Basketball hinders two peoples sanaa lathan, omar epps relationship. It demonstrates how you can either be infatuated or play ball, yet its difficult to do both in the meantime. The movie has become a classic and one of the best sports movies. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. If you want to get better, if you want to get motivated, if you want to have bett. Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional on the court. Yvonne orji was like a lot of teenage girls in 2000. A young africanamerican couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. A touching and fascinating film, love and basketball also has a solid soundtrack. Monica sanaa lathan and quincy omar epps are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players.
The film left an inedible mark on popular culture making it an instant cultclassic. And, even though theres ample focus on q, the film is told mostly thru the eyes of monica, who makes an ideal role model for young girls and women, africanamerican or not. Basketball is about how you can either be in love or play basketball, but its tricky to do both at the same time. Making things more complicated, the pair, played by omar epps and sanaa lathan, begin to fall in love with each other, too. I love basketball tv is the leading youtube channel in basketball training. Monica and quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood. They are on a blacktop basketball court, playing a sexuallycharged game of oneone one. The film is the directorial debut for gina princebythewood.
Nba icon kobe bryant hosts this new analysis show that looks at trends, xs and os and other detailed aspects of how the game of basketball is played and won. It may be unique among sports movies in that it does not end with the big game. I recommend that you see the movie before you take the quiz because you really gotta know your stuff for this one. Monica and quincy are the primary stars in the film. Love and basketball trivia and quizzes movie trivia. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The sisterhood of the travelling pants holes into the wild the computer jumper the different boleyn woman p.
Gina princebythewood said in an interview i saw over 700 people for the part. Other highlights of the soundtrack include songs from mc lyte, al green, and rufus. The film was produced by 40 acres and a mule filmworks, and marks the directorial debut of screenwriter gina princebythewood. Watch love and basketball online full movie from 2000 yidio. This movie has strong sexuality for a pg, including descriptions of some sexually aggressive women, a strip basketball game, and a scene of monica and quincy having sex that has no. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. The film tells the story of quincy mccall epps and monica. Watch love and basketball online full movie from 2000. Angie stone takes simply reds calling card holding back the years to. Monica sanaa lathan and quincy omar epps have wanted to be professional basketball stars since they were kids. Songs like meshell ndegeocellos fool of me help punctuate this story of childhood friends who love each other almost as much as they love the game of basketball. The first time monica and quincy square up against each other on the court as children, they play rough, checking each other, scrambling. Their love hate relationship lasts into high school, with monicas edge and quincys topdog attitude separating.
Choosing love and basketball as a title for a movie is a bit like slapping a hops and barley label on a can of beer. As the two grow up together in the 1980s, a mutual fascination for basketball draws them together on and off the court. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but. She also has aspirations to play in the nba, despite her gender. Add to watchlist in this drama, two childhood friends develop a rivalry as each of them tries to pursue a professional basketball career. The 2000 film, the glorious silver screen debut of. It was the first movie directed by gina princebythewood. Love and basketball was the first feature film for writerdirector gina princebythewood, who previously helmed several comedy specials for dave chappelle.
Quincy mccall omar epps and monica wright sanaa lathan grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. Can you believe its been 14 years since gina prince bythewoods love and basketball. Producer spike lee believed the female lead should have believable basketball skills. Feel free to use these drills and moves in your own workouts so that you can continue to get better.
In todays video coach rocky from i love basketball tv shows you the behind the scenes recent workout with tyler ulis nba point guard and ahron ulis class 2020. Cast information crew information company information news box office. This movie has strong sexuality for a pg, including descriptions of some sexually aggressive women, a strip basketball game, and a scene of monica. The speed and wiliness of the game itself ensure that movies about men who. In which her family tries to misery her in attempting to act like a young lady. With sanaa lathan, omar epps, glenndon chatman, jess willard. For those of you who have never seen the movie love and basketball, here is a little synopsis. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
As they grew into adulthood, they ended up dating and falling in love with each other. Black people are no monolith, but when it comes to films, there are just some projects that we all enjoy. Love and basketball scores on the strength of its main. Eleven year old monica moved next door to quincy mccall, a boy that was just as passionate about basketball as her. Love and basketball 2000 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. An animated telling of kobe bryants poem dear basketball. More than just a film about sports, love and basketball did well on the festival circuit, winning the humanitas prize at sundance, an independent spirit award for best first screenplay and an image award for sanaa lathan. Instead, its a thoughtful and touching story about two affluent black kids, a boy and a girl, who grow up loving each other, and the game. Sanaa lathan the best man is the fiercely driven, hottempered monica, a tomboy who gives her all for basketball. Theme of validation women can be independentadult social double standard for women and men. Why we keep returning to love and basketball 20 years.
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