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Director:
Martin Guigui
Writer:
Martin Guigui (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Sport more
Plot:
A chronicle of the life of Sweetwater Clifton, the first black player signed by the NBA. | add synopsis
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Production Notes from IMDbPro

Status:
Pre-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »
Comments:
We are prepping in Winnipeg Canada
Status Updated:
28 April 2009
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Cast

 

James Caan ... Ned Irish

Mira Sorvino ... Jeanne

Smokey Robinson ... Clifton Nathaniel - Sweetwater's Father

Kevin Pollak ... Abe Saperstein

Burt Young ... Buddy

Bruce McGill ... Maurice Podoloff
Wood Harris ... Sweetwater

Louis Gossett Jr. ... Contemporary Sweetwater Clifton
Ed Lauter ... Joe Lapchick

Caleeb Pinkett ... Earl Lloyd
Cylk Cozart ... Papa

Conrad Janis ... Howard

Claudia DiFolco ... NBA Secretary

Jack Maxwell ... Sports Reporter

Jerrod Paige ... Chuck Cooper
James 'Speedy' Williams ... Goose
Todd Ant ... Bob
John Blenn ... Scoop Crozier
David Cobert ... Dick McGuire
Clarence E. Leggett ... Mugsy
Pete Wooster ... Al Swerman
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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Writer/Director Martin Guigui first began working on "Sweetwater" in April of 1996 when he walked into the Basketball Hall Of Fame and found no information pertaining to the story behind the first African American to play in the NBA. At that time, Guigui was living in Burlington Vermont, making his living as a professional musician and had not yet directed his first film. more

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