Foul Shot (2007)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Danilo Mancinelli

Writers:

Danilo Mancinelli (writer)
Mack Storm (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

What do you do when basketball and politics collide?

Plot:

Young basketball star Dan Milano has all the makings of a pro player -- talent, skill and determination...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Politics | Jump Shot | Hidden Agenda | Dribbling

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Danilo Mancinelli	...	Dan Milano
Chris Divecchio	...	Ralph Mason
Mark Norris	...	Todd Parker
Art Aroustamian	...	Robert Milano
Carol O'Neal	...	Josie Milano
Wes C. Martin	...	Stan Weber
Allen Wilkerson	...	Mel Atkins
Brion Rose	...	Larry Clark
Anthony W. Preston	...	Dante Milano (as Anthony William)
Marietta Putignano	...	Marianne Milano
Ed Dyer	...	Bob Hanks
Janelle Dote	...	Julie
Kirk Bowman	...	Tom Newton
Clinton J. Lewis	...	Adrian 'Smoothy'
Russell Geary	...	Mike Lane

Also Known As:

Faded Dreams (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company:

Foul Shot Productions

Trivia:

Director, Danilo Mancinelli, wanted mostly wide shots of the actors dunking, so the audience can see that they were really dunking on 10 foot rims and not trying to edit around it like most other basketball movies where the actors have little to no athletic ability.

Excellent Independent Film.

Excellent independent film. I especially appreciated the filmmakers dedication to athletes at the very end of the film credits, It says; "This is for all the athletes who were not given a chance, even though they earned it." I had heard about this movie from other people and through the internet and I just now decided to check it out for myself, and I found this film to be very real and honest. I have read good and bad reviews about this movie and in my opinion, I tend to lean towards the good reviews. Most of the negative reviews are one to two sentences in length and they really offer no insight on the movie and the message it is trying to send. One example, "it is a low budget film", Since when does a film have to have a big budget to be good? I have seen some real stinkers with extremely high budgets, and I find it that independent films have more heart and soul than big productions. The acting? Well, I thought that this was better acted than a lot of movies I have seen, the character that the story was based upon was as good as any other actor I have seen in any role. This movie does tend to expose corrupt coaches, and therefore, I can see why some people would not want to rave about this film. For a film that was shot for 15,000 dollars, checked on IMDb, it was done quite well, the games were done as well as they could have been with a limited budget. It seems to me like in this day and age, if movies don't have a budget of 50 million dollars and don't have explosions and what not, they are not considered good. I would take this film over those films that have no heart and soul, like I previously said, any day.