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Movie
He Got Game
Synopsis
Denzel Washington and writer-director Spike Lee team for the third time with this contemporary basketball drama focusing on a promising athlete, the son of a convict-father. Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) has been in prison for six years when tough prison-warden Wyatt (Ned Beatty) tells him that he's getting a temporary parole with the promise of a commuted sentence. However, there's a trade-off -- Jake must talk his son, Jesus Shuttlesworth (NBA star Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks), the top-ranked high-school basketball player in the country, into signing with the governor's alma mater, Big State. A flashback makes it clear that Jesus' mother (Lonette McKee was accidentally killed by Jake during a violent family fight. After Jake went to prison, the resentful Jesus was left alone to raise his sister Mary (Zelda Harris). Now several colleges are offering Jesus scholarships, and montages satirize the manner in which young athletes are wooed by educators and coaches across the country. However, Jake will soon be back behind bars if he can't get Jesus to sign with Big State within the week. Meanwhile, the greed of other family members begins to surface. John Turturro is seen in a cameo as Coach Billy Sunday, and several real-life coaches can also be spotted in this movie. Music by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) with songs by Public Enemy.
Cast
- Denzel Washington
- Ray Allen
- Milla Jovovich
- Rosario Dawson
- Hill Harper
- Zelda Harris
- Jim Brown
- Joseph Lyle Taylor
- Ned Beatty
- Bill Nunn
- Michele Shay
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd
- Lonette McKee
- John Turturro
- Roger Guenveur Smith
- Arthur Nascarella
- Travis Best
- Walter McCarty
- John Wallace
- Rick Fox
- Al Palagonia
- Leonard Roberts
- Saul Stein
- Ron C. Jones
- Jade Yorker
- Shortee Red
- Quinn Harris
- Dean Smith
- Lute Olson
- John Chaney
- John Thompson
- Roy Williams
- Nolan Richardson
- Denny Crum
- Tom Davis
- Clem Haskins
- George Karl
- Jim Boeheim
- Rick Pitino
- Bobby Cremins
- Dick Vitale
- Bill Walton
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Reggie Miller
- Charles Barkley
- Scottie Pippen
- Michael Jordan
- Robin Roberts
- Gus Johnson
- Stuart Scott
- Ray Clay
- J.C. MacKenzie
- Coati Mundi
- Avery Glymph
- Ciara A. Shields
- Lin Que Ayoung
- Angela Meryl
- Dionne D. Phillips
- Gary Frith
- Jamie Hector
- Harry Philippe
- Kelli-Lin McMillan
- Lamar Tookes
- Mark Breland
- Heather Hunter
- Christopher Wynkoop
- Alonzo Scales
- Lori Rom
- Kim Director
- Felicia Finley
- Tiffany Jones
- Jill Kelly
- Jennifer Esposito
- Tony Paige
- Mathew Price
- Randall Balsmeyer
- Spike Lee
- Aisha Coley
- David Stein
- Manny Siverio
- Malik Hassan Sayeed
- Barry Alexander Brown
- Anita Gibson
- Sandra Hernández
- Wynn Thomas
- Jeff Ward