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He Got Game

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He Got Game
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R,2hrs 14min
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May 1, 1998
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Buena Vista
Synopsis: Denzel Washington and writer-director Spike Lee team for the third time with this contemporary basketball drama focusing on a promising athlete, the son of a convict-father. Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) has been in prison for six years when tough prison-warden Wyatt (Ned Beatty) tells him that he's getting a temporary parole with the promise of a commuted sentence. However, there's a trade-off -- Jake must talk his son, Jesus Shuttlesworth (NBA star Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks), the ... Full Synopsis
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Lee uses visual imagination to lift his material into the realms of hopes and dreams. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Jake Shuttlesworth
Jesus Shuttlesworth
Dakota Burns
Lala Bonilla
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