White Men Can't Jump (1992)

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writer (WGA):

Ron Shelton (written by)

Release Date:

27 March 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

It ain't easy being this good.

Plot:

Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances.

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Racial Stereotype | Gambling | Claim In Title | Con Artist

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Sidney Deane
Woody Harrelson	...	Billy Hoyle
Rosie Perez	...	Gloria Clemente
Tyra Ferrell	...	Rhonda Deane
Cylk Cozart	...	Robert
Kadeem Hardison	...	Junior
Ernest Harden Jr.	...	George
John Marshall Jones	...	Walter
Marques Johnson	...	Raymond
David Roberson	...	T.J.
Kevin Benton	...	Zeke
Nigel Miguel	...	Dwight 'The Flight' McGhee
Duane Martin	...	Willie Lewis
Bill Henderson	...	The Venice Beach Boys
Sonny Craver	...	The Venice Beach Boys
Jon Hendricks	...	The Venice Beach Boys
Eloy Casados	...	Tony Stucci
Frank Rossi	...	Frank Stucci
Freeman Williams	...	Duck Johnson
Louis Price	...	Eddie 'The King' Faroo
Alex Trebek	...	Himself
Reggie Leon	...	Reggie
Sarah Stavrou	...	Etiwanda
Reynaldo Rey	...	Tad
Lanei Chapman	...	Lanei
Irene Amen	...	Real Estate Agent (as Irene Nettles)
Torri Whitehead	...	Tanya
Lisa McDowell	...	Alisa
David Maxwell	...	Malcolm
Dion B. Vines	...	The Bank
Bill Caplan	...	Tournament Announcer
Richard James Baker	...	Tournament Referee
Amy Golden	...	Big Guy's Girlfriend
Jeanette Srubar	...	Little Guy's Girlfriend
Zandra Hill	...	Sponsor
Fred P. Gregory	...	Sponsor
Carl E. Hodge	...	Pickup Truck Driver
Ruben Martinez	...	Ruben
Gary Lazer	...	Oki-Dog Businessman (as Gary Lazar)
Donna Howell	...	Yolanda
Donald Fullilove	...	Jake (as Don Fullilove)
Johnny Gilbert	...	Jeopardy! Announcer (voice)
Leonard A. Oakland	...	Dr. Leonard Allen
Allan Malamud	...	Richard Andrews, the Rocket Scientist
Jeanne McCarthy	...	Dressing Room Staffer
John Charles Sheeham	...	Cop
Gregg Daniel	...	Leon
Carl A. McGee	...	Gambler
Chick Hearn	...	N.B.A. Announcer
Stu Lantz	...	N.B.A. Announcer
Ronald Beals	...	Ballplayer
Joe Metcalf	...	Ballplayer
Mahcoe Moore	...	Ballplayer
Mark Hill	...	Ballplayer
Eric Kizziee	...	Ballplayer
Chalmer Maddox	...	Ballplayer
Leroy Michaux	...	Ballplayer
Joseph Duffy	...	Ballplayer
Pete Duffy	...	Ballplayer
Gary Moeller	...	Ballplayer
Daniel Porto	...	Ballplayer
Jake Roberts	...	Ballplayer
Lester Hawkins	...	Ballplayer
Jeffrey Todd	...	Ballplayer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Akrawi	...	Mexican Worker (uncredited)
Dwayne L. Barnes	...	Guy on Watts Court (uncredited)
Ron Johnson	...	Kid with Towels (uncredited)
Walter Jones	...	Guy on Watts Sideline (uncredited)
Bruce Monical	...	Man Bumping into Billy (uncredited)
Dawanna Murrell	...	Roller Skater (uncredited)
Gary Payton	...	Street Court Baller (uncredited)
Harry Perry	...	Venice Guitar Player on Skates (uncredited)
John Sheehan	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Kevin Ula Christie	...	Latino Heckler (uncredited)
Del Zamora	...	Fast Food Counterperson (uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Shelton

Writing credits (WGA)
Ron Shelton		(written by)

Produced by
David V. Lester	....	producer (as David Lester)
Don Miller	....	producer
Michele Rappaport	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Russell Boyd

Film Editing by
Kimberly Ray
Paul Seydor

Casting by
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
J. Dennis Washington		(as Dennis Washington)

Art Direction by
Roger G. Fortune		(as Roger Fortune)

Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton

Costume Design by
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Makeup Department
Stephanie Cozart Burton	....	head makeup artist (as Stephanie Cozart)
Sterfon Demings	....	head hair stylist
Patricia Messina	....	makeup artist
Kenneth Walker	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Ed Milkovich	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Kozicki	....	dga trainee (as Robert Kozicki)
Robert J. Metoyer	....	second assistant director (as Robert Metoyer)
Susan Moen	....	second second assistant director
Wendy Peterson	....	second second assistant director
Richard A. Wells	....	first assistant director (as Richard Wells)

Art Department
Dave Brown	....	construction coordinator (as David Brown)
Barbara Salter Browne	....	art department assistant
Efrain Denson	....	muralist
Tony Eguia	....	swing crew
Ben Frank	....	muralist
Yvonne Gordon	....	painter
Carlos Goytia	....	muralist
Carey Harris Jr.	....	assistant property master
Glen E. Hawbecker	....	construction foreman (as Glen Hawbecker)
Tim Jackson	....	propmaker
Alfred Lee Johnson	....	propmaker
Randy Legaspi	....	muralist
Neil L. Lester	....	stand-by painter
Ben Massi	....	painter
Marcel Menard	....	muralist
J. Craig Morrison	....	construction foreman (as Craig Morrison)
Jim Ondrejko	....	propmaker (as James J. Ondrejko)
Bill Phen	....	propmaker
William Powley	....	paint foreman (as Bill Powley)
John Railton	....	painter
Eugene J. Reed	....	swing crew (as Eugene Reed)
Brooke Sartorius	....	swing crew (as Robert Brooke Sartorius)
Martha Seidel	....	painter
Tom Shaw Jr.	....	property master
Terry Sheffield	....	swing crew
Jim Slater	....	lead man
Doug Stokesberry	....	labor foreman
Dwight Wood	....	swing crew
John Ballowe	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Elixandro Diaz Jr.	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
William H. Phen Jr.	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Mark Weber	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Patrick Bietz	....	sound editor (as Pat Bietz)
Gary Blufer	....	sound effects recordist
Barbara J. Boguski	....	adr editor (as Barbara Boguski)
Robert Bradshaw	....	sound editor (as Bob Bradshaw)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dave Campbell)
Larry Carow	....	sound editor
Kay Colvin	....	cable person
Bill Dannevik	....	foley editor
Michael Dressel	....	foley editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	assistant sound editor
Gordon Ecker	....	supervising sound editor
Bruce Fortune	....	supervising sound editor
Kirk Francis	....	sound mixer
Leslie Gaulin	....	foley editor
Howell Gibbens	....	sound editor
Holly Huckins	....	adr editor
Scott D. Jackson	....	supervising foley editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound editor
Lance Laurienzo	....	assistant sound editor
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	sound editor (as Kim Voigt)
Anthony Milch	....	sound editor (as Anthony R. Milch)
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Steve Richardson	....	foley editor
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Schwalbe	....	sound editor
Mychal Smith	....	boom operator
Brenda Sowa	....	assistant adr editor
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Madeleine Swift	....	assistant sound editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Richard E. Yawn	....	sound editor
Allen Hurd	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Gary Baxley	....	stunts
Simone Boisseree	....	stunts
Mike Johnson	....	stunts (as John Michael Johnson)
Julius LeFlore	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Leva	....	stunts (as Scott A. Leva)

