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Hoop Dreams

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

Director

Steve James

Year

Genre

documentary, drama, sport

Box Office

$7,830,611

Production

Fine Line Features,Kartemquin Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 22 wins & 9 nominations total

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Self

Self

Self - William's Mother

Self - William's Brother

Self - Arthur's Mother

Self - Arthur's Father

Arthur 'Bo' Agee

Self - Talent Scout

Self - High School Basketball Coach

Self - Professional Basketball Player

Self - High School Guidance Counselor

Marlyn Hopewell

Self - Television Reporter

Self - President: Encyclopedia Brittanica

Self - High School Guidance Counselor

Self - High School Basketball Coach

Self - High School Guidance Counselor

Aretha Mitchell

Self - Arthur's Friend

Shannon Johnson

Self - Arthur's Sister

Self - Arthur's Brother

Joe 'Sweetie' Agee

Self - Tomika's Daughter and Arthur's Niece

Self - William's Girlfriend

Catherine Mines

Self - William's Daughter

Self - William's Brother-in-Law

Self - William's Father

Self - High School Teacher and Registrar

Self - High School Finance Director

Self - Television Sports Commentator

Self - Marquette University Head Basketball Coach

Self - Indiana University Head Basketball Coach

Self - DePaul University Head Basketball Coach

Self - Camp Academic Director

Self - Film Director

Self - Marquette University Assistant Basketball Coach

Self - Basketball Scout

Self - High School Assistant Basketball Coach

Self - High School Science Teacher

Self - Basketball Scout

Self - High School Basketball Player

Derrick Zinneman

Self - Junior College Basketball Coach

Self - Junior College Basketball Player

Narrator

Self

Elijiah Ephraim

Self

Self

Self

Self

Mike Krzyzewski

Self

Self

Self

Self

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Self - Television Sports Commentator Self - William's Brother Self - William's Mother Self - Arthur's Mother Self - Arthur's Father Self - High School Guidance Counselor Self - High School Basketball Coach Self - Indiana University Head Basketball Coach Self - Talent Scout Self - Arthur's Brother Self - High School Assistant Basketball Coach

And welcome to the 38th annual NBA All Star game - Hoop Dreams

And welcome to the 38th annual NBA All Star game

And welcome to
the 38th annual NBA All-Star game... - Hoop Dreams

And welcome to the 38th annual NBA All-Star game...

Just needs a little time-out to reorganize. - Hoop Dreams

Just needs a little time-out to reorganize.

That's who That's something - Hoop Dreams

That's who That's something

He's just doing something
that he loves so much. - Hoop Dreams

He's just doing something that he loves so much.

This Chicagoan is making his seventh All Star appearance - Hoop Dreams

This Chicagoan is making his seventh All Star appearance

He dreams about it - Hoop Dreams

He dreams about it

I don't even think about
it, if he don't make it. - Hoop Dreams

I don't even think about it, if he don't make it.

I'm off to Central... - Hoop Dreams

I'm off to Central...

I've never been to a school way out before - Hoop Dreams

I've never been to a school way out before

He told my daddy
that he knew I could play... - Hoop Dreams

He told my daddy that he knew I could play...

All these basketball dreams I had they gone - Hoop Dreams

All these basketball dreams I had they gone

If they want to play basketball and stuff that was always okay - Hoop Dreams

If they want to play basketball and stuff that was always...

I could have been a good college player - Hoop Dreams

I could have been a good college player

He told me, "I'm so scared of growing up."
I said, "Why?" - Hoop Dreams

He told me, "I'm so scared of growing up." I ...

I just want Arthur to have more - Hoop Dreams

I just want Arthur to have more

Austin Boulevard
will be the next stop. Austin is next. - Hoop Dreams

Austin Boulevard will be the next stop. Austin is next.

I just never been around a lot of white people and - Hoop Dreams

I just never been around a lot of white people and

I noticed a change immediately
after he started going out there. - Hoop Dreams

I noticed a change immediately after he started going out th...

In comparing Marshall High School to St Joseph - Hoop Dreams

In comparing Marshall High School to St Joseph

In June, after 20 years of marriage... - Hoop Dreams

In June, after 20 years of marriage...

I know a whole lot about basketball - Hoop Dreams

I know a whole lot about basketball

I'm used to everybody in the neighborhood loving me - Hoop Dreams

I'm used to everybody in the neighborhood loving me

Come on. - Hoop Dreams

"Dear Mother... - Hoop Dreams

"Dear Mother...

I give my mother 50 out of my checks - Hoop Dreams

I give my mother 50 out of my checks

I drew on these.
Look at my name. - Hoop Dreams

I drew on these. Look at my name.

I had heard that his
nickname used to be - Hoop Dreams

I had heard that his nickname used to be

You know I say Man you may not make it to the NBA - Hoop Dreams

You know I say Man you may not make it to the NBA

I say Hey it's your dream What can we do - Hoop Dreams

I say Hey it's your dream What can we do

Everything was just going great. - Hoop Dreams

Everything was just going great.

All you guys can't get large. - Hoop Dreams

All you guys can't get large.

I was never raised on welfare - Hoop Dreams

I was never raised on welfare

It hurt everybody.
It changed everybody's attitude. - Hoop Dreams

It hurt everybody. It changed everybody's attitude.

I'm gonna slip you a little something
into the I.V... - Hoop Dreams

I'm gonna slip you a little something into the I.V...

I really thought Curtis
was gonna make it. - Hoop Dreams

I really thought Curtis was gonna make it.

After spending
most of the game on the bench... - Hoop Dreams

After spending most of the game on the bench...

