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Sunset Park (1996)
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Gomer
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Camille Saviola, Carol Kane, James B. Harris, Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr, Terence DaShon Howard
Published ID: 6495
UPC: 043396066786,
Plot: A Jewish high school teacher, Phyllis Saroka (Rhea Perlman), steps in to take on the thankless job of coaching the school's inept basketball team, which is filled with ne'er-do-wells from the slums. She takes the job to get extra money to fulfill her dream of opening a restaurant on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Phyllis has had bad luck with men, is dissatisfied with her teaching job, and is desperate to do something meaningful as she approaches middle age. Meanwhile, the players on the team are ambitious only about scoring drugs and girls and inventing their own rap songs. Butter (James Harris) is the team's only really talented player, but he wastes most of his energy chasing skirts. Busy-Bee (De'Aundre Bonds) is a small but highly energetic goofball. The mind of Spaceman (Terrence Dashon Howard) has been diminished by learning disabilities and drugs. Phyllis's greatest challenge is the brilliant, moody Shorty (Fredro Starr). Shorty teaches Phyllis the game, but he feels betrayed when he learns that she is planning to leave after one season. Perlman's husband, Danny DeVito, served as the film's producer. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
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Take The Mighty Ducks story...but, with less Disney.
Added 12/18/2005

And you have Sunset Park. It's all about a crappy sports team that makes it to the top by using teamwork. However, this one doesn't just tackle the crappy sports team aspect. It's definitely better in terms of either directing, acting, and everything, that involves Emilio Estevez in the role of a coach. There's a few life lessons to be learned, watching this movie, but they're all "Racism is bad, mmkay". If you're looking to buy anything Mighty Ducks related (at least, movie-wise), don't bother and pick up Sunset Park. It's better.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
KID GLOC... HIP-HOP
Added 9/30/2004

kid gloc was like the jay-z/r-kelly (best of both worlds in one)
of tupacish notoriously b.i.g. shorts done set the rugged style up for the fashion moguls, the trailors alone were academy AWARD winning his 50 cent /usher gangsta but revolutionary aproach set a whole movement where's KID GLOC?

nOW MY TURN <~rEENSTORM InC.~> i REALLY LIKE THE MOVIE YO/ IT MADE MY WANT TO WEAR BAGGIE JEANS AND BLING-BLING AND PLAY BASKETBALL LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN YO/ THEN PEOPLE WILL WATCH ME AND STEAL MY MOVES AND MAKE MOVIES ABOUT ME YO/KNOW WHO REBEL IS?<~rEENsTORM iNC.


0 out of 10 people found this helpful.
Funny, Sweet, Cute
Added 6/11/2003

I love the movie I rated it 5 stars because I think it is a very good movie. It is so funny and I love the people who are in it! If you don't like this movie you are crazy it is so good!! I think it shows that everyone has a dramatic/sweet side, it is an awsome movie!!
1 out of 4 people found this helpful.
OK
Added 2/9/2003

Its an ok movie good story, but if your a true basketball fan i definatly reconmend Above The Rim it has a better story and its just a better movie overall. Good movie if your a fan of the genre.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Bad Enough to Start Race Riots
Added 1/4/2003

Rhea Perlman, a short white woman, is going to teach basketball to her towering Black high school students. And even though she knows nothing about hasketball she can still turn them into winners because she's White and sensitive and wants to be their "sistah." Gag me. This whole movie is completely insulting to people of all races. The director seems so sure he can sell a hip-hop basketball movie this bad to "those people" that he doesn't even bother to hide his apparent distaste for them. Avoid at all costs!
5 out of 7 people found this helpful.
Take The Mighty Ducks story...but, with less Disney.
Added 12/18/2005

And you have Sunset Park. It's all about a crappy sports team that makes it to the top by using teamwork. However, this one doesn't just tackle the crappy sports team aspect. It's definitely better in terms of either directing, acting, and everything, that involves Emilio Estevez in the role of a coach. There's a few life lessons to be learned, watching this movie, but they're all "Racism is bad, mmkay". If you're looking to buy anything Mighty Ducks related (at least, movie-wise), don't bother and pick up Sunset Park. It's better.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
KID GLOC... HIP-HOP
Added 9/30/2004

kid gloc was like the jay-z/r-kelly (best of both worlds in one)
of tupacish notoriously b.i.g. shorts done set the rugged style up for the fashion moguls, the trailors alone were academy AWARD winning his 50 cent /usher gangsta but revolutionary aproach set a whole movement where's KID GLOC?

nOW MY TURN <~rEENSTORM InC.~> i REALLY LIKE THE MOVIE YO/ IT MADE MY WANT TO WEAR BAGGIE JEANS AND BLING-BLING AND PLAY BASKETBALL LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN YO/ THEN PEOPLE WILL WATCH ME AND STEAL MY MOVES AND MAKE MOVIES ABOUT ME YO/KNOW WHO REBEL IS?<~rEENsTORM iNC.


0 out of 10 people found this helpful.
Funny, Sweet, Cute
Added 6/11/2003

I love the movie I rated it 5 stars because I think it is a very good movie. It is so funny and I love the people who are in it! If you don't like this movie you are crazy it is so good!! I think it shows that everyone has a dramatic/sweet side, it is an awsome movie!!
1 out of 4 people found this helpful.
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