Hoop Dreams

Year:

1994

Duration:

170 min

Genres:

Documentary | Drama | Sport

IMDB rate:

8.3

Director:

Steve James

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1994-10-14

Filming Locations: Cabrini Green Housing Complex, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $700,000

Gross: $7,830,611 (USA) Copyright Holder Copyright MCMXCIV Kartemquin Educational Films Hoop Dreams(TM)

Cast

Actor

Character

William Gates

Himself

Arthur Agee

Himself

Emma Gates

Herself - William's Mother

Curtis Gates

Himself - William's Brother

Sheila Agee

Herself - Arthur's Mother

Arthur 'Bo' Agee

Himself - Arthur's Father

Earl Smith

Himself - Talent Scout

Gene Pingatore

Himself - High School Basketball Coach

Isiah Thomas

Himself - Professional Basketball Player

Marlyn Hopewell

Herself - High School Guidance Counselor (as Sister Marlyn Hopewell)

Bill Gleason

Himself - Television Reporter

Patricia Weir

Herself - President: Encyclopedia Brittanica

Marjorie Heard

Herself - High School Guidance Counselor

Luther Bedford

Himself - High School Basketball Coach

Aretha Mitchell

Herself - High School Guidance Counselor

Shannon Johnson

Himself - Arthur's Friend

Tomika Agee

Herself - Arthur's Sister

Joe 'Sweetie' Agee

Himself - Arthur's Brother

Jazz Agee

Herself - Tomika's Daughter and Arthur's Niece

Catherine Mines

Herself - William's Girlfriend

Alicia Mines

Herself - William's Daughter

Alvin Bibbs

Himself - William's Brother-in-Law

Willie Gates

Himself - William's Father

James Kelly

Himself - High School Teacher and Registrar

Michael O'Brie

Himself - High School Finance Director

Dick Vitale

Himself - Television Sports Commentator

Kevin O'Neill

Himself - Marquette University Head Basketball Coach

Bobby Knight

Himself - Indiana University Head Basketball Coach

Joey Meyer

Himself - DePaul University Head Basketball Coach

Frank DuBois

Himself - Camp Academic Director

Spike Lee

Himself - Film Director

Bo Ellis

Himself - Marquette University Assistant Backetball Coach

Bob Gibbons

Himself - Basketball Scout

Dennis Doyle

Himself - High School Assistant Basketball Coach

Clarence Webb

Himself - High School Science Teacher

Stan Wilson

Himself - Basketball Scout

Derrick Zinneman

Himself - High School Basketball Player

Tim Gray

Himself - Junior College Basketball Coach

Myron Gordon

Himself - Junior College Basketball Player

Steve James

Narrator

Elijiah Ephraim

Himself

Eric Anderson

Himself (uncredited)

Bobby Cremins

Himself (uncredited)

Juwan Howard

Himself (uncredited)

Mike Krzyzewski

Himself (uncredited)

Rick Pitino

Himself (uncredited)

Jalen Rose

Himself (uncredited)

John Thompson

Himself (uncredited)

Chris Webber

Himself (uncredited)

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Trivia

Many of the locations used in the movie are either gone or substantially different. The neighborhood around the Cabrini-Green housing project, where one of the players lived, underwent "gentrification" soon after the film wrapped. The baseball field has been replaced by luxury condos and a shopping complex. The last Cabrini-Green apartment building was demolished in May 2011.

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St. Joseph High School filed a lawsuit to prevent the film from being released to theaters. They claimed they were told the film would only air on PBS, and accused the filmmakers of misrepresenting and defaming the school. The two sides reached a settlement, and the filmmakers created an academic fund at the school.

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When the film failed to be nominated for Best Documentary, even though it was nominated for Best Film Editing, Entertainment Weekly ran a story about how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected documentary nominations. Most of the voting members were not documentary filmmakers, and many worked against nominating the film. As a result, the rules were changed to allow documentary filmmakers to vote in that category.

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Quotes

Announcer: Welcome to the 38th Annual NBA All Star game from Chicago Stadium. 1 of 1 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options William Gates: Four years ago that's all I used to dream about was playing in the NBA. I don't really dream about it like that anymore. You know, even through I love playing basketball, you know I want to do other things with my life too.

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William Gates: It became more of a job than a sport to play.

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William Gates: When I had some real problems, I couldn't go to none of them about it. Y'know, I was having some problems with Catherine's family and my family, and I said, 'Coach Pingatore, their family been getting on me about I'm not doing this, and I'm not doing that.' And the only thing Coach Pingatorte could say is, 'Write them off.' That was all he told me. I was like... what kind of advice is that?

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