Overview
A white teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined Black high school basketball team and turns them into winners.
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Box office
Grossed $10.2M worldwide
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Setting
Set in Brooklyn
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Music
Music by Miles Goodman
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Seth Zvi RosenfeldWriter
- Kathleen McGhee-AndersonWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 26, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Revenue
- $10.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Rhea PerlmanPhyllis Saroka
Fredro StarrShorty
Carol KaneMona
Terrence HowardSpaceman
Camille SaviolaBarbara
De'Aundre BondsBusy-Bee
Talent HarrisButter
Anthony C. HallAndre
Antwon TannerDrano
Shawn Michael HowardKurt
Guy TorryBoo Man- Scott BurkholderMorris Bernstein
John ApreaDominic
John VargasMr. Santiago
Rhonda Stubbins WhiteCarla- Steffen FosterWashington Heights Coach
Hattie WinstonJudge Meyer- Curtis McGeeReferee
- Tim HutchinsonReferee
- Charles E. ThompsonReferee
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