Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)

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Exclusive Satisfaction Rating: 100% Based on 175 reviews. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Search eBay for this item. Release Date: October 10, 2000 Theatrical Release: April 21, 2000 Staring: Nathaniel Bellamy Jr., Glenndon Chatman, James DuMont, Christine Dunford, Omar Epps Creators: Omar Epps (Primary Contributor), Lathan, Sanaa (Primary Contributor) Package Dimensions (in inches): 0.6 x 7.4 x 4.7 Package Weight: 0.2 pounds Item Dimensions (in inches): 0 x 0 x 0 Item Weight: 0.2 pounds Running Time: 124 minutes Audio Tracks/Subtitles: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Other Details Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Team Marketing EAN: 9780780631717 Feature: 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 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Is Autographed: 0 ISBN: 0780631714 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video MPN: TM2549 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Studio: New Line Home Video UPC: 794043506420

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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

Amazon.com: 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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