White Men Can't Jump (1992)

It ain't easy being this good.

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Directed by: Ron Shelton

Written by: Ron Shelton

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Cylk Cozart, Marques Johnson, Kadeem Hardison, Ernest Harden Jr., John Marshall Jones, David Roberson

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Released: 1992-03-27

Runtime: 115 minutes

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White Men Can't Jump (1992): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Ron Shelton conceived of the idea for the film while he was working on a script for another movie, Blue Chips.
• Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, and other cast members attended an intensive month-long basketball camp to prepare for filming.
• The character of Gloria was originally conceived as "an upper-class white girl at Smith or Barnard who runs away with a bad boy."
• Marques Johnson has a supporting role as Raymond, who loses a game to Snipes and Harrelson.
• Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half stars, saying it was "not simply a basketball movie", praising Ron Shelton for "knowing his characters".
• The film was released in the United States on March 27, 1992, by 20th Century Fox.
• A loose video game adaptation was released in 1995, while a remake film was released in 2023.

Source: Wikipedia

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