Movie
1998
He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. The film revolves around Jake Shuttlesworth, father of the top-ranked basketball prospect in the country, Jesus Shuttlesworth. Jake, in prison for killing his wife, is released on parole for a week by the state's governor to persuade his son to play for the governor's alma mater…
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The author of this review lives in the city where some of its most famous citizens earned their global reputations by playing basketball. Quality of the game, just like many things in this part of the world, deteriorated in past decades. But my love for the game remained and although it can't be compared with the love felt and expressed by Spike Lee, I can understand what motivated his 1998 drama *He Got Game*. The…More
