Sandra Bullock’s 2007 film based on the life story of NFL star Michael Oher was a box office hit, but did The Blind Side win an Oscar, and how many nominations did it receive?
Sandra Bullock stars as Leigh Anne Tuohy, and Quinton is Michael Oher in the film based off the book. In a petition, the NFL player claims that he wasn’t adopted as depicted in the film. He also alleges that Sean and Leigh put him in conservatorship.
The Blind Side won an Oscar.
Sandra won the Oscar for Best Actress 2010 with The Blind Side.
John Lee Hancock is said to be the author of the novel, which follows the true-life story Oher. reportedly CNN notes that in 1996, he became a Tennessee ward just before his 11th birthday and began to live on the streets.
Michael Lewis published the book in 2006, and three years after that the movie was released. The film opened to acclaim and earned over $300m at the box-office. A budget of $29 millions was used to make the film.
Tim McGraw portrays Sean, while Sandra plays Leigh. You can stream The Blind Side on platforms like HBO Max, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
What number of nominations has the film received?
The Blind Side received two nominations – Best Picture and Best Actress at the 82nd Academy Awards.
The film didn’t make the cut for Best Pictures, but Sandra took home the Academy Award for her impeccable performance in the 2009 film.
Other movies competing under the category of Best Picture alongside Blind Side included The Hurt Locker, which was declared the winner, Avatar, District 9, An Education, Inglorious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up and Up in The Air.
Michael Oher insists he is not adopted
The NFL star reportedly claims in his petition that he was never adopted by the Tuohy family and was signed into a conservatorship that “kept millions of dollars from him.”
But, in a statement issued to the Daily Memphian, Sean said the family was “devastated” to learn about Oher’s claims.
“It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16,” he said.
The petition alleges the footballer did not receive any payments for the movie, whereas, the Tuohys allegedly negotiated the contract for the film through an agency, thus receiving “$225,000 plus 2.5% of all future ‘Defined Net Proceeds’”