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‘He Got Game’ With Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, and Logan Murdock

The Rewatchables

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Spike Lee's Hoop Dreams

I feel like Philadelphia was the one for him. Because being on the same level as Hanks in a movie, that was like the final piece. He got game not in there. Now that is insane. Public anime did the theme song for this in 1998. It's phenomenal. They have a long standing relationship with Spike. 25 million dollar budget made 22.4 million. Our guy Roger Ebert, 3.5 stars. This is his best film since Malcolm X. Hoop dreams becomes really the first famous documentary of the modern era. Everybody sees it. And people know that story.

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