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Above the Rim (1994) -- Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with his two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   3,473 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jeff Pollack (story) &
Benny Medina (story) ...
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Release Date:
23 March 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Hardest Part Of Winning Is Choosing Sides. more
Plot:
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with his two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Hip-Hop Classic more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Duane Martin ... Kyle Lee Watson

Leon ... Shep

Tupac Shakur ... Birdie
David Bailey ... Rollins
Tonya Pinkins ... Mailika

Marlon Wayans ... Bugaloo

Bernie Mac ... Flip
Byron Minns ... Monroe
Wood Harris ... Motaw (as Sherwin David Harris)
Shawn Michael Howard ... Bobby

Henry Simmons ... Starnes
Iris Little Thomas ... Waitress
Michael Rispoli ... Richie
Eric Nies ... Montrose
Bill Rafferty ... Himself (as Bill Raftery)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (Certificate #32601) | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | UK:15
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Trivia:
At the start when Shep awakes from the nightmare, you hear the intro to Tupac Shakur's "Pain" - "I Couldn't help but notice your pain" - "My pain?" - "It runs deep, share it with me!". This voice-over is from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the final basketball game Birdie's bandanna changes positions multiple times. more
Quotes:
Rollins: You forgot about your team.
Kyle-Lee: I had 22 points and 8 rebounds.
Rollins: And we lost.
Kyle-Lee: Then maybe the entire team should be here instead of just me. It's not like anybody else had a good game.
Rollins: You didn't give them a chance to. And that's just the sort of thing recruiters look at.
Kyle-Lee: Come on coach, we both know there's more to making it than what happens on the court.
Rollins: What is that supposed to mean?
Kyle-Lee: Nothing.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Mi Monie Rite! more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A Hip-Hop Classic, 15 April 2003
Author: raysond from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Can you believe that this movie was made over 10 years ago? It is very hard to believe but this movie has stood the test of time and it is highly regarded as one of the greatest basketball/hip-hop movies ever made. Here you have a star studded cast which features Duane Martin, Tonya Pinkins,Marlon Wayans,Bernie Mac,Leon and the late great rapper/actor Tupac Shakur(2Pac). Here you can see why Tupac was highly respected not only as a celebrated gangsta rapper,but also a great actor with an impaccable skill and broad range and here in this movie you see why. A film that is not to be missed. Rating:***** five stars.

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