Revealing mistake: When the team captain gets in the car accident, if you look at the damaged car right after it is hit by the truck you can clearly see the stunt driver wearing a black motorcycle helmet.
Remember the Titans (2000)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Ryan Hurst, Wood Harris
They win the championship, becoming undefeated in the regular season, and go on to become second in the nation. The funeral they were at in the beginning was Bertier's. He died soon after being in the special olympics.
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Question: What did the movie say about Gary Bertier at the end when they scroll what happened to the characters? It looked like it said he died in a car crash, but in the movie he only got paralyzed.
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Answer: The real Gerry Bertier participated in the final game and was paralyzed in a car accident after it. He died in a car crash in 1981.
Dr Wilson