2023-05-01 10:58:57
An essential film in the world of the big orange ball, “He Got Game”, directed by Spike Lee, was released 25 years ago. A Ray Allen then very young shares the poster with Denzel Washington, a film which will propel the future best sniper of the NBA to the rank of star.
“I already saw myself at the top of the bill…”
“He Got Game” tells the story of Jesus, ambitious young basketball player who wants to join the university to pursue his dream and grow as a player. But the things of life will obviously come to shake up the course of the young first. With a father imprisoned following unintentionally killing his mother, the young Ray Allen Jesus then finds himself faced with a dilemma. That of playing in the State University of “Big State” to reduce his father’s sentence, when all the other universities, often more prestigious, make eyes at him. Immersed in the heart of shark world, between agents and other crooked recruiters, the young Jesus understands that he is facing the most important decision of his life. Playing for his father or for his career.
So aged 23 ans, Ray Allen is a promising player for the Bucks and is growing both sportingly and in terms of his image. This film will constitute for him a rocking position in terms of his status, confirming him as a true NBA star. Note also that the legendary director Spike Lee had, at first, thought of… Kobe Bryant, