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He Got Game
In “He Got Game,” directed by Spike Lee, the story follows Jake Shuttlesworth, a prison inmate who is temporarily released to persuade his estranged son, Jesus, a highly sought-after high school basketball player, to attend the governor’s alma mater. The film explores themes of family, redemption, and the pressures of sports stardom, set against the backdrop of a complex father-son relationship.
Views: 119
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Bill Nunn, Denzel Washington, Hill Harper, Jim Brown, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Michele Shay, Milla Jovovich, Ned Beatty, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson
Country: United States of America
Company: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Touchstone Pictures
Awards: 10 nominations
Budget: $25,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $21,567,853
Duration: 2h 16min
Release: 1998
Release Date: 1998-05-01
IMDb: 6.9
TMDB: 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 64
FilmAffinity: 6.6