More Than a Game (2008)

Director:

Kristopher Belman

Writers:

Kristopher Belman (written by)
Brad Hogan (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 2009 (Taiwan)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

The incredible true story of LeBron James and the Akron Fab Five

Plot:

This documentary follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame. |

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | High School Basketball

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

LeBron James	...	Himself
Dru Joyce	...	Himself
Romeo Travis	...	Himself
Sian Cotton	...	Himself
Willie McGee	...	Himself

Directed by
Kristopher Belman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kristopher Belman		written by
Brad Hogan		written by

Produced by
Scott Balcerek	....	associate producer
Kristopher Belman	....	producer
Maverick Carter	....	executive producer
Stephanie DeNatale	....	co-producer
Jimmy Iovine	....	executive producer
LeBron James	....	executive producer
Brian Joe	....	co-producer
Kevin Mann	....	producer
Harvey Mason Jr.	....	producer
Matthew Perniciaro	....	producer

Original Music by
Harvey Mason Jr.

Cinematography by
Kristopher Belman
Johnny Ching
Travis Cook
Dabling Harward
Brian Joe
Chris Lytwyn
Humberto Ramirez Jr.

Film Editing by
Scott Balcerek

Production Management
Graham Stumpf	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Brad Brock	....	foley mixer
Mark Camperell	....	production sound consultant
Michael Ferdie	....	sound editor
Terry Garcia	....	assistant sound editor
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	adr editor
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	dialogue editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist
Scott Hecker	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Micah Jenkins	....	boom operator
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad North	....	adr editor
Jay Petach	....	sound recordist: Cincinnati
Derek Pippert	....	foley editor
Chauncey Taylor	....	sound mixer
Joel Trent	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Christine Carr	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Carter	....	flame artist
Stefan Nadelman	....	visual effects supervisor
Blake Taylor	....	compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Harris Charalambous	....	additional cinematographer
Andrew Dutton	....	digital technician
Dabling Harward	....	camera operator
John Lange	....	additional cinematographer
Daniel Madsen	....	assistant camera
Donnie Schneider	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Tom Moser	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Brad Haehnel	....	additional score mixer
Dabling Harward	....	music editor
Paul S. Henning	....	musician: violin
Matt Lewkowicz	....	synth programming
Abraham Libbos	....	orchestrator
Deborah Lurie	....	composer: additional music
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Jason Ruder	....	music editor
Lee Scott	....	music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Derek Somaru	....	music editor

Other crew
Noor Ahmed	....	production legal
Glenn D. Feig	....	production counsel
Matt Woodall	....	post production coordinator

Thanks
Eytan Elbaz	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Harvey Mason Media
• St. V
• Spring Hill Productions

Distributors

• E Stars Films (2010) (China) (theatrical)
• Iae (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• King Record Co. (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2008) (Lebanon) (all media) (middle east)
• Leeding Media (2009) (China) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Polyband (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (TV)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Reder & Feig  production counsel

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language and incidental smoking

Runtime:

USA:105 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44754) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:G | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Akron, Ohio, USA

Company:

Harvey Mason Media

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 3 October 2009" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Manteca [The Funky Lowlives Remix]

They're just human

To be honest, one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. A truly feel good movie. I'd heard about Lebron James, but never really knew much about him. Then my son and me watched the movie. To say it was inspiring (especially for the little guy) would be a gross understatement. The best part of the movie was finding out that Lebron became who he is today, because of a small group of people that became his extended family. As a parent, and a fellow human being, its hard not to have tears well up at the end of this one, because we all want to be loved. They all found that love - in each other. The side effect was an amazing basketball story.