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Heaven Is a Playground is a drama film from 1991, directed by Randall Fried and starring LaTaunya Bounds, Terry Bradley, and Cylk Cozart. The movie is based on a book of the same name by basketball coach Rick Telander. The story revolves around a young man named Zack Telander (played by Bradley), who is a talented basketball player from Chicago.
Heaven Is a Playground ★★½ 1991 (R) On Chicago's South Side an inner city basketball coach and an idealistic young lawyer are determined to change the fate of a group of high school boys. The men use the incentive of athletic scholarships to keep their team in school and away from drugs and gangs. 104m/C VHS, DVD .
Apr 30, 2012 · Heaven is a Playground. April 30, 2012. QUESTION:I saw a movie about basketball called “Heaven is a playground” and the line is supposed to be from Chesterton. Where’s it from? ANSWER: It’s from the essay “Oxford from Without” in the 1908 book, All Things Considered. Chesterton writes, “It might reasonably be maintained that the ...
Oct 4, 1991 · Set in Chicago, Heaven is a Playground is about an inner-city basketball coach and a young lawyer who set out to save a group of teen-aged boys from crime and drugs by giving them athletic scholarships and teaching them basketball.
Released October 4th, 1991, 'Heaven Is a Playground' stars Nigel Miguel, Victor Love, Bo Kimble, D.B. Sweeney The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a user score of 62 (out ...
ISBN13: 9780803294271. Release Date: October 1995. Publisher: Unp - Bison Books. Length: 232 Pages. Weight: 0.76 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0". Buy a cheap copy of Heaven Is a Playground book by Rick Telander. Now in paperback!Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball.
The basketball action is weak, it is all done is slo-mo, and makes it really hard to watch. D.B Sweeny is a good actor, but his dialogue is so corny, it makes him unbearable. The "villain" in this movie is contrived, and the main character Truth, is a complete idiot. You don't feel sorry for him at all when he ruins his life.
