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Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball

All's fair in love and basketball.

20007.32h 5m

Overview

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by Spike Lee, Sam Kitt
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $27.7M

Top Cast

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Monica Wright

Omar Epps

Omar Epps

Quincy McCall

Chris Warren

Chris Warren

Kelvin

Kyla Pratt

Kyla Pratt

Young Monica

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Camille Wright

Regina Hall

Regina Hall

Lena Wright

G

Glenndon Chatman

Young Quincy

J

Jess Willard

Jamal

N

Naykia Harris

Young Lena

Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix

Nathan Wright

Themes & Keywords

high schoolsportsloversromcombasketballaffectionhigh school sportsrelationshipbasketball playerwoman directorromanticafrican american romance

About Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of high school, sports, lovers, romcom, basketball, affection. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, it stars Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Chris Warren. Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

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