Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780780631717
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780631714
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2000
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 1991
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 2000
Features:
- Classic DVD
- Exclusive interviews, highlights, and behind the scenes coverage
- DVD's main menu allow you to jump directly to the action
- Presented in full-screen digital video
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Product Description:
From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Qunicy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game...between family and team...between 'Love & Basketball.' DVD Features: Two Original Documentaries, Deleted Scenes, Blooper Reel, Three Feature Length Commentaries, Music Video, DVD-ROM Content Including Screenplay And Original Theatrical Web Site, 127 Minutes
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Gina Prince-Bythewood, a former college athlete, puts a spin on this one-on-one tale of Love and Basketball. Sanaa Lathan (The Best Man) is the fiercely driven, hot-tempered Monica, a tomboy who gives her all for basketball. Omar Epps (The Mod Squad) is Quincy, an NBA player's son who has pro dreams of his own. Next-door neighbors since first grade, they start as rivals (she flabbergasts the boy by outplaying him in a game of driveway pickup) and age into best friends and lovers. The romantic complications follow a familiar game plan, but the film throws a fascinating spotlight onto the contrast between men's and women's basketball. While Quincy plays college ball on huge courts to cheering, sold-out crowds, we see Monica's sweat, tears, and sheer physical dedication in front of tiny audiences in small gyms and second-rate auditoriums.
The story is pointedly set in the late 1980s, years before the establishment of the WNBA, so Monica's prospects for pro ball lie exclusively in Europe, while Quincy steps into the pros at home. It's a pleasure to see a character as passionate and fully developed as Monica, and Lathan gives a fiery portrayal (she had never played ball before the film, but you'd never tell from her performance). Prince-Bythewood favors her struggle over Quincy's and opens our eyes to her unique challenges with a sharp, savvy contrast. Alfre Woodard costars as Monica's harping mom (always trying to get her to be more ladylike) and Dennis Haysbert is Quincy's philandering father. Hoops fan Spike Lee produced. --Sean Axmaker
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- ONE OF THE GREATEST LOVE STORIESTo me this was a well written story of young love that blossomed into a marriage.
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- Love & Basketball Is A ClassicAs a kid this was my absolute favorite movie. Even as an adult it is still among my favorites. I love ... Read More
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- Lifetime TV comes to the moviesI purchased this movie based on all the positive reviews, and it was served up to me as a recommendation. ... Read More
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- Best Movie Ever!!I first watched this movie ten years ago and i loved it!
It is a movie that is for the boys and girls. ... Read More
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- Great Movie with a GREAT Soundtrack- perfect for V-day!This is a classic movie. It's entertaining for both guys and girls and would be a cute to give as part of a Valentine's ... Read More
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