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Nov 23, 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault: Directed by Eriq La Salle. With Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox. A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Eriq La Salle
- 1996-11-23
Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault is a 1996 HBO television film about Earl Manigault, a legendary American street basketball player famous under his nickname of "The Goat." The film written by Alan Swyer and Larry Golin and directed by Eriq La Salle stars Don Cheadle in the title role of Manigault.
- Alan Swyer and Larry Golin
- Kevin Eubanks
Although he never played in the NBA and only briefly played in college, the legend of Manigault has spread far and wide and led to his play being glorified in magazines, books, and movies. In 1996, HBO aired a TV movie about Manigault's life entitled Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault, starring Don Cheadle in the title role.
- American
- September 7, 1944, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
- The Lip
- May 15, 1998 (aged 53), New York City, U.S.
Rebound -- The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault. The Harlem playground legend (Don Cheadle) picks himself back up after drugs and despair ruin his '60s basketball career.
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- Eriq La Salle
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- Don Cheadle
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Overview. A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Earl “The Goat” Manigault (Cheadle) was a '60s Harlem playground basketball phenom who was taken under the wing of parks director Holcomb Rucker (Whitaker), who tries to steer the young man towards college and a career in the NBA.
