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Love & Basketball
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
2000 · Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood · 125 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
All's fair in love and basketball.
Plot
The story is divided into four quarters, each one representing a different period in the lives of the protagonists.
The first quarter takes place in 1981, when Monica and Quincy are children and become friends due to their shared love for basketball. Monica proves to be an excellent player, beating Quincy in their first game of one on one. However, their friendship is threatened when Quincy knocks Monica down during a game, accidentally cutting her face. They reconcile and share their first kiss, but their relationship is complicated.
The second quarter is set in 1988 when Monica and Quincy are attending Crenshaw High School. Quincy is a star basketball player, and Monica is the leader of the girls' basketball team. Quincy is popular and dates the prettiest girl in school, while Monica struggles to control her emotions on the court and harbors feelings for Quincy. However, they manage to connect romantically and make love after both being accepted at the University of Southern California.
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Crew
- Written by: Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Cinematography: Reynaldo Villalobos
- Edited by: Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Music: Terence Blanchard
- Production design: Jeffrey Howard
- Produced by: Spike Lee, Sam Kitt
Cast
- Sanaa Lathan as Monica Wright
- Omar Epps as Quincy McCall
- Chris Warren as Kelvin
- Kyla Pratt as Young Monica
- Alfre Woodard as Camille Wright
- Regina Hall as Lena Wright
- Glenndon Chatman as Young Quincy
- Jess Willard as Jamal
- Naykia Harris as Young Lena
- Harry Lennix as Nathan Wright
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, New Line Cinema
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $27,728,118
- Themes: high school, sports, lovers, romcom, basketball, affection, high school sports, relationship, basketball player, woman director
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