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White Men Can't Jump |
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Genre
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Comedy,
Buddy Film,
Urban Comedy,
Sports Comedy.
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Year
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1992 |
Director
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Ron Shelton.
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Actors
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Woody Harrelson,
Wesley Snipes,
Rosie Perez,
Tyra Ferrell,
Cylk Cozart,
Kadeem Hardison,
Ernest Harden Jr.,
John Marshall Jones,
Marques Johnson,
David Roberson,
Kevin Benton,
Richard James Baker,
Ronald Beals,
Bill Caplan,
Eloy Casados,
Lanei Chapman,
Sonny Craver,
Pete Duffy,
Donald Fullilove,
John Gilbert,
Amy Golden,
Fred P. Gregory,
Lester Hawkins,
Chick Hearn,
Bill Henderson,
Jon Hendricks,
Zandra Hill,
Mark Hill,
Carl E. Hodge,
Donna Howell,
John Jones,
Eric Kizziee,
Stu Lantz,
Gary Lazar,
Reggie Leon,
Chalmer Maddox,
Allan Malamud,
Duane Martin,
Ruben Martinez,
David Maxwell,
Jeanne McCarthy,
Lisa McDowell,
Carl A. McGee,
Joe Metcalf,
Leroy Michaux,
Nigel Miguel,
Gary Moeller,
Mahcoe Moore,
Irene Nettles,
Leonard A. Oakland,
Daniel Porto,
Louis Price,
Reynaldo Rey,
Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
Frank Rossi,
John Charles Sheehan,
Jeanette Srubar,
Sarah Stavrou,
Victoria Thomas,
Jeffrey Todd,
Alex Trebek,
Dion B. Vines,
Torri Whitehead,
Freeman Williams.
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File
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Runtime: |
115:00 |
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dvd-rip |
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699.83 Mb |
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Storyline:
Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) wrote and directed the basketball-oriented seriocomedy White Men Can't Jump. Woody Harrelson plays Billy Hoyle, a white con artist who hustles basketball games with black players, lulling his victims into the misguided notion that white men can't match up with black hoopsters. One of his victims, African-American Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), becomes Hoyle's "agent," arranging his various inner city scams. Deane doesn't feel as though he's selling out his own people; he goes along with Hoyle to provide a better life for his wife, Rhonda (Tyra Ferrell), and son. The film breezes through several zany sequences, including one liberal-baiting satirical moment set at a black/white "solidarity" basketball game arranged by an ambitious politician. Crooked gamblers intrude upon the last scenes of the film, but Hoyle is rescued by his girlfriend, Gloria (Rosie Perez), a Jeopardy freak who realizes a lifelong dream by winning big on the Alex Trebek-hosted game show. |
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