Love & basketball / written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Spike Lee, Sam Kitt ; New Line Cinema presents ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Gina Prince-Bythewood film.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 17 cm)
Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Debbi Morgan, Harry J. Lennix, Regina Hall, Gabrielle Union. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Wide screen (1.85:1). New 4K digital restoration. Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, featuring additional footage cut from the original release; 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; Playing for your heart (new making-of documentary featuring Prince-Bythewood, Lathan, actors Omar Epps and Alfre Woodward, producer and writer Reggie Rock Bythewood, and basketball adviser Colleen Matsuhara); Editing "Love & basketball" (a new program featuring Prince-Bythewood, and Shropshire); Athletes and artists and "Love and basketball" (new conversation among Prince-Bythewood, WNBA legend and Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes, and writer-producer-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; an essay by author Roxane Gay.
Summary:
"Sparks fly both on and off the court in this groundbreaking feature debut by writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who elevated the coming-of-age romance by giving honest expression to the challenges female athletes face in a world that doesn't see them as equal. Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps make for one of the most iconic screen couples of the 2000s as the basketball-obsessed next-door neighbors who find love over flirtatious pickup games, fall apart under the strain of high-pressure college hoops and families, and drift in and out of each other's lives as they pursue their twin aspirations of playing professionally. Aided by stellar supporting performances and an eclectic R&B soundtrack, Love & Basketball captures the intoxicating passions, heartbreaking setbacks, and sky-high ambitions that mark a young woman's journey to the top of her game and to lasting love"--Container.
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