Above the Rim (1994)

Directed by

Jeff Pollack

Genre

drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film, hood film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 240 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school basketball star in New York City gets caught between a drug dealer and a former star who now works as a security guard. Both men want to influence his future on and off the court.

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What happens

Above the Rim is a 1994 American sports drama film co-written and directed by Jeff Pollack in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Pollack and Barry Michael Cooper, adapted from a story by Benny Medina. The film stars Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans, and Leon. Considered the conclusion to Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (the preceding films being New Jack City (1991) and Sugar Hill (1994), the film tells the story about a promising New York City high school basketball star, and his relationships with a drug dealer and a former basketball star, now employed as a security guard at the high school he was a promising young star for the past years. The film was shot in Harlem, with various scenes filmed at the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics in East Harlem. Some of the basketball scenes were filmed at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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