Radio‚ Film analysis The dramatic and uplifting movie “Radio” starring Cuba Gooding JR. and Ed Harris‚ is based on the true life story of James Robert Kennedy‚ a k a Radio; a mentally retarded young African-American who spends his days pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Anderson‚ a small South Carolina town‚ collecting junk and old radios. The movie starts with the heartbreaking scene of Radio pushing his cart around the town‚ in his own little world; people are ignoring him‚ and a
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Radio Topic 1 – Psychological Disorders There are many different types of psychological disorders and even more people who fall under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Nevid‚ 2009‚ p. 524). In the movie Radio‚ the main character is a young man name James Robert Kennedy. Also known as Radio‚ James is in the first scene of the movie shown pushing a shopping cart down a railroad track and is mumbling under his breath and walking with an awkward limp. Immediately the viewer
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us‚ eyes will light up as we enter‚ voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power…” Radio is a dramatic and uplifting movie that is based on the true life story of James Robert Kennedy (aka Radio)‚ a mentally retarded African-American‚ who spends his days pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Anderson‚ a sleepy town in South Carolina‚ collecting junk and old radios. It features an emotional story
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Summary Radio is a film based on the life of James Robert “Radio” Kennedy and a football coach‚ Harold Jones. The film‚ released in 2003‚ was based in the 1960s in South Carolina. Radio is a man with an unspecified intellectual disability who shows and interest in the high school football team. The coach befriends Radio who begins to help out the football and the basketball team. The plot of the movie follows the development of the coach and Radio’s friendship and the town’s journey to eventually
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The movie is called radio. The main character’s name is james. james is autistic and he likes radios. James goes by the name radio. Another main character is coach jones. Coach jones is a coach for sports at the school. Coach jones helped radio after he was bullied by his players. One of the players is johnny he is the one that hurt radio. Johnny is very good at sports he plays basketball and football. The theme of the movie is about a boy named james who likes football and goes by the name radio
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101 The movie Radio HE gerwq up fasinated by Radio his niek name Radio was given to him by the town people because of the radio he carried everywere he went . He still attend T.L. HANNA HIGH SCHOOL and helps coach the football team . AS his mother in the film started there is no name for what is wroung with JAMES . It is almost certantly a genetic disorder because both his father and younger brother share the the same defect. During the course of the movie‚ Radio displayed
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Radio Movie Analysis Autism is generally accepted that it is caused by abnormalities in the brain structure or function. In many families‚ there appears to be a pattern of autism or related disabilities supporting the theory that autism has a genetic basis. Some of the characteristics of an autistic child are‚ does not babble or coo by 12 months‚ does not gesture or say a single word much less can speak two word phrases by 12-24 months of age as the child grows he or she may have difficulties
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The movie “Radio” is definitely a re-telling of the parable of the Good Samaritan because in the main story line‚ Radio is found‚ on the streets with only his mum left but Coach Jones took Radio in‚ knowing that he was disabled and cared for him‚ gave him a social life and friends. The main story point with the Good Samaritan story is that a man was brutally bashed and left to die on the streets but a Samaritan‚ of a completely different religion helps this man and brings him to an inn where he is
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PSY 281-01 Biography Assignment July 15‚ 2013 RADIO Cuba Gooding Jr. starring as Radio Radio is a Drama/Sport movie filmed in 2003 that revolves around Radio‚ portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. Radio displays multiple behaviors that are consistent with the psychological disorder‚ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder‚ defined in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV). His life consists of rigid structure and exhaustive daily rituals. This will soon be drastically altered
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