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He Got Game
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He Got Game is a 1998 American drama film directed, written, and produced by Spike Lee. The movie stars Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, and Rosario Dawson. It was produced by 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks and Touchstone Pictures, with distribution handled by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+. The narrative is set in Brooklyn and centers on a basketball player whose father attempts to convince him to attend college in exchange for a reduced prison sentence.
The film features a score by Aaron Copland and cinematography by Malik Hassan Sayeed. It was filmed in Long Island, New York City, New Jersey, and North Carolina. The runtime is 136 minutes, and the budget was $25,000,000. The movie generated $21,567,853 in revenue. It has received review scores of 81%, 6.9/10, and 64/100. The original language is English, and it is categorized as a drama, sport, hood, and prison film.
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6.8A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth
- Ray Allen as Jesus Shuttlesworth
- Rosario Dawson as Lala Bonilla
- Milla Jovovich as Dakota Burns
- Hill Harper as Coleman "Booger" Sykes
- Ned Beatty as Warden Wyatt
Themes
- prison
- parent child relationship
- forgiveness
- homicide
- release from prison
- begnadigung
- affectation
- college
- basketball
- angry
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- sport film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Screenwriter
- Spike Lee
- Composer
- Aaron Copland
- Producer
- Spike Lee
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Malik Hassan Sayeed
- Narrative location
- Brooklyn
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 136
- FilmAffinity ID
- 969934
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- basketball
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- publication date
- 1999-01-21
- soundtrack release
- He Got Game
- film editor
- Barry Alexander Brown
- title
- He Got Game
- distributed by
- Disney+
- review score
- 64/100
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