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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
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Spike Lee
Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Aaron Copland
Music
Spike Lee
Director
David Stein
Art Direction
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Sandra Hernandez
Costume Design
Aisha Coley
Casting
Malik Hassan Sayeed
Director of Photography
Carolyn Cartwright
Set Decoration
Public Enemy
Music
Backdrops & Posters
