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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks & Touchstone Pictures present

He Got Game

directed by Spike Lee

“The father, the son and the holy game.”

19982h 16mRDrama

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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks & Touchstone Pictures present

He Got Game

directed by Spike Lee

“The father, the son and the holy game.”

19982h 16mRDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

§ Keywords

what it's about

prison parent child relationship forgiveness homicide release from prison begnadigung affectation college basketball angry didactic dramatic admiring adoring familiar sympathetic african american family

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Screenplay

Cinematography

Malik Hassan Sayeed

§ Cast

8 of 40

Denzel Washington

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

Jim Brown

Joseph Lyle Taylor

Joseph Lyle Taylor

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