Love & Basketball
“All's fair in love and basketball.”
2000•PG-13•2h 5m•7.3•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
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.
Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Budget
$20M
Revenue
$28M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast
Sanaa Lathan
Monica Wright
Omar Epps
Quincy McCall
Chris Warren
Kelvin
Kyla Pratt
Young Monica
Alfre Woodard
Camille Wright
Regina Hall
Lena Wright
Glenndon Chatman
Young Quincy
Jess Willard
Jamal
Naykia Harris
Young Lena
Harry Lennix
Nathan Wright
Debbi Morgan
Nona McCall
Dennis Haysbert
Zeke McCall
Al Foster
Coach Hiserman
Colleen Matsuhara
UCLA Coach
Gabrielle Union
Shawnee
Production
Company
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Company
New Line Cinema
Producer
Spike Lee
Producer
Sam Kitt
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