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Love & Basketball

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
23K
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Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.

  • Director
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • Writer
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • Stars
    • Sanaa Lathan
    • Omar Epps
    • Glenndon Chatman
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    23K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • Writer
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • Stars
      • Sanaa Lathan
      • Omar Epps
      • Glenndon Chatman
    • 138User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 15 nominations

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    Love & Basketball
    Trailer 2:24
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    Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Omar Epps and Dennis Haysbert in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Debbi Morgan and Dennis Haysbert in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Sanaa Lathan and Gina Prince-Bythewood in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Omar Epps in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Omar Epps in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Quincy & Monica
    Monica & Quincy
    Advance, 1 sheet movie poster
    Quad Movie Poster, 40" x 30"
    Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)

    Top cast

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    Sanaa Lathan
    Sanaa Lathan
    • Monica Wright
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Quincy McCall
    Glenndon Chatman
    • Young Quincy
    Jess Willard
    • Jamal
    Chris Warren
    Chris Warren
    • Kelvin
    • (as Chris Warren Jr.)
    Kyla Pratt
    Kyla Pratt
    • Young Monica
    Alfre Woodard
    Alfre Woodard
    • Camille Wright
    Naykia Harris
    • Young Lena
    Harry Lennix
    Harry Lennix
    • Nathan Wright
    Debbi Morgan
    Debbi Morgan
    • Nona McCall
    Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert
    • Zeke McCall
    Colleen Matsuhara
    • UCLA Coach
    Al Foster
    • Coach Hiserman
    Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
    Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
    • Highschool Referee #1
    • (as Nathaniel Bellamy)
    Regina Hall
    Regina Hall
    • Lena Wright
    Shar Jackson
    Shar Jackson
    • Felicia
    Gabrielle Union
    Gabrielle Union
    • Shawnee
    James DuMont
    James DuMont
    • Reporter
    • Director
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • Writer
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Producer Spike Lee believed the female lead should have believable basketball skills. Gina Prince-Bythewood said in an interview "I saw over 700 people for the part: actors, ballplayers, people who had never acted before in their life. It finally came down to Sanaa Lathan and Niesha Butler [a star player at Georgia Tech and 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year]. I put Sanaa with a basketball coach for two months and Niesha with an acting coach."
    • Goofs
      When Monica and Quincy are playing basketball for Quincy's heart, the Nike swoosh on Monica's sports bra appears and disappears.
    • Quotes

      Monica: I'll play you.

      Quincy: For what?

      Monica: Your heart.

    • Crazy credits
      The end of the creidts show Quincy's and Monica's daughter dunking a basketball .
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: U-571/Love & Basketball/Joe Gould's Secret/Gossip/Pups (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Love and Happiness
      Written by Al Green and Teenie Hodges
      Performed by Al Green

    User reviews138

    Review
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    Featured review
    this is the bomb
    i must of watched this film a hundred times it is so fab. Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps are brillant in this movie. It is not only a super love storey but it shows the womans rights to play a sport she loves. This film is by far the best film i have ever seen the actors the director everybody involved in this movie was totaly brillant. There has been many love stories that are typical they meat fall in love and live happy for the rest of there lives, this movie shows the ups and downs of a relationship but still the bond between them is never broken. This is a movie worth getting.
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    • spearitt
    • Apr 2, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Love and Basketball
    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain(Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain)
    • Production company
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $27,475,093
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,139,180
      • Apr 23, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,743,596
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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