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A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Terrence Howard
- Spaceman
- (as Terrence DaShon Howard)
Talent Harris
- Butter
- (as James Harris)
Anthony C. Hall
- Andre
- (as Anthony Hall)
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- Writers
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- TriviaIn the fight scene, Fredro Starr actually threw a punch at Terrence Howard by accident. After the scene was finished filming, Howard was furious and had to calm himself down before returning to the set.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MC Lyte Feat. Xscape: Keep On, Keepin' On (1996)
- SoundtracksThangz Changed
Written by Fredro Starr (as Fredro Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones),
Sonee Seeza (as Tyrone Taylor)
Produced and Performed by Onyx
Courtesy of JMJ/RAL/Def Jam Records
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I really liked this film a lot and I'm extremely disappointed that so many people seem to disagree. I have to admit, I wasn't too interested when I first heard the synopsis -- but "Sunset Park" isn't cornball or predictable like the storyline (or some of the other reviewers) seem to suggest. It's actually a very nuanced, complex, honest, funny, intelligent film. Scenes almost never end the way you expect them to. The coach is NOT a knight in shining armor like so many of the teachers you see in those heroic, one teacher can save the world movies. She is real and complex and has hang-ups and problems (mostly involving men and failure). The basketball players are also all amazingly convincing as genuine adolescent athletes. Their acting is flawlessly natural, almost documentary-like. Their characters have depth and humor and wit. I really became attached to them by the end of the movie and wanted to know more about them and their lives. I can honestly say I didn't want the film to end -- it's a pity that there probably won't be any sequels.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,163,782
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,705,440
- Apr 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $10,163,782
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