Search results
- Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to the big ranks in professional basketball are overshadowed by his father, Jake, who is spending his life in prison for killing Jesus' mother.
www.imdb.com › title › tt0124718
People also ask
What is he got game about?
Is 'he got game' based on a true story?
Who starred in 'he got game'?
Is he got game a good movie?
He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. The film revolves around Jake Shuttlesworth ( Denzel Washington ), father of the top-ranked basketball prospect in the country, Jesus Shuttlesworth ( Ray Allen ). Jake, in prison for killing his wife, is ...
May 1, 1998 · He Got Game: Directed by Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson. A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
- (52K)
- Drama, Sport
- Spike Lee
- 1998-05-01
May 1, 1998 · "He Got Game" is Lee's best film since "Malcolm X" (1992). It stars Denzel Washington as Jake, a man in prison for the manslaughter of his wife (we learn in a flashback that the event was a lot more complicated than that). His son Jesus ( Ray Allen) is the nation's top prospect.
Summaries. A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence. Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to the big ranks in professional basketball are overshadowed by his father, Jake, who is ...
May 2, 2018 · He Got Game will tell the story of a young basketball star named Jesus Shuttlesworth (played by professional baller Ray Allen, then of the Milwaukee Bucks), who goes to Abraham Lincoln High...
- K. Austin Collins
Jake Shuttleworth (Denzel Washington) has spent the last six years in prison after accidentally killing his wife during a violent domestic dispute, leaving his son, star basketball prospect Jesus...
- (66)
- Drama
- R
May 31, 2023 · Following the pivotal changes that determine the career of an athlete, ‘He Got Game’ is a sports drama film that focuses on the life of Jesus Shuttlesworth, a basketball whiz. Helmed by Spike Lee, it showcases the trepidations of a young man wrought with the burden of choice.