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White Men Can't Jump

United States

1992

118 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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DIR Ron Shelton

EXEC Michele Rappaport

PROD David V. Lester, Don Miller

SCR Ron Shelton

DP Russell Boyd

CAST Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Rosie Perez, Kadeem Hardison, Tyra Ferrell, John Marshall Jones, Marques Johnson, Duane Martin

ED Kimberly Ray, Paul Seydor

PROD DES J. Dennis Washington

Synopsis

Billy Hoyle (Harrelson) is a former college-level basketball player who makes a living hustling streetballers who assume he cannot play well because he is white. The hustle is even more provocative because, although he appears to be “a chump” and “a geek,” Hoyle never downplays his skill to increase the stakes; it is the African-American basketball players’ own assumptions that are at the root of the hustle.
Such a talented but arrogant player is Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), a star on the Venice Beach, California outdoor courts. He is humiliated twice by Billy in front of his friends, losing a wager. But he also recognizes a good thing when he sees one and immediately begins to think of a number of ways Billy can be useful to him.

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Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is a U.S. film director and screenwriter, most notable for making movies about sports. Shelton is an alumnus of Santa Barbara High School and of the University of Arizona and Westmont College. He is the oldest of four brothers, and grew up in Montecito, California. Before beginning his movie career, Shelton was a minor league baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization from 1967 to 1971.He is married to Canadian-born actress Lolita Davidovich, who has appeared in three of Shelton’s films and with whom he has two children. The couple reside in Los Angeles and Ojai, California. —Wikipedia 

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Algitya

17May12

A Stereotype-crusher. How could we don't love it?

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Bruno Leal

14Apr12

Fairly silly and predictable, even for a comedy, this Kubrick favourite is yet so enjoyable, especially during the games scenes, with Harrelson and Snipes stealing the show. It may look outdated, but that's just another way of saying this is a 90's nostalgic movie.

flaneur and chanandre like this

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Sonja

26Feb11

poor woody harrelson...he was really good in this movie...

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staglias

29Dec10

this is a great movie.

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By MR. Univers​e on May 19, 2012

Billy and Sydney think they’re the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased…  read review

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