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Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to the big ranks in professional basketball are overshadowed by his father, Jake, who is spending his life in prison for killing Jesus' mother.

The father, the son and the holy game. Rated R for pervasive language, strong sexuality, some drug content and violence. Did you know Edit. While Kobe liked the script, and the idea of working with Spike, he had just finished his rookie year in the NBA the , and had shot several airballs in a brutal playoff loss by the Lakers to the Utah Jazz, and planned a workout program that would help him maintain his strength through the longer NBA seasons a major adjustment, as Kobe went straight from high school to the pros.

So he told Spike the summer of was too important to spend time making the film, and Spike promptly sought out Ray Allen, who quickly accepted the lead role. Goofs At first while D'Andre is touching Lala's neck, he's not wearing any ring - next scene he's wearing a silver ring on his ring finger. Quotes Jesus Shuttlesworth : Basketball is like poetry in motion, cross the guy to the left, take him back to the right, he's fallin' back, then just J right in his face.

User reviews Review. Top review. A dark and unsettling film about basketball. It finally happened, and the movie we all thought Spike Lee would make became reality.

With Lee's own little foray into the basketball world, I always wondered when he would create a story which reflected his unique views of the game. While sometimes over sensationalized, he depicted a seedy world comprised of two-faced individuals all the way down to the seedy high school coach to the professional agent.

I also felt it depicted some very frank images of the cultural aspects of athletics, the sex, the money and the little freebies. While the film didn't need the story between Denzel Washington and Milla Jovovich, it was strong in most aspects. It was a bit of a change of pace for Spike Lee, considering the graininess of the film stock and the rather mundane colors. Also, Ray Allen had one of the best pro athletes-turned-actor performances in a long time. Agent10 May 20, FAQ 2.

What high school are the basketball scenes shot in? I love the creative surprises they throw in, and all the running around. Love the giant bouncy water slides, the field trips, the well-organized, smoothly running processes. Something for everyone here, whether your kid likes to do drama or basketball. Just attended our 3rd year of Got Game Thanksgiving Camp.

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Got Game is great for parents too—it's convenient, affordable, and extremely well run. If you're not sure what your schedule is going to be, they make it easy for your child to just pop in for a day or two. It stars Denzel Washington as Jake, a man in prison for the manslaughter of his wife we learn in a flashback that the event was a lot more complicated than that.

His son Jesus Ray Allen is the nation's top prospect. The state governor makes Jake an offer: He'll release him for a week, and if he can talk his son into signing a letter of intent to attend Big State University, the governor will reduce Jake's sentence. The son is not happy to see Jake "I don't have a father. Why is there a stranger in the house? He still harbors deep resentment, although his sister Mary Zelda Harris has understood and forgiven.

Jesus named not after Christ but after a basketball player is under incredible pressure. Recruiting offers arrive daily from colleges, and even his girlfriend Lala Rosario Dawson is involved; aware that she's likely to be dropped when Jesus goes on to stardom, she's working with a sports agent who wants the kid to turn pro "He's a friend of the family," she keeps saying, as if her family would just happen to have a high-powered agent as a pal.

Spike Lee's connections with pro ball have no doubt given him a lot of insight into what talented high school players go through. There's a scene in " Hoop Dreams " where he exhorts all-stars at a summer basketball camp to be aware of how they're being used. Jake, on the other hand, faces bleak prospects. He moves into a flophouse next door to a hooker Milla Jovovich who is beaten by her pimp.

Gradually they become friends, and he tries to help her. He also tries to reach his son, and it's interesting the way Lee and Washington let Jake use silence, tact and patience in the process.

Jake doesn't try a frontal assault, maybe because he knows his son too well. Finally it all comes down to a one-on-one confrontation in which the son is given the opportunity to understand and even pity his father.

This is not so much a movie about sports as about capitalism.