Rent Love and Basketball (2000)
3.5 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 59min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- From producers Spike Lee and Sam Kill comes a love story told in four quarters, 'Love and Basketball' follows Quincy (Omar Epps) and Monica (Sanaa Latlran), childhood adversaries and talented athletes who have a love for the game of basketball and each other. As each pursues their dream of competing in professional sports, they must lace their own respective hurdles.
- Actors:
- Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard, Chris Warren Jr., Kyla Pratt, Alfre Woodard, Naykia Harris, Harry Lennix, Debbi Morgan, Dennis Haysbert, Colleen Matsuhara, Al Foster, Nathaniel Bellamy Jr., Regina Hall, Shar Jackson, Gabrielle Union, James DuMont, Christine Dunford, April Griffin
- Directors:
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Producers:
- Sam Kitt, Spike Lee
- Writers:
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Aka:
- Love & Basketball
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, Sports & Sport Films
- Collections:
- Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, Films & TV by topic, The Big Match: Gregory's Girl v Bend It Like Beckham, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Spike Lee
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/10/2021
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two audio commentaries from 2000: one featuring Prince-Bythewood and actor Sanaa Lathan and the other featuring Prince-Bythewood, editor Terilyn A. Shropshire, and composer Terence Blanchard
- 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
- Editing "Love and Basketball" a new program featuring Prince-Bythewood and Shropshire
- New conversation among Prince-Bythewood, WNBA legend and Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes, and writerproducer-actor Lena Waithe
- Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by Prince-Bythewood and Shropshire
- Audition tape excerpts
- Two short films by Prince-Bythewood: her UCLA thesis film, Stitches (1991), and Progress (1997), with a new introduction by the director
- Trailer
