Blind Side

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 11 20 (USA)

UPC: 883929170470

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life, a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft in this sports-themed comedy drama inspired by author Michael Lewis' best-seller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Michael Oher was living on the streets when he was welcomed into the home of a conservative suburban family, but over time he matured into a talented athlete. As the NFL draft approaches, fans and sports radio personalities alike speculate that Oher will be the hottest pick of the year. Sandra Bullock stars in a film written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, The Alamo). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Michael Oher exclusive - rare interview with the pro footballer whose life the movie depicts
Sidelines: conversations on the blind side - Sandra Bullock and Leigh Anne Tuohy go one-on-one
Director/screenwriter John Lee Hancock and author Michael Lewis go one-on-one
Acting coaches: behind the Blind Side - when six legendary sec college coaches come together, competition steps up both on and off the screen
The story of big Quinton - neophyte actor Quinton Aaron's moving life story has much in common with the football star he portrays

Blind Side

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 01/04/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 128 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Blind Side
1. Ideal Left Tackle [5:42]
2. Christian Thing [3:29]
3. White Walls [5:28]
4. Family News [3:55]
5. Just for One Night [5:46]
6. Thanksgiving Table [4:15]
7. Homeless [3:55]
8. Leigh Anne's Project [4:11]
9. Never Had One Before [3:00]
10. Marcus and Ferdinand [6:11]
11. Comfort Levels [5:01]
12. Personal Training [3:39]
13. Becoming Legal [4:32]
14. Mrs. Oher [3:40]
15. Armed for an Accident [5:33]
16. Protect the Family [4:25]
17. So Many Rednecks [4:49]
18. I Got Your Back [4:59]
19. I Want Him Bad [3:37]
20. Miss Sue and a Coaching Slew [1:19]
21. The Decision [6:02]
22. Something To Write About [3:15]
23. Graduation Day [4:38]
24. Don't You Dare Lie [1:26]
25. Protect Mode [5:00]
26. Where My Family Goes [5:30]
27. Thank God and LT [5:20]
28. Epilogue and End Credits [3:30]

Perry Seibert

Based on the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, as chronicled by Michael Lewis in his nonfiction book of the same name, John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side offers an overly familiar formula delivered with a commendably restrained amount of melodrama. Memphis businesswoman and housewife Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) gets what she wants in life through sheer force of will. Her children attend a ritzy private school, and when the higher-ups there admit Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a disadvantaged African-American kid, because the football coach wants him to play for the school, Leigh Anne focuses all of her considerable energy on giving the boy the kind of loving and stable environment he's never had. Eventually, he grows close to Leigh Anne, her husband (Tim McGraw), teen daughter, Collins, and cloyingly precocious young son, S.J. Michael works hard to get his grades high enough to play, develops skills as a left tackle, and starts getting letters of interest from big-time college programs. But problems arise when influences from Michael's past come back into his life, and when the NCAA worries that the Tuohys might be unethically pushing Michael toward attending their alma mater. The Blind Side is decidedly square. Its uplifting message and thoroughly unashamedly folksy qualities make it a feel-good, three-hanky, you-go-girl, wind-beneath-my-wings piece of sappy inspirationalism. But, it does have some persuasive things in its favor. First of all, it gets football right -- those who know nothing about the game will actually learn a little about what an offensive lineman does and how he does it. Secondly, it's not aggressive in its middlebrowness; the film -- like Hancock's previous sports movie, The Rookie -- has a light touch, best exemplified in Tim McGraw's charmingly laid-back performance as Sean Tuohy, a man unfazed and thoroughly charmed by his outspoken Type-A wife. And let's be clear that this is a Sandra Bullock film through and through. She's essentially playing a less sexually brazen Erin Brockovich -- a no-nonsense Southern girl who fights for what's right, for herself and for her family. It's not a part that requires much depth, but Bullock fills it with her usual charm, and her core audience will undoubtedly laugh and cry along as Leigh Anne stands up to coaches, gang-bangers, and administrators who stand in her and Michael's way. The movie is very familiar -- you've seen it all before -- but it succeeds at achieving its modest goals. It's cinematic comfort food that could have been called "Chicken Soup for the Football Lover's Soul." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Carter Burwell  Composer (Music Score) 
Gil Netter  Producer 
Erwin Stoff  Executive Producer 
Timothy M. Bourne  Executive Producer 
John Lee Hancock  Director 
John Lee Hancock  Screenwriter 
Broderick Johnson  Producer 
Andrew Kosove  Producer 
Molly Smith  Executive Producer 
Sandra Bullock  Actor 
Tim McGraw  Actor 
Quinton Aaron  Actor 
Jae Head  Actor 
Lily Collins  Actor 
Ray McKinnon  Actor 
Kim Dickens  Actor 
Adriane Lenox  Actor 
Kathy Bates  Actor 
Catherine Dyer  Actor 
Andy Stahl  Actor 
Tom Nowicki  Actor 
Libby Whittemore  Actor 
Brian Hollan  Actor 
Melody Weintraub  Actor 
Sharon Morris  Actor 
Omar J. Dorsey  Actor 
Paul Amadi  Actor 
IronE Singleton  Actor 
Hampton Fluker  Actor 
Rhoda Griffis  Actor 
Eaddy Mays  Actor 
Ashley LeConte Campbell  Actor 
Stacey Turner  Actor 
Elizabeth Omilami  Actor 
Afemo Omilami  Actor 
Patrick Keenan  Actor 
Eric Benson  Actor 
David Dwyer  Actor 
Catherine Combs  Actor 
Kelly Johns  Actor 
Rob Pralgo  Actor 
Whitney Branan  Actor 
Brian Sutherin  Actor 
Rachel St. Gelais  Actor 
Brandon Rivers  Actor 
Jody Thompson  Actor 
James Donadio  Actor 
L. Warren Young  Actor 
Brett Rice  Actor 
John Newberg  Actor 
Kevin Nichols  Actor 
Preston Brant  Actor 
Matthew Atkinson  Actor 
Trey Best  Actor 
Omid Soltani  Actor 
Destiny Long  Actor 
April Rich  Actor 
Jaye Tyroff  Actor 
Ben Keen  Actor 
John Henry Hancock  Actor 
Joseph Chrest  Actor 
Michael Fisher  Actor 
Lamont Koonce  Actor 
Phil Fulmer  Actor 
Lou Holtz  Actor 
Tom Lemming  Actor 
Houston Nutt  Actor 
Ed Orgeron  Actor 
Franklin "Pepper" Rodgers  Actor 
Nick Saban  Actor 
Tommy Tuberville  Actor 

Country: USA