I know we can make it downstate. - Hoop Dreams

I know we can make it downstate.

That's just a big dream I done had - Hoop Dreams

That's just a big dream I done had

Here's the cutoff point for passing. - Hoop Dreams

Here's the cutoff point for passing.

If you're just outright guessing - Hoop Dreams

If you're just outright guessing

I mean as soon as you don't tighten one screw everything falls apart - Hoop Dreams

I mean as soon as you don't tighten one screw...

He's a pretty smart kid but he does just enough to pass - Hoop Dreams

He's a pretty smart kid but he does just enough to pass

How's your knee It's pretty good - Hoop Dreams

How's your knee It's pretty good

I've seen athletes
who have come back from surgery... - Hoop Dreams

I've seen athletes who have come back from surgery...

He gotta do that the whole game.
He only do it when they leadin'. - Hoop Dreams

He gotta do that the whole game. He only do it when they lea...

It was like my injury was making him look bad - Hoop Dreams

It was like my injury was making him look bad

It was like my injury
was making him look bad. - Hoop Dreams

It was like my injury was making him look bad.

If he don't do somethin'
out here on this court - - Hoop Dreams

If he don't do somethin' out here on this court -

Always a clutch free-throw shooter... - Hoop Dreams

Always a clutch free-throw shooter...

In the sectional finals... - Hoop Dreams

In the sectional finals...

Got any pain with that? - Hoop Dreams

Got any pain with that?

He shouldn't have been out there.
He shouldn't have been playing. - Hoop Dreams

He shouldn't have been out there. He shouldn't hav...

I've had my good days - Hoop Dreams

I've had my good days

I just hope this be
a lesson to my children... - Hoop Dreams

I just hope this be a lesson to my children...

Alicia, you're my only friend. - Hoop Dreams

Alicia, you're my only friend.

My mother God bless her she's in heaven today - Hoop Dreams

My mother God bless her she's in heaven today

There aren't very many kids at any level including the NBA - Hoop Dreams

There aren't very many kids at any level including the...

Arthur and Shannon spend their summer
at Pizza hut earning 3.35 an hour. - Hoop Dreams

Arthur and Shannon spend their summer at Pizza hut earning 3...

You have to realize - Hoop Dreams

You have to realize

Hey Mom - Hoop Dreams

I'm gonna pull up on it, okay?
Tell me if it hurts more. - Hoop Dreams

I'm gonna pull up on it, okay? Tell me if it hurts more...

Easy does it, now. - Hoop Dreams

Easy does it, now.

You talked to any uh - Hoop Dreams

You talked to any uh

He's a great kid - Hoop Dreams

He's a great kid

I don't believe the other players
have complete confidence in William. - Hoop Dreams

I don't believe the other players have complete confide...

Now remember think about the ball game on the way to the game - Hoop Dreams

Now remember think about the ball game on the way to the...

I'll bet a nickel. - Hoop Dreams

I'll bet a nickel.

By halftime, Marshall trails
highly favored Dunbar by 15 points. - Hoop Dreams

By halftime, Marshall trails highly favored Dunbar by 15 poi...

But late in the fourth quarter... - Hoop Dreams

But late in the fourth quarter...

Hey, boy!
Gimme some, boy! - Hoop Dreams

Hey, boy! Gimme some, boy!

Basketball was my ticket out of the ghetto - Hoop Dreams

Basketball was my ticket out of the ghetto

I haven't been workin' for about a year. - Hoop Dreams

I haven't been workin' for about a year.

I didn't think I could do it. - Hoop Dreams

I didn't think I could do it.

You gave me that belief in myself - Hoop Dreams

You gave me that belief in myself

Derrick Zinneman's layup
pushes Marshall to a one-point lead. - Hoop Dreams

Derrick Zinneman's layup pushes Marshall to a one-point...

I've got a bitter taste in my mouth about a lot of things that happened - Hoop Dreams

I've got a bitter taste in my mouth about a lot of...

His three-point shot gives the Roadrunners
their first lead of the game. - Hoop Dreams

His three-point shot gives the Roadrunners their first lead ...

It ain't but one thing: bad coaching. - Hoop Dreams

It ain't but one thing: bad coaching.

It hurt don't it Yeah More than ever man - Hoop Dreams

It hurt don't it Yeah More than ever man

Arthur plays one of his best games
of the season... - Hoop Dreams

Arthur plays one of his best games of the season...

For the defending national champions,
it's all over. - Hoop Dreams

For the defending national champions, it's all over.

And unranked Marshall
will play for the city title. - Hoop Dreams

And unranked Marshall will play for the city title.

What's up man Told you on the phone what I was gonna do - Hoop Dreams

What's up man Told you on the phone what I was gonna do

Beat B-A - B-A-T-A-V-I-A.! - Hoop Dreams

Beat B-A - B-A-T-A-V-I-A.!

I'm glad we are because then it just show you how you could come up - Hoop Dreams

I'm glad we are because then it just show you how you...

Be a good place for Man to come. - Hoop Dreams

Be a good place for Man to come.

Like a whole different world - Hoop Dreams

Like a whole different world

He got a little ways to go but he's he's gonna get there - Hoop Dreams

He got a little ways to go but he's he's gonna get...

I just want to go somewhere where I'm gonna play - Hoop Dreams

I just want to go somewhere where I'm gonna play

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A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

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Director: Steve James

Writer: Steve James, Frederick Marx

Production: Fine Line Features,Kartemquin Films

Genre: documentary, drama, sport

Year: 1994

MetaScore: 98/100

ImdbRating: 8.3

BoxOffice: $7,830,611

Released: 14 Oct 1994

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 22 wins & 9 nominations total

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