What is the true story behind the movie radio?
In 1964, Kennedy befriended the school’s football coach, Harold Jones. Their friendship served as the basis of the 2003 film Radio, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Kennedy and Ed Harris as Jones. In 1965, Kennedy became an unofficial 11th-grade student at T. L. Hanna High. The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Radio Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.