Above the Rim
“Some games you play. Some games play you.”
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.
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Cast
15 people
Duane Martin
Kyle Lee Watson
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Tupac Shakur
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Poetic Justice
Bernie Mac
Flip
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Marlon Wayans
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Shep
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Cool Runnings
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Wood Harris
Motaw
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The Wire
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Michael Rispoli
Richie
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The Deuce
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David Bailey
Rollins
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Another World
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Tonya Pinkins
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Byron Minns
Monroe
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Shawn Michael Howard
Bobby
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Henry Simmons
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Jeff Pollack Director · Benny Medina Writer Barry Michael Cooper Writer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $6.5M · United States release March 23, 1994
Box office
Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$16,192,320
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 23, 1994
Theatrical
Australia
September 15, 1994 · Theatrical
Germany
November 2, 1995 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 9, 1994 · Theatrical
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