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| WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast, dangerous -- and funny. Directed and written by Ron Shelton, White Men Can't Jump is a slam dunk, high-flying comedy hit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesley Snipes (Sidney Deane), Woody Harrelson (Billy Hoyle), Rosie Perez (Gloria Clemente), Tyra Ferrell (Rhonda Deane), Cylk Cozart (Robert), Kadeem Hardison (Junior), Ernest Harden Jr. (George), John Marshall Jones (Walter), Marques Johnson (Raymond), David Roberson (T.J.), Kevin Benton (Zeke), Nigel Miguel (Dwight 'The Flight' McGhee), Duane Martin (Willie Lewis), Bill Henderson, Sonny Craver, Jon Hendricks (The Venice Beach Boys), Eloy Casados (Tony Stucci), Frank Rossi (Frank Stucci), Freeman Williams (Duck Johnson), Louis Price (Eddie 'The King' Faroo), Alex Trebek (Himself), Reggie Leon (Reggie), Sarah Stavrou (Etiwanda), Reynaldo Rey (Tad), Lanei Chapman (Lanei), Irene Nettles (Real Estate Agent), Torri Whitehead (Tanya), Lisa Mc Dowell (Alisa), David Maxwell (Malcolm), Dion B. Vines (The Bank), Jeanne McCarthy (Dressing Room Staffer). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IT AIN'T EASY BEING THIS GOOD. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Ron Shelton. WRITER: Ron Shelton. PRODUCERS: David V. Lester, Don Miller and Michele Rappaport. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Bennie Wallace. DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox |
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| Sidney: You see Billy it's like this, you either smoke or you get smoked. And you got smoked. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sidney: You can put a cat in an oven, but that don't make it a biscuit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sidney: Oh man shut your anorexic malnutition tapeworm-having overdose on Dick Gregory Bohemian diet-drinking ass up. Leave me alone! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RELEASE DATE: March 27th, 1992 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $14.7 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $76.2 million (USA) |
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| Sidney: Can anybody step in for this guy? Anbody, for Mr. Motherfucking March of Dimes? | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sidney: Billy, liste to me. White men can't jump. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CRITICAL COMMENTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sidney: I don't mean to brag, but I'm the greatest! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "...the formula is hackeneyed and could get tiresome quickly if it weren't for the energy of its stars and the inventive style of its writer-director, Ron Shelton." -- John J. Puccio, Dvdtown.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy: You are so stupid. It would take your mother 1, no 2 hours to watch 60 Minutes. Sidney: Don't start that shit again. |
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| Billy: You calling me ugly? Sidney: Your mother did. |
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| "Apparantly white men can't write scripts very well either." -- Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy: I'll tell you what. Why don't we take all these bricks and built a shelter for the homeless, so maybe your mother will have a place to stay. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "A hilarious white-black buddy comedy that manages to not feel completely contrived. Snipes is excellent." -- Brian McKay, EFilmCritic.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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