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23 November 1996 (USA)
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From the mean streets of Harlem come the greatest basketball player the world has never known.
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A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences...
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(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.
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I was so scared after "Heaven Is A Playground" I thought I'd never see another basketball movie again. But with little else on, I decided to give "Rebound...." a go. I mean it's about basketball, tells the story of a legend, and has the "Soul Glo" guy from "Coming To America" in it, so it couldn't be all bad.
The story begins from "The Goat's" early days as a kid in Harlem. He amazes some older guys when given the chance to play in a pick up game and from there his legend rises. "The Goat" has an amazing leap, a deadly shot, great ball-handling skills- it seems the sky will be the limit. Soon though "the Goat" starts mixing with the wrong crowd and as tragedy enters his life, he gets into smack. Before he knows it, the best years of his life are gone and "The Goat" decides he'll turn to helping others.
It's an OK movie, but hardly a rare story and not much made this movie stand out. Could have had more stuff from when he quit the heroin and helped the kiddies, and a bit more basketball action, but that may have been difficult as Don Cheadle's basketball skills weren't too convincing.