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Aguilar	....	dolly grip (as Andy Aguilar)
Mike Benson	....	camera operator (as Michael Alan Benson)
Malcolm Brown Jr.	....	first assistant camera
David Canestro	....	second company grip
Jerry Enright	....	best boy electric
Kelly Green	....	second assistant camera (as Kelly R. Green)
Stephen Johnstone	....	lamp operator
Douglas S. Kennedy	....	lamp operator (as Doug Kennedy)
Michael Meinardus	....	Steadicam operator
Bob Miyamoto	....	key grip (as Robert Miyamoto)
Patrick Murray	....	gaffer
Mark Pearson	....	grip
Brian T. Pitts	....	camera loader (as Brian Pitts)
Clive Richards	....	lamp operator
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera
Jake Roberts	....	grip
Phelt M. Saucier	....	lamp operator
Sabrina Simmons	....	first assistant camera
Richard Smock	....	lamp operator
D. Stevens	....	still photographer
Ty Suehiro	....	grip
Clay H. Wilson	....	grip (as Clay Wilson)
Edmond Wright	....	grip
Chuck Cohen	....	camera operator: special action scenes (uncredited)
Thomas Enright	....	electrician (uncredited)
Ron Kunecke	....	night light operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Victor Davis	....	background casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Jeanne McCarthy	....	casting assistant
Jory Weitz	....	casting associate
F. Pierre Gatling	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Chavez	....	costumer: men
Norma Johnson	....	costumer: women
Betty Jean Slater	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Richard Currie	....	assistant editor
Robin Katz	....	additional editor
Mike Milliken	....	color timer (as Michael Millikan)
Clay Rawlins	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ron Fair	....	executive soundtrack album producer
Robin Katz	....	music editor
Mitchell Leib	....	executive soundtrack album producer
Kristine McPherson	....	assistant music editor
Louis Price	....	featured vocalist
Roger Rhodes	....	scoring mixer
Bennie Wallace	....	music supervisor
Guy Defazio	....	music recordist (uncredited)
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)
Wayne Peet	....	assistant to composer (uncredited)
Wayne Peet	....	musician: organ (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Suzi Battaglia	....	driver
Ray Brooks	....	driver
Stanford Davis	....	driver (as Stan Davis)
Vashti Desire	....	driver
Robert Elsey	....	driver (as Bob Elsey)
Larry Fee	....	driver
Gale Fisher	....	driver
Sonny Hodge	....	driver
Hugh Kelly	....	driver
Jim Koenekamp	....	driver (as Jim Koenecamp)
Joe Lewis	....	driver
Roger Mattmuller	....	driver
Jonathan A. Rosenfeld	....	driver (as Jonathan Rosenfeld)
David Siegel	....	transportation coordinator
Bob Smart	....	driver
David Teasley	....	driver
Ralph Terry	....	driver
Bill Vitagliano	....	driver
Ron Wicks	....	driver
Dwight Wood	....	transportation captain
Hugh Kelly	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Kokayi Ampah	....	location manager
Dick Baker	....	basketball coach
Marius Balchunas	....	production assistant
Elisa Ann Conant	....	location manager
Kellie Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Shelton
Thomas S. Dickson	....	projectionist (as Tom Dickson)
Mitchell El Mahdy	....	first aid (as Mitchel El-Mahdy)
Susan Ellis	....	production coordinator (as Susan R. Ellis)
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer: main title
Denise Giddens	....	production secretary
Robert Gluck	....	assistant location manager
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Leonard Haggarty	....	production assistant
Mark Hill	....	assistant basketball coach
Joy Ichikawa	....	assistant to executive producer
Ezekiel Jackson	....	security coordinator
June Karz	....	assistant accountant
Reggie Leon	....	script consultant
Monique Limery	....	craft service (as Monique Limery-Lewis)
Dan Lipe	....	production assistant
Ricardo Lozier	....	craft service
Lee Millay	....	production assistant
Frank O'Neill	....	trainer
Roger Parkinson Jr.	....	assistant accountant
Marsha Robertson	....	unit publicist
Rob Ryder	....	basketball consultant
Catherine Schellhorn	....	assistant to producers
Joe Schultz	....	caterer
Lois Thomas	....	background assistant
Dion B. Vines	....	basketball assistant (as Dion Vines)
James E. Williams	....	production accountant (as James Williams)
Marcus Salgado	....	athletic trainer (uncredited)

Thanks
Richard Dixon	....	special thanks
Edmund D. Edelman	....	special thanks
Ruth Galante	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Video (1992) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Fox Network (1994) (USA) (TV)
• 20th Century Fox (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Manuel Salvador (Spain)

Other Companies

• Cherokee Studios  music recorded at
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color (as Deluxe)
• Hansard  process compositing
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Sunrise Catering  catering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality

Runtime:

115 min | USA:118 min (VHS version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Ron Shelton successfully sued 20th Century Fox for $10 million in profits. He has never worked for the film studio again.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gloria is on "Jeopardy!" (1984), the man to the left of her has $100, but after she answers the daily double he has $2800. he did not have a chance to ring in since she answered all the questions up until the daily double.

Quotes:

Billy Hoyle:You calling me ugly?
Sidney Deane:Your mother did.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "ER: Whose Appy Now? (#3.14)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

FAKIN' THE FUNK

The Funniest Sports Comedy Ever

"White Men Can't Jump" is an hysterically funny movie that is one of the funniest I've seen. Director Ron Shelton has made other sports comedies before but this is his best one. Wesely Snipes and Woody Harrelson play off each other perfectly and make a memorable team. This film is highly profane but it has very inventive and witty dialoge. A very funny film.