Just Wright (2010)

Director:

Sanaa Hamri

Writer (WGA):

Michael Elliot (written by)

Release Date:

14 May 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

In this game every shot counts.

Plot:

A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.

Plot Keywords:

Therapist | Physical Therapist | Nba | Basketball | Basketball Player

Awards:

1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

Queen Latifah	...	Leslie Wright
Common	...	Scott McKnight
Paula Patton	...	Morgan Alexander
James Pickens Jr.	...	Lloyd Wright
Phylicia Rashad	...	Ella McKnight
Pam Grier	...	Janice Wright
Laz Alonso	...	Mark Matthews
Mehcad Brooks	...	Angelo Bembrey
Michael Landes	...	Nelson Kaspian
Dwight Howard	...	Himself
Dwyane Wade	...	Himself
Rashard Lewis	...	Himself
Bobby Simmons Jr.	...	Himself
Jalen Rose	...	Himself
Rajon Rondo	...	Himself
Marv Albert	...	Himself
Mike Fratello	...	Himself (as Michael R. Fratello)
Kenny Smith	...	Himself
Stuart Scott	...	Himself
Elton Brand	...	Himself
Lindsay Michelle Nader	...	Morgan's Friend
Peter Hermann	...	Dr. Taylor
Kim Strother	...	Bella Goldsmith
Leo Allen	...	Paul
Richard D'Alessandro	...	Chauffeur
Terence Blanchard	...	Jazz Musician
Fabian Almazan	...	Jazz Band
Ben Street	...	Jazz Band
Kendrick Scott	...	Jazz Band
Brely Evans	...	Sabrina
Rupak Ginn	...	Raj
Paolo Montalban	...	Sommelier
Tim Walsh	...	Himself - Nets Trainer
Rod Thorn	...	Himself - Nets Owner
Leo Ehrline	...	Himself - Nets Sr. VP
J.J. Thorn	...	Himself
Allen Iaccarino	...	Heckler #1
Joe Felix	...	Heckler #2
Marty Krzywonos	...	Heckler #3
Lauren Dellolio	...	Waitress
Deborah S. Craig	...	Maitre d'
Neville Page	...	Jellyfish Documentary Narrator
Otis Best	...	Rucker Park Kid
Divine Compere	...	Rucker Park Kid
Larkey Cummings	...	Rucker Park Kid
Gustavo Cunha	...	Rucker Park Kid
Kedric Dines Jr.	...	Rucker Park Kid
Corey Elvin	...	Rucker Park Kid
Andrew Lewis	...	Rucker Park Kid
Carter Lewis	...	Rucker Park Kid
Michael Murry	...	Rucker Park Kid
Deandre Pierre	...	Rucker Park Kid
Lance Rivera Jr.	...	Rucker Park Kid
Iman Watson	...	Rucker Park Kid
Elijah Wright	...	Rucker Park Kid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
La Quanna Chong	...	Basketball Fan (as La-Quanna Garrison)
Mike Golic	...	Himself
Mike Greenberg	...	Himself
Chris Haemmerle	...	Miami Heat Coach / All Star West Coach
Matthew Rios	...	Basketball Game Audience
Yahaira Rodriguez	...	Angelo's Wife
Danny James Walton	...	Annoyed Basketball Fan (as Danny Walton)
Jared Acosta	...	Nets Fan (uncredited)
Alexander Baliev	...	Crazy Fan (uncredited)
Jason CanneLongo	...	Basketball Nets Fan (uncredited)
Jessica Cantor	...	Girl in Audience (uncredited)
Chris J. Cullen	...	Nets Fan (uncredited)
Marc I. Daniels	...	NBA Fan (uncredited)
Justin Doescher	...	Vladamir (uncredited)
James D. Faulkner	...	Basketball game fan (uncredited)
Sarah Grgic	...	Jessica Johnson (uncredited)
Moe Hindi	...	NBA Nets Fan (uncredited)
Dorothy Meyers	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
John Mitchell	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Luis Pacheco	...	Orlando Magic fan (uncredited)
Loukas Papas	...	Leslie Wright's Driver (uncredited)
Dahiana Torres	...	Nets Fan (uncredited)
Brigid Turner	...	Basketball Players Wife (uncredited)
Teddy Valdes	...	Rucker Park Kid (uncredited)
Anthony M. Walker	...	Nets Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Sanaa Hamri

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Elliot		(written by)

Produced by
Blair Breard	....	co-producer
Debra Martin Chase	....	producer
Shakim Compere	....	producer
Gaylyn Fraiche	....	co-producer
Queen Latifah	....	producer
Jarrod Moses	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Lisa Coleman		(music by)
Wendy Melvoin		(music by)

Cinematography by
Terry Stacey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Melissa Kent

