

23/11/1996
Um brilhante e incomum jogador de basquete, que jogou fora seu futuro promissor ao se envolver com drogas e se tornar viciado. Tudo começa no Harlem, em 1959, onde o garoto é ajudado por Holcolm Rucker (Whitaker), um zelador que vê nele todas as chances de glória. Contudo, Earl (Cheadle) se deixa levar pelas más companhias e inicia uma trágica ligação com as drogas.

Don Cheadle
as Earl Manigault

James Earl Jones
as Dr. McDuffie

Michael Beach
as Legrand

Ronny Cox
as Coach Scarpelli

Loretta Devine
as Miss Mary

Glynn Turman
as Coach Powell

Monica Calhoun
as Evonne

Michael Ralph
as Dion

Daryl Mitchell
as Dean Memminger

Forest Whitaker
as Mr. Rucker

Nicole Ari Parker
as Wanda

Tamara Tunie
as Miss Marcus

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
as Self

Chick Hearn
as Self

Eriq La Salle
as Diego

Kevin Garnett
as Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain

Colin Cheadle
as Young Earl

Clarence Williams III
as Coach Pratt
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