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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A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Plot Keywords:
high school basketball | basketball | free throw | coach | basketball movie |Taglines:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 April 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cara A Cara See more »Box Office
Gross:
$10,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Shorty: Cheryl!... Cheryl!... CHERYL! . . .
Cheryl: Don't be callin' my name out all loud like that!
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Written by Fredro Starr (as Fredro Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones),
Sonee Seeza (as Tyrone Taylor)
Produced and Performed by Onyx
Courtesy of JMJ/RAL/Def Jam Records
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Feature film debuts for Talent Harris and Antwon Tanner. See more »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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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Mulholland Falls/Sunset Park/The Truth About Cats and Dogs/I Shot Andy Warhol/Wings of Courage (1996) See more »Soundtracks
Thangz ChangedWritten by Fredro Starr (as Fredro Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones),
Sonee Seeza (as Tyrone Taylor)
Produced and Performed by Onyx
Courtesy of JMJ/RAL/Def Jam Records
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I really liked this film a lot and I'm extremely disappointed that so many people seem to disagree. I have to admit, I wasn't too interested when I first heard the synopsis -- but "Sunset Park" isn't cornball or predictable like the storyline (or some of the other reviewers) seem to suggest. It's actually a very nuanced, complex, honest, funny, intelligent film. Scenes almost never end the way you expect them to. The coach is NOT a knight in shining armor like so many of the teachers you see in those heroic, one teacher can save the world movies. She is real and complex and has hang-ups and problems (mostly involving men and failure). The basketball players are also all amazingly convincing as genuine adolescent athletes. Their acting is flawlessly natural, almost documentary-like. Their characters have depth and humor and wit. I really became attached to them by the end of the movie and wanted to know more about them and their lives. I can honestly say I didn't want the film to end -- it's a pity that there probably won't be any sequels.