Alfre Woodard costars as Monica's harping mom (always trying to get her to be more ladylike) and Dennis Haysbert is Quincy's philandering father. Prince-Bythewood favors her struggle over Quincy's and opens our eyes to her unique challenges with a sharp, savvy contrast. It's a pleasure to see a character as passionate and fully developed as Monica, and Lathan gives a fiery portrayal (she had never played ball before the film, but you'd never tell from her performance).
#Love and basketball pro
The story is pointedly set in the late 1980s, years before the establishment of the WNBA, so Monica's prospects for pro ball lie exclusively in Europe, while Quincy steps into the pros at home. While Quincy plays college ball on huge courts to cheering, sold-out crowds, we see Monica's sweat, tears, and sheer physical dedication in front of tiny audiences in small gyms and second-rate auditoriums. The romantic complications follow a familiar game plan, but the film throws a fascinating spotlight onto the contrast between men's and women's basketball. Next-door neighbors since first grade, they start as rivals (she flabbergasts the boy by outplaying him in a game of driveway pickup) and age into best friends and lovers. Love & Basketball, Sanaa Lathan (center), 2000, New Line Cinema/.
#Love and basketball mod
Omar Epps (The Mod Squad) is Quincy, an NBA player's son who has pro dreams of his own. The featured film, Love & Basketball, will be shown at 9 pm. Sanaa Lathan (The Best Man) is the fiercely driven, hot-tempered Monica, a tomboy who gives her all for basketball.
Carter Sound mixer Willie Burton Art director Susan K.Gina Prince-Bythewood, a former college athlete, puts a spin on this one-on-one tale of Love and Basketball. Shropshire Casting Aisha Coley Music Terence Blanchard Music supervision Melodee Sutton Costume designer Ruth E. Davis Jay Stern Cynthia Guidry Director of photography Reynaldo Villalobos Production designer Jeff Howard Editor Terilyn A. Lennix Nathan Wright Kyla Pratt Young Monica Glenndon Chatman Young Quincy Christine Dunford Coach Davis Erika Ringor Sidra O’Neal Regina Hall Lena Wright Gabrielle Union Shawnee Colleen Matsuhara UCLA coach Tyra Banks Kyra Kessler Credits Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood Produced by Spike Lee Sam Kitt Executive producers Andrew Z. New cover based on an original theatrical posterĬast Omar Epps Quincy McCall Sanaa Lathan Monica Wright Alfre Woodard Camille Wright Dennis Haysbert Zeke McCall Debbi Morgan Nona McCall Harry J.
New making-of documentary featuring Prince-Bythewood, Lathan, actors Omar Epps and Alfre Woodard, producer and writer Reggie Rock Bythewood, and basketball adviser Colleen Matsuhara.Shropshire, and composer Terence Blanchard