
Based on the extraordinary true story
Plot outline
Cast
- Sandra Bullock
- Tim McGraw
- Quinton Aaron
- Jae Head
- Lily Collins
- Ray McKinnon
- Kim Dickens
- Adriane Lenox
- Kathy Bates
- Catherine Dyer
- Andy Stahl
- Tom Nowicki
- Libby Whittemore
- Brian Hollan
- Melody Weintraub
- Sharon Conley
- Omar J. Dorsey
- Paul Amadi
- Irone Singleton
- Hampton Fluker
- Rhoda Griffis
- Eaddy Mays
- Ashley LeConte Campbell
- Stacey Turner
- Elizabeth Omilami
- Afemo Omilami
- Maria Howell
- Patrick G. Keenan
- Eric Benson
- David Dwyer
- Catherine Combs
- Kelly Johns
- Robert Pralgo
- Whitney Branan
- Brian Sutherin
- Rachel St. Gelais
- Brandon Rivers
- Jody Thompson
- James Donadio
- L. Warren Young
- Brett Rice
- Kevin Nichols
- Preston Wigasi Brant
- Matthew Atkinson
- Trey Best
- Omid Soltani
- Destiny Long
- April Rich
- Jaye Tyroff
- Ben Keen
- John Newberg
- John Henry Hancock
- Joe Chrest
- Michael Fisher
- Lamont Koonce
- Phillip Fulmer
- Lou Holtz
- Tom Lemming
- Houston Nutt
- Ed Orgeron
- Franklin 'Pepper' Rodgers
- Nick Saban
- Tommy Tuberville
- Haji Abdullah
- Cesar Aguirre
- Hunter Aldridge
- Tyler Lee Allen
- Demetrius B. Banks
- Bob Bass
- Marvel Bell
- Pat Bird
- Stephen Bise
- Tim Brazeal
- Shannon Brinson
- Byron Ashley Bryson
- Chrissy Chambers
- Monica D'Onofrio
- J.C. Doler
- Luke Drawdy
- Roger Goodell
- James Granville
- Jevocas Green
- Adam Hamilton
- Anthony B. Harris
- Ashley Harvin
- Keith Allen Hayes
- Morgan Hennum
- Roger Herrera
- Taylor Holt
- Jessica J. Immanuel
- Bobby Jordan
- Ryan Kightlinger
- Scottie Knollin
- Shawn Knowles
- Amir Kovacs
- Joseph Lavender
- Micheal Leath
- Melissa LeEllen
- Alexander Anthony Lopez
- Carmen Matheny
- Winston Mattox
- Lynn McArthur
- Megan McIver
- Amy McManus
- Justin Melick
- Michael Oher
- M.V. Oliphant
- John Fitzgerald Page
- Bill Rainey
- Shawn Reynolds
- Andrew Riley
- Lauren Rothermel
- Cody Rowlett
- Mark Rudge
- Anthony Singleton
- David Smith
- Dianne Starkey
- Sean Hilton Stephens
- Jeanette Stout
- Lawrence Taylor
- Joe Theismann
- Kirsten VanWagner
- Christoph Vogt
- Steve Warren
- Thorne Winter
- Christel Wright
- Scott M. Yaffee
Plots
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft.
Seventeen year old Michael Oher, an extremely large, physically imposing black youth, grew up in the projects in Memphis. He no longer lives with his drug addicted mother, but is in foster care when he isn't running away to sleep wherever else he can find. Out of circumstances including Coach Burt Cotton's belief that he 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. After Michael starts attending classes at Wingate, most of his teachers believe he is unteachable, except his science teacher, Mrs. Boswell, who begins to understand that he learns in a different way. Believing he is indeed homeless, Caucasian and staunch Republican Leigh Anne Tuohy - mother of Wingate students, teen Collins Tuohy and adolescent S.J. Tuohy, and wife to Sean Tuohy, franchise owner of several Taco Bell's - invites Michael to stay in the Tuohy's upscale home for the night. But 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. 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. Potential problems 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 Tuohy's motivations in inviting Michael into their home and family.
Michael Oher, a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years.Then Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean Tuohy, take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael's legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michael's tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.
A poor, oversized and under-educated teenager is recruited by a major college football program where he is groomed into an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect.
"The Blind Side" depicts the story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.