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''The Blind Side'' is a 2009 American semi-biographical sports drama film. It was written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book ''The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game'' by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who played for the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans, and currently is signed with the Carolina Panthers in the NFL. The film follows Oher from his impoverished upbringing, through his years at Wingate Christian School (a fictional representation of Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee),〔(Briarcrest opted out of feature role in 'The Blind Side' ) from CommercialAppeal.com〕 his adoption by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football, then finally becoming a first-round pick of the Ravens. Quinton Aaron stars as Michael Oher, alongside Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy, and Kathy Bates as Miss Sue.〔 The movie also features appearances by several current and former NCAA coaches, including SEC coaches Houston Nutt and Ed Orgeron (Oher's coaches in college, though Nutt represented Arkansas at the time and therefore does so in the film) and Nick Saban (who was at LSU at the time and represents it in the film), former coaches Lou Holtz, Tommy Tuberville, Phillip Fulmer, as well as recruiting analyst Tom Lemming. ''The Blind Side'' was a box-office success, grossing over $300 million. The film was well received by critics, who praised Sandra Bullock's performance. Bullock went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. The film also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. ==Plot== In 2003, Michael "Big Mike" Oher (Aaron) has been living in foster care with different families in Memphis, Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home, he runs away. His friend's father, on whose couch Michael has been sleeping, asks Burt Cotton, the coach of Wingate Christian School, to help enroll his son and Michael. Impressed by the boy's size and athleticism, Cotton gets him admitted despite a poor academic record. Michael is befriended by a young boy named Sean Jr. "S.J." Tuohy, who is unintimidated by his size. S.J.'s mother Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock), a strong-minded interior designer, begins to take notice of Michael as a troubled and lonely boy. One night, Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road, shivering in the cold, when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym. Despite her husband Sean's (McGraw) misgivings, she invites him to stay the night at their house. The next morning, Leigh Anne catches Michael attempting to leave the house quietly. She asks him to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her family. Slowly Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family, as Leigh Anne buys him clothes, S.J. raises his confidence, and teenage daughter Collins Tuohy helps him make friends at school. When Leigh Anne wants to become Michael's legal guardian, she learns he was separated from his drug-addict mother when he was seven and that no one knows her whereabouts. She is also told that, although he has scored low in a career aptitude test, he is in the 98th percentile in "protective instincts." Leigh Anne uses this on the football field. Michael gets a chance to play at university level, and many schools look for him. In order to meet the minimum GPA requirement, the Tuohys hire a private tutor, outspoken and kind Miss Sue (Bates). During their lessons, she attempts to steer him towards Ole Miss (her and the Tuohys' alma mater) by making remarks about the University of Tennessee burying the body parts of dead people under their football field. Michael ultimately decides to attend Ole Miss. An investigation follows to look into whether Michael was unduly influenced by the Tuohys and Miss Sue to benefit their alma mater. Michael walks out of the room before the interview is over. After confronting Leigh Anne about her motives for influencing him, Michael goes to find his birth mother in his old neighborhood. A number of young men who know Michael welcome him back to the housing project and offer him beer. When the gang leader makes sexually suggestive comments regarding Leigh Anne and Collins, Michael assaults the boys and leaves. After thinking and questioning Leigh Anne on the matter, Michael realizes that the Tuohys are now his family, and tells the investigator in another interview that attending his family's school is the reason he has chosen Ole Miss. The film ends with real-life footage of Oher being drafted in the first round by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL Draft. S.J. is seen leading the players onto the field with Michael before a game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Blind Side (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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