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Nicholas Lundy

Art Direction by
Robert Pyzocha

Set Decoration by
Susan Kaufman

Costume Design by
David C. Robinson

Makeup Department
Marjorie Durand	....	makeup department head
Louise McCarthy	....	personal makeup artist: Common
Tomasina Smith	....	personal makeup artist: Queen Latifah
Taurance F. Williams	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Blair Breard	....	unit production manager
Sean Garrett Fogel	....	production supervisor
Anita Sum	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Robert Ellis	....	second unit director
Bruno Michels	....	additional second second assistant director
Christo Morse	....	first assistant director
Raymond L. Negron	....	second second assistant director
Tony Phillippe	....	additional second assistant director
Annie Tan	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Danielle Giovanniello	....	assistant property master
Jonathan Hurwitz	....	art department intern
Janet Kalas	....	charge scenic artist
Jesse Rosenstock	....	set dresser
Bradley Schmidt	....	assistant art director
Zach Selter	....	set dresser: day player
Ashley Smith	....	production design intern
Noreen Souza-Bailey	....	production design assistant
Kira Svesko	....	set decoration production assistant
William Valentin	....	scenic artist
Joan Winters	....	graphic design
Sabrina Wright	....	property master

Sound Department
Joshua Anderson	....	additional sound utility
Christopher S. Aud	....	supervising sound editor
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Christopher Barrick	....	sound mix technician
Christopher Barrick	....	sound recordist
Shayna Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephanie Brown	....	assistant sound editor
Stephanie Brown	....	first assistant sound editor
Damian Canelos	....	production sound mixer
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Jason Oliver	....	adr mixer
Terry Rodman	....	supervising sound editor
Seth Tallman	....	boom operator
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Mariana Acuña Acosta	....	compositor
Colleen Bachman	....	visual effects producer: LOOK Effects
Derek Bird	....	digital effects supervisor: LOOK Effects
Niccolo H. Bodner	....	roto artist: Look Effects, Inc.
Seth Brower	....	compositor: Look FX
Cyntia Büll	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Chad E. Collier	....	digital intermediate data technician: Company 3
Steve Dellerson	....	executive producer: Look FX
Henrik Fett	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK Effects
Kelly Fischer	....	digital compositor: LOOK Effects
Chris Flynn	....	compositor: LOOK Effects
Jenny Foster	....	visual effects producer: LOOK Effects
David Geoghegan	....	digital compositor
Christopher Ivins	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Brad Kalinoski	....	compositing supervisor: LOOK Effects
Nineli Khanian	....	digital artist
Danny S. Kim	....	visual effects artist
Thomas Kuo	....	digital film scanner
Craig Mathieson	....	digital compositor
Sean Rowe	....	digital film scanner
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Dan Schrecker	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK Effects
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor
Ben Sumner	....	digital compositor
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Melissa Widup	....	senior roto/paint artist: LOOK FX
Dave Zeevalk	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
George Bianchini	....	steadicam operator
Josh Blakeslee	....	first assistant camera
Ian Carmody	....	second assistant: b camera
Randolph Carty	....	grip
Oliver Cary	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Daniel Casey	....	additional second assistant camera
Andrew Cavagnet	....	key video assist operator
John Coots	....	best boy electric
Frank G. DeMarco	....	camera operator: second unit
Frank G. DeMarco	....	director of photography: second unit
Corey Eisenstein	....	rigging electrician
Brant S. Fagan	....	camera operator: vfx unit
Russell Geltman	....	film loader
Andrew Greve	....	additional electrician
Aaron Jacobs	....	grip
Dan Kubicek	....	electrician
Robert Kummert	....	a dolly grip
David Lee	....	still photographer
Gary Martone	....	key grip
Christian May	....	electrician
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane
Toby Miller	....	additional electrician
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote camera operator
Bobby Roelofs	....	video assist
Ethan Rosenduft	....	set grip
Donald Russell	....	additional camera operator
Kwmae Sandy	....	best boy rigging electrician
Ken Shibata	....	gaffer
Yoshi Sonoda	....	lighting technician
David J. Thompson	....	steadicam operator
Justin Whitacre	....	key second assistant camera

Casting Department
LaWanda Black	....	casting assistant
Sabrina Hyman	....	casting associate
Yesi Ramirez	....	casting associate
Kristian Sorge	....	additional casting
Jeni Thornell	....	extras casting director
Leeba Zakharov	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amy Andrews	....	costume supervisor
Kortney Lawlor	....	set costumer
Monica Ruiz-Ziegler	....	costume supervisor
Matthew Simonelli	....	assistant costume designer
Wade Sullivan	....	costume production assistant

Editorial Department
Victoria Anderson	....	colorist assistant
Michael Boggs	....	scanning producer
Tricia Chiarenza	....	color timer
Kristyn DiPane	....	project manager
Jordan Fox	....	di colorist assist
Chris Gennarelli	....	colorist: high definition dailies
Mat Greenleaf	....	apprentice editor
Dave Hussey	....	digital intermediate colorist
Andy Kaplan	....	digital intermediate producer
Michael Landon	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Richie Roefaro	....	encoding technician
Trudy Yee	....	first assistant editor
Travis Flynn	....	di colorist assist (uncredited)

