Writing Great Villains: Why They Shouldn't Be Sympathetic
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Love & Basketball (2000)
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
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Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed By:Gina Prince-Bythewood
Written By:Gina Prince-Bythewood
In Theaters:4/21/2000
Box Office:$27,728,118
Runtime:125 minutes
Studio:40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, New Line Cinema
Cast
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director
Sanaa Lathan
Monica Wright
Omar Epps
Quincy McCall
Chris Warren
Kelvin
Kyla Pratt
Young Monica
Alfre Woodard
Camille Wright
Regina Hall
Lena Wright
Glenndon Chatman
Young Quincy
Jess Willard
Jamal
Naykia Harris
Young Lena
Harry Lennix
Nathan Wright
Debbi Morgan
Nona McCall