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23 November 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
From the mean streets of Harlem come the greatest basketball player the world has never known.Plot:
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Pretty good, but embarrassing to watch Eriq Le Salle moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Don Cheadle | ... | Earl "The Goat" Manigault | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Dr. McDuffie | |
| Michael Beach | ... | Legrand | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Coach Scarpelli | |
| Loretta Devine | ... | Miss Mary | |
| Glynn Turman | ... | Coach Powell | |
| Monica Calhoun | ... | Evonne | |
| Colin Cheadle | ... | Young Earl | |
| Michael Ralph | ... | Dion | |
| Daryl Mitchell | ... | Dean Memminger | |
| Nicole Ari Parker | ... | Wanda (as Nicole Parker) | |
| Tamara Tunie | ... | Miss Marcus | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Himself | |
| Chick Hearn | ... | Himself | |
| Cress Williams | ... | Kimbrough |
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Rated R for graphic drug use, strong language, some sexuality and a scene of violence.Parents Guide:
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**this review gives away some of the plot, be careful!**
It was good to see Don Cheadle, he's a fine actor, but don't expect a performance on par with his tough guys in Out of Sight and Devil in a Blue Dress. Cheadle was a good pick, the part of a great basketball player is tough because you can get a real player who has good basketball skills but says every line like he's reading a foreign language (Ray Allen), or you can get a great actor who shoots like he's using the wrong hand (Ed Norton). Cheadle's game (dribbling, shooting) looks pretty good, the only thing that wasn't convincing were the scenes displaying Manigault's amazing leaping. Because Cheadle obviously cannot get that high, we get a shot of him taking off, then another shot of him up by the rim standing on a ladder or something; its just not convincing. Manigault's alleged dunks are so unreal that I would have really liked to actually see the entire dunk just like the real goat, in one shot, whether it took computer graphics or a double that looks nothing like him (Vince Carter), or a springboard disguised as part of the court.
Watching director Eriq Le Salle act in this movie is painfully embarrassing. For example, in his basketball scenes in the beginning (btw I REALLY liked the casual dress of the players) Le Salle adorns a pantyhose style hat, its out of place, but what's so embarrassing is that since he was the director he chose to brandish the hat himself. Similarly embarrassing is that he tries to steal more of the spotlight by having his character go to Vietnam, like the pantyhose hat, this is utterly useless to the story but he includes it to promote himself. And on top of that, Le Salle has his character come back from 'Nam having lost both arms (cheap, cheap, cheap) then overdose on bad heroin. You'll get a huge laugh watching LaSalle shake on the ground with his prosthetic limbs, easily a foot longer then they should be with obvious lumps in the forearms (hands holding the prop arms.) This shows no class on the part of Eriq, who as the director introduces a character who provides no insight and is useless to the story so HE can play it and have a chance to act like a brotha and convulse like he's overdosing, how embarrassing!!
Aside from that, this movie is pretty good and I recommend it to a basketball fan. Clarence Williams III and Forest Whitaker are both very good as always.