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Above the Rim

Year:
Duration:
96 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Sport
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Jeff Pollack
Awards:
1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1994-03-23
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Gross: $16,036,534 (USA) Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Cindy Birch
Cindy Birch
Above the Rim
Duane Martin
Kyle Lee Watson
Leon
Shep
Tupac Shakur
Birdie
David Bailey
Rollins
Tonya Pinkins
Mailika
Marlon Wayans
Bugaloo
Bernie Mac
Flip
Byron Minns
Monroe
Wood Harris
Motaw
Shawn Michael Howard
Bobby
Henry Simmons
Starnes
Iris Little Thomas
Waitress
Michael Rispoli
Richie
Eric Nies
Montrose
Bill Rafferty
Himself (as Bill Raftery)
James Williams
Speedy
Richard Ray Kirkland
Phil Redd
Tyrone Batista
Tyrone
Cinnamon Paige
Young Woman
Debra Rubins
Hostess
Jesse Williams
Official
Robert Harvey
Official #2
Cuffee
Referee #1
Anthony Hargraves
Referee #2
Darien Berry
Younger Player
Lakeesha E. Allen
Monarch Cheerleader
Sherrese Clark
Monarch Cheerleader
Annie Charles
Monarch Cheerleader
Aspen Davis
Monarch Cheerleader
Charlene Levi
Monarch Cheerleader
Tameeka McKinney
Monarch Cheerleader
Dannell G. Ruiz
Monarch Cheerleader
Leslie Terrero
Monarch Cheerleader
Kenneth Bantum
Bombers & Birdmen
Howard Bond
Bombers & Birdmen
Troy Bowers
Bombers & Birdmen
Roger Brooks
Bombers & Birdmen
Dorian Graham
Bombers & Birdmen
Marion Jenkins
Bombers & Birdmen
Gill K. Kimble Jr.
Bombers & Birdmen
Shabar Lassen
Bombers & Birdmen
Franklin Martin
Bombers & Birdmen
Troy Trusdale
Bombers & Birdmen
Tracey Walston
Bombers & Birdmen
Sam Worthen
Bombers & Birdmen
Hazel Dolphy
Spectator (uncredited)
Kiante Elam
Nutso (uncredited)
Bobbito Garcia
Player (uncredited)
Scott Andrew Miller
Player (uncredited)
James 'Speedy' Williams
Orange Team Player
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Trivia
At the start when Shep awakes from the nightmare, you hear the intro to Tupac Shakur's "Pain" - "I Couldn't help but notice your pain" - "My pain?" - "It runs deep, share it with me!". This voice-over is from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
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Tonya Pinkins played Duane Martin's mother, although in real life Tonya is only three years his senior.
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Goofs
In the movie's first scene Shepard and Nutso are playing ball on a rooftop with a huge wall and glass window behind the basketball hoop. When Nutso falls off of the roof the wall completely disappears.
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When Kyle is cheering in slow motion at the end of the movie, while "regulators" was playing, you clearing see Kyle accidentally hit heads with another one of the players
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During the final basketball game Birdie's bandanna changes positions multiple times.
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Quotes
Mailika: You're a runner, Tom. And I just don't have time for that.
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Shep: Crazy hard, scar your motherfuckin ass, bunks
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Kyle-Lee: Why are you doin this man? It's just a game.
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Photos from cast
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