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White Men Can't Jump (1992)
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Synopsis
Ron Shelton
(
Bull Durham
) wrote and directed the basketball-oriented seriocomedy White Men Can't Jump.
Woody Harrelson
plays Billy Hoyle, a white con artist who hustles basketball games with black players, lulling his victims into the misguided notion that white men can't match up with black hoopsters. One of his victims, African-American Sidney Deane (
Wesley Snipes
), becomes Hoyle's "agent," arranging his various inner city scams. Deane doesn't feel as though he's selling out his own people; he goes along with Hoyle to provide a better life for his wife, Rhonda (
Tyra Ferrell
), and son. The film breezes through several zany sequences, including one liberal-baiting satirical moment set at a black/white "solidarity" basketball game arranged by an ambitious politician. Crooked gamblers intrude upon the last scenes of the film, but Hoyle is rescued by his girlfriend, Gloria (
Rosie Perez
), a
Jeopardy
freak who realizes a lifelong dream by winning big on the
Alex Trebek
-hosted game show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Kevin Benton
Zeke
Cylk Cozart
Robert
Tyra Ferrell
Rhonda Deane
Ernest Harden Jr.
George
Kadeem Hardison
Junior
Woody Harrelson
Billy Hoyle
Marques Johnson
Raymond
John Marshall Jones
Walter
David Roberson
T.J.
Wesley Snipes
Sidney Deane
Rosie Perez
Gloria Clemente
Production Crew
Roger Fortune
Art Director
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Russell Boyd
Cinematographer
Bennie Wallace
Composer (Music Score)
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Designer
Ron Shelton
Director
Kimberly Ray
Editor
Paul Seydor
Editor
Dan Lester
Producer
David Lester
Producer
Don Miller
Producer
Don Miller
Producer
Don Miller
Producer
Michelle Rappaport
Producer
Dennis Washington
Production Designer
Ron Shelton
Screenwriter
Robert R. Benton
Set Designer
Kirk A. Francis
Sound/Sound Designer
Julius Le Flore
Stunts
Mike Johnson
Stunts
Year: 1992
Runtime: 115
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language and sexuality
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Color type
DeLuxe color
Sound
Dolby
Produced by
20th Century Fox
Release
March 27, 1992 (USA)
by 20th Century Fox
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.