White boys can't do it

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Movie
German title White boys can't do it
Original title White Men Can't Jump
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ron Shelton
script Ron Shelton
production David V. Lester ,
Don Miller
music Bennie Wallace
camera Russell Boyd
cut Kimberly Ray ,
Paul Seydor
occupation

White Boys Can't Jump (Original Title: White Men Can't Jump ) is an American comedy film from 1992 . Directed by Ron Shelton , who also wrote the script.

action

Billy Hoyle, a white former professional basketball player, often bets African Americans who claim that white men are unable to play good basketball . Usually he wins these bets. One day, Hoyle meets the African American Sidney Deane, with whom he appears as a team and accepts bets. One day they lose $ 1,700. It seems strange to Hoyle and his friend Gloria Clemente that Deane was playing well below his possibilities in this game. He and Clemente visit Deane and demand the return of the money; there Hoyle recognizes his opponents, who are also visiting. Clemente speaks to Deane's wife, who refuses to return the money but suggests that Hoyle and Deane enter a competition together.

Hoyle insults his opponents before one of the competition games, which is why he argues with Deane, who thinks the insults are unnecessary. The team wins $ 5,000 in prize money. On the way back, Hoyle bets his half that he will be able to do a slam dunk , but loses that bet and the money. Thereupon he is abandoned by the angry Clemente. Two Mafia collectors also demand that Hoyle repay his debts and show him photos of blood-smeared bodies lying on the ground.

Meanwhile, Deane and his wife want to move to a better apartment. Her previous apartment is broken into, the thieves steal cash and some items and ravage the apartment. This thwarts the move plans.

Clemente takes part in the TV quiz Jeopardy! share and win. She gives part of the prize money to Hoyle, with which she is reconciled. Hoyle uses the money against her will in a bet that Deane talked him into. Hoyle and Deane win the game, but Clemente leaves Hoyle again. Deane tells him to "listen to this woman". In response to the objection that he had pushed the bet himself, he replied that Hoyle was an adult and had to make his own decisions. The two now face Duck Johnson and Eddie the King and defeat them. Billy gets the final point by dunking the ball.

Hoyle pays back his debts with the Mafia. Then the debt collectors take a fake photo of the apparently bleeding Hoyle lying on the floor. In the final scene, Hoyle asks Deane to get him a regular job and plays friendly against him.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 27, 1992 that the “very clever” and “very funny” film addressed, among other things, loyalty and fraud (“which is all about language and timing and loyalty and betrayal, and is very smart and very funny ”) and don't just be a movie about basketball. Ebert praised the performance of Rosie Perez, which was worthy of an Oscar . The characters played by Perez and Harrelson have “refreshing directness”.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “a brilliantly choreographed and staged“ little ”comedy in the sports sequences, the subplots a little lively, but thanks to excellent actors always fun”. He knows how to "take prejudices" ad absurdum with provocative ease ".

Cinema magazine wrote that the “successful comedy” was “primarily (...) about the everyday struggle for survival in the melting pot LA”. Ron Shelton is one of the "most capable directors" of sports films.

Awards

Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes were nominated for the MTV Movie Award in 1993 in two categories .

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".

backgrounds

The film was shot in Los Angeles . It grossed approximately $ 76 million in US cinemas . Marques Johnson plays a supporting role as the slightly crazy "Raymond". Johnson played in the NBA ( Bucks , Clippers and Warriors ) between 1978 and 1986 . Freeman Williams , who plays "Duck" Johnson, also played in the NBA (including for the Clippers, Jazz and Bullets ). The future NBA star Gary Payton played as an extra.

In January 2017 it was announced that there will be a remake. The script and production for 20th Century Fox is done by Kenya Barris in collaboration with NBA player Blake Griffin and NFL player Ryan Kalil .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed December 28, 2007
  2. ↑ White boys don't make it in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed December 28, 2007
  3. ↑ Cinema, accessed December 28, 2007
  4. ↑ fbw-filmb Bewertung.com, accessed December 28, 2007
  5. ^ Filming locations for White Men Can't Jump, accessed December 28, 2007
  6. ^ Box office / business for White Men Can't Jump, accessed December 28, 2007
  7. ↑ Bory's Kit: 'White Men Can't Jump' Remake in the Works From 'Black-ish' Creator (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter, January 17, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017 .