Release Date
March 28, 1997
Director
Randall Miller
Writer
Christopher Reed, Cynthia Carle
Cast
Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, Kevin Dunn, Michael Michele, David Paymer, Chris Spencer, Vladimir Cuk, Travis Ford, Jack Karuletwa, Lorenzo Orr, Kirk Baily, Scott LaRose, Paul Ben-Victor, Harold Sylvester, Gary Jones, Saundra McClain
Studio
Running Time
107 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief language and some innuendos
What is The Sixth Man about?
Just as college basketball star Antoine Tyler (KADEEM HARDISON) is about to realize his dream of making it to the NCAA Championships, he dies, leaving his younger brother Kenny (MARION WAYANS) to lead the perennially last place Washington Huskies to victory. Heartbroken, Kenny loses his drive to win until Antoine's ghost appears, determined to take his team from worst to first.
Although nobody except Kenny can see or hear Antoine's wise-cracking, prankster ghost, sports reporter... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Marlon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison combine in The Sixth Man (or The 6th Man), a pretty mindless but harmless comedy about a team that is helped by the ghost of their recently deceased star. It's a basketball movie slightly similar to Teen Wolf and surprisingly stays clear of most racial, sexual, and potty jokes (although there is one funny scene where Wayans is caught talking to "himself"). Full movie review »
