He Got Game(Movie, 1998)

Name: He Got Game
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998
Duration: T02:16:00
Rating: 3.4

| 2h 16min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 299 votes)

He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. The film revolves around Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington), father of the top-ranked basketball prospect in the country, Jesus Shuttlesworth (Ray Allen). Jake, in prison for killing his wife, is released on parole for a week by the state's governor to persuade his son to play for the governor's alma mater in exchange for a reduced prison sentence. ()

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About He Got Game

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

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Long Island (New York), New York City (NYC), New Jersey, North Carolina

Plays in: Brooklyn

Made by: Touchstone Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 20 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/01/1998

Cast: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Hill Harper, Ned Beatty, Jim Brown, Bill Nunn, Lonette McKee, Travis Best, John Turturro, John Wallace, Rick Fox, Walter McCarty, Jennifer Esposito, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, Shaquille O'Neal, Bill Walton, George Karl, John Thompson, Kim Director, Nolan Richardson, Rick Pitino, Scottie Pippen, Zelda Harris, Roger Guenveur Smith, Arthur J. Nascarella, Leonard Roberts, Jade Yorker, Jill Kelly, Jamie Hector, Chasey Lain, J. C. MacKenzie, Christopher Wynkoop, Robin Roberts, Ron Cephas Jones, Joseph Lyle Taylor

Director: Spike Lee

Producer: Spike Lee

Screenwriter: Spike Lee

Film Editor: Barry Alexander Brown

Director of Photography: Malik Hassan Sayeed

Composer: Aaron Copland

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Rankkaa peliä"

"Man to Man"

"A játék ördöge"

"Yesh Lo et Ze"

"Last Game"

"히 갓 게임"

"No perdonarás"

"Gra o honor"

"Tudo em Jogo"

"Sa înceapa jocul"

"Dobio je igru"

"Его игра"

"Його гра"

Keywords: parent child relationship, college, basketball, prison, forgiveness, begnadigung, release from prison, homicide

Budget: 25,000,000 USD

Revenue: 21,567,853 USD (= 86%)

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He Got Game(Movie, 1998)

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