 0.6 GPA.Īfter Michael starts attending classes at Wingate, most of his teachers believe he is unteachable, except his science teacher, Mrs. Plot SPOILER WARNING: The following contains important plot details of the entire film.
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