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He Got Game (DVD, 1998)
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The movie is one of my all time favorites but I have to say that it's not in good condition.
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Spike Lee keeps creating these racist pieces and for some reason people continue to perceive them as some sort of heavy social commentary. There is no reason for this other than people buy it and it is therefor valuable to Mr. Lee and his whoever entourage . These kinds of things have only the one unfortunate byproduct of keeping the flames of racism burning .
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United States, 1998 U.S. Release Date: 5/1/98 (wide) Running Length: 2:11 MPAA Classification: R (Profanity, nudity, sex, violence) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Cast: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Hill Harper, Zelda Harris, Jennifer Esposito, Bill Nunn, Ned Beatty Director: Spike Lee Producers: John Kilik, Spike Lee Screenplay: Spike Lee Cinematography: Malik Hassan Sayeed Music: Aaron Copland U.S. Distributor: Touchstone Pictures Writer/director Spike Lee is known to be a huge basketball fan (to be specific, a New York Knicks fan). Consequently, He Got Game has been described as "Lee's basketball film." Such a label is misleading. Like the 1994 documentary, Hoop Dreams, the basketball court is only an arena for a larger, deeper drama. Hoosiers is a basketball movie; He Got Game is a story about life, relationships, and the pressures of fame. Those in search of a film that ends with a championship match-up will be disappointed -- He Got Game's only court action takes place in playgrounds and on the street. He Got Game is ambitious in that it tells not one story, but two. In addition to exploring the fractured relationship between a father and son, Lee examines the ins-and-outs of the recruiting process, whereby under-the-table cash handouts and covert offers have become run-of-the-mill. In the world of "amateur" sports, the role of the actual game has been diminished; it's all about greed and pressure. The focus in He Got Game is on what transpires behind-the-scenes, not in front of the television cameras. The story opens with Jake Shuttleworth (Denzel Washington) serving a lengthy sentence in Attica for killing his wife. Meanwhile, on the outside, his son, Jesus (Ray Allen), has become the top- rated high school basketball player in the country, and is being recruited by every major college. In the words of one expert, he's "the best thing to happen to the game since the tennis shoe was invented." The warden of Attica (Ned Beatty) comes to Jake with a deal: convince Jesus to go to the governor's alma mater, Big State, and Jake's sentence will be reduced or commuted. To allow Jake to make contact with his son, he is given one week of freedom. There's a problem, though -- Jesus doesn't want to have anything to do with his father, and Jake's increasingly desperate attempts at a reconciliation run into a brick wall. The dynamic between Jake and Jesus is both believable and poignant, and it reminded me a little of the relationship at the core of In the Name of the Father, where two emotional strangers come to understand each other. The effectiveness of these scenes is due in large part to the always-reliable Denzel Washington, who successfully displays both sides of Jake -- the earnest, loving father and the man who ruthlessly pushed his son to succeed and accidentally killed his wife. As Jesus, NBA player Ray Allen gives a less- convincing performance. While he arguably does the best acting job of any basketball player to appear in a movie, there are times when Allen isn't the equal of the material. For example, note his stilted delivery during a conversation between Jesus and his sister, Mary (Zelda Harris), early in the film. The other aspect of He Got Game is the high-pressure salesmanship designed to encourage Jesus to sign a letter of intent with a college or to hire an agent and go pro. While there's something vaguely comical about many of these scenes, Lee conveysRead full review
GREAT MOVIE!, i loved how motivational it was. It speaks greatly about how much pressure it is to get out of the projects as a sports phenom and how surprising people all of a sudden attatch to you just to make it out with you and use you. It makes one wonder how to make good decisions and not just take a deal because it looks or sounds good. Denzel Washington and a young Ray Allen do an excellent job of showing how hard it is to be away from a father who killed their mother and a basketball phenom dealing with going to the Pros or going to college.
Jake Shuttlesworth is in prison serving time for killing his wife in a violent family feud. He is released on parole, but with one condition - he must persuade his son, genius basketball player Jesus to sign with the governor's alma mater university, Big State. And Jake only has a week to do it. Spike Lee's He Got Game is a beautifully shot and well-executed exploration of the role that the sport of basketball plays in the relationship between a father and his estranged son. The definitive sense of Spike's style that was quite apparent throughout this movie. Denzel, as usual, excellently handles his role as the intense father, and is utterly believable in both his emotion-laden and his violent, angry scenes. This movie is a important accomplishment and should be seen.
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