Movie
Above the Rim
Overview
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Details
- Release date
- 1994-03-23
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Duane Martin as Kyle Lee Watson
- Tupac Shakur as Birdie
- Bernie Mac as Flip
- Marlon Wayans as Bugaloo
- Leon as Shep
- Wood Harris as Motaw
- Michael Rispoli as Richie
- David Bailey as Rollins
- Tonya Pinkins as Mailika
- Byron Minns as Monroe
- Shawn Michael Howard as Bobby
- Henry Simmons as Starnes
Crew
- Jeff Pollack - Director
- Barry Michael Cooper - Writer
- Benny Medina - Writer
- Jeff Pollack - Writer
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