Music Department
Jennifer Barak	....	music editor
Greg Dennen	....	scoring stage manager
Sierra Drucker	....	music coordinator
Brad Haehnel	....	score engineer
Eric Kalver	....	music assistant: conductor
Julia Michels	....	music supervisor
Michael Perfitt	....	music engineer
Michael Perfitt	....	score mixer
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
James T. Sale	....	orchestrator: conductor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Dexter Roberts	....	transportation

Other crew
Brendan H. Banks	....	production assistant
LaWanda Black	....	production assistant
Amy Cohn	....	unit publicist
Chris Coyne	....	assistant location manager
Sarah Crofts	....	location scout
Liris Crosse	....	stand-in
Natalie Damico	....	assistant production coordinator
Mark Robert Ellis	....	sports coordinator
Emily Evashevski	....	production assistant
Matthew Fleischman	....	production assistant
Karen Gehres	....	epk producer
Laurie Gershon	....	product placement and clearances
Dave Ginsberg	....	location scout
Graham Goetz	....	assistant location manager
Sandi Greenberg	....	production assistant
Joyce Hsieh	....	production accountant
Aaron Hurvitz	....	location scout
Sam Hutchins	....	location manager
Mark Jean	....	production assistant
Eric A. Knapp	....	location coordinator
Rebecca Lindsey	....	set production assistant
Aimee McDaniel	....	assistant basketball coordinator
Bruno Michels	....	key set production assistant
Jessi Moore	....	basketball videographer
Harley Pasternak	....	personal trainer
Tinabeth Piña	....	stand-in
Hernando Planells Jr.	....	basketball choreographer/advisor
Jakub Porembski	....	set production assistant
John Puccinelli	....	additional set production assistant
Anna Rabinovitch	....	assistant: Sanaa Hamri
Kelsi Russell	....	production secretary
Christopher Sarli	....	office production assistant
Raygun Sharpadero	....	second assistant accountant
Marquis Sheppard	....	production assistant
James W. Skotchdopole	....	production consultant
Joseph Turner	....	set production assistant
Joshua Williams	....	production assistant
Michalla Petersen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)
Ralph A. Wilburn Jr.	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (presents)
• Flavor Unit Entertainment (as Flavor Unit)
• Dune Entertainment (made in association with)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and promotion
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Doggicam Systems  BodyMount provided by
• DoggieCam Systems  BodyMount provided by
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Hula Post  editing systems
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Visions from the Roof  CLP's music administered by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some suggestive material and brief language

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #45845) | Canada:G (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Ontario) | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Australia:PG | Sweden:7 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Michael Beckwith]Nets fan cheering courtside when McKnight is injured.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: After Leslie gives Scott some encouragement during his first game back, Lawrence Frank, who was the Head Coach of the Nets, is visible in the huddle. Frank was edited out of the movie after the Nets fired him in November 2010.

Movie Connections:

References Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

Soundtrack:

Long Shot Kick de Bucket

Queen Latifah made the film worth watching.

I saw the story that was being told and at first I thought I'd enjoy it but I walked out of the theater with a little more emptiness than when I walked in. It felt like there was just a lot of stuff missing from the movie but it was thanks to Queen Latifah's performance that made it worth the watch.

The story is about Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) a physical therapist who goes to a Nets game and ends up meeting her favorite basketball player Scott McKnight (Common). After she gets him hooked up with her no less than shallow friend Morgan Alexander (Paula Patton) she thinks he changed her for the better. But after he gets injured she reveals shes just the same shallow person she always was and decides to leave him. So now with the help of Leslie, Scott is having to find the strength to go on to save his career and maybe find love in process. When Morgan comes back asking for forgiveness Scott has to make a choice between the beautiful girl or the girl whose beauty shows on the outside and inside.

While the story was good and there were a few funny moments I'm afraid it really didn't do anything for me. The performance by Queen Latifah saved the movie for me while it wouldn't be my first choice its a good movie to watch just to see Queen Latifah do what she does best. But there were performances that really didn't get to me like Queen Latifah did. Common for about half way through the film was not putting on a very good show. Most of the time he would make himself look pretty naive. Like when Morgan asks for forgiveness it just looked like he didn't learn a single thing. While I have to give the character praise for being a man who still has faith in mankind even after what he goes through. I think while it was annoying to see someone be so gullible and fall for acts like those it really helped the rest of the movie by giving the character something to change about himself and add to the drama of the film. There were moments of comedy but nothing truly funny to make me laugh out loud. And I think it would've been good to see more of the problems in the relationship between Leslie and her mother something to help add to the drama of the film.

In the end the film was enjoyable maybe if it was someone else besides Queen Latifah then the movie would've been ruined for me. Every time she went off screen I wouldn't shut my eyes because I knew she'd be back in just a minute. A movie mostly meant for people who just want to see Queen Latifah at one of her best moments.