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A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Language
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $21,567,853
English
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $21,567,853
Keywords
prison
parent child relationship
forgiveness
homicide
release from prison
begnadigung
affectation
college
basketball
angry
didactic
dramatic
admiring
adoring
familiar
sympathetic
african american family
Casts

Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth

Ray Allen
Jesus Shuttlesworth

Rosario Dawson
Lala Bonilla

Milla Jovovich
Dakota Burns

Hill Harper
Coleman "Booger" Sykes

Ned Beatty
Warden Wyatt

Jim Brown
Spivey

Joseph Lyle Taylor
Crudup

Bill Nunn
Uncle Bubba

Michele Shay
Aunt Sally

John Turturro
Billy Sunday

Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal

Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley

Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan

Jill Kelly
Suzie

Chasey Lain
Buffy

Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts

Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen
Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller

Bill Walton
Bill Walton

Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale
Bobby Cremins
Bobby Cremins
Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino
Jim Boeheim
Jim Boeheim
George Karl
George Karl
Clem Haskins
Clem Haskins
Denny Crum
Denny Crum
Nolan Richardson
Nolan Richardson

Roy Williams
Roy Williams
John Chaney
John Chaney
John Thompson
John Thompson
Lute Olson
Lute Olson
Dean Smith
Dean Smith

Jennifer Esposito
Ms. Janus

Zelda Harris
Mary Shuttlesworth

Lonette McKee
Martha Shuttlesworth

Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Sweetness

Roger Guenveur Smith
Big Time Willie

Rick Fox
Chick Deagan

Leonard Roberts
D'Andre Mackey

Arthur J. Nascarella
Coach Cincotta

Ron Cephas Jones
Prison Guard Burwell

Al Palagonia
Dom Pagnotti

Heather Hunter
Female In Sex Montage

Kim Director
Lynn

Ava Lee Scott
Young Girl
Crews

Spike Lee
Screenplay

Aaron Copland
Music

Barry Alexander Brown
Editor

Spike Lee
Producer

Spike Lee
Director

Jon Kilik
Producer
Sandra Hernandez
Costume Design

Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Aisha Coley
Casting

Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
David Stein
Art Direction

Malik Hassan Sayeed
Director of Photography
Carolyn Cartwright
Set Decoration

Public Enemy
Music
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