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Sunset Park (1996) -- A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

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5.2/10   577 votes
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Director:

Steve Gomer

Writers (WGA):

Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (written by) and
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson (written by)

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Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Sport more

Tagline:

You gotta represent.

Plot:

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team. | add synopsis

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Cast

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Rhea Perlman ... Phyllis Saroka
Fredro Starr ... Shorty

Carol Kane ... Mona

Terrence Howard ... Spaceman (as Terrence DaShon Howard)
Camille Saviola ... Barbara
De'aundre Bonds ... Busy-Bee
Talent Harris ... Butter (as James Harris)
Anthony C. Hall ... Andre (as Anthony Hall)
Antwon Tanner ... Drano
Shawn Michael Howard ... Kurt
Guy Torry ... Boo Man
Scott Burkholder ... Morris Bernstein

John Aprea ... Dominic
John Vargas ... Mr. Santiago
Rhonda Stubbins White ... Carla
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual references.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

[Shorty sees his girlfriend, Cheryl, talking to another man]
Shorty: Cheryl!... Cheryl!... CHERYL! . . .
Cheryl: Don't be callin' my name out all loud like that!
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Movie Connections:

Features Rage of Honor (1987) more

Soundtrack:

For the Funk more


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Middlin' basketball picture, 14 March 2007
5/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

OK, so it is not the best basketball pic I have seen. That honor goes to Hoosiers. I can watch Gene Hackman over and over in that film and never get tired. But, having said that, it is not a bad film either.

Rhea Perlman, whom I haven't seen since what, Officer Honey in that Canadian Bacon flick, really didn't ad much to the film. She knows nothing about basketball and just took the job as a stepping stone to another losing career.

The real star of the film is Fredro Starr, who gets the team together. The team is talented so the coach Doesn't have to do much more that get them playing as a team. She is more social worker than coach and it all comes together as the team starts winning.

It also stars Terrance Howard, who went on to do some great work after this (Best Man, Hustle and Flow, Ray, Crach).

Not a great film, but not a complete waste of time.

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