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He Got Game (1998)

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Release Date: May 1, 1998
Genre: Drama, Sports
Running Time: 136 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive language, strong sexuality, some drug content and violence.
Director: Spike Lee
Writer: Spike Lee
Cast: Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Roger Guenveur Smith, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Michele Shay, Bill Nunn, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Jim Brown, Ned Beatty, Zelda Harris, Hill Harper, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen, Denzel Washington

One week before his son, the best high school basketball player in the country, has to sign his letter of intent to the college of his choice, his father, the man who is serving fifteen years for the death of his wife, is released from prison on a temporary reprieve to convince his boy into going to a certain college that could get his sentence reduced. Read more

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Grade: B Denzel Washington got an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, and it appears as if these two really mix. Washington is very powerful in the Spike Lee joint He Got Game, a movie about the pressures and consequences of being a star, and the lengths people will go to for their family. Read the full movie review

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