Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

The Blind Side

Sandra Bullock plays Lee Ann Touhy in this 2009 film adaptation of Michael Oher's life. If it weren't for Lee Ann Touhy, Michael Oher likely would not have had the opportunity to become a football player, which eventually led him to be drafted to the Baltimore Ravens right out of college. Michael Lewis wrote Michael Oher's biography titled "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game", which eventually became the groundwork for the script up upon which this movie is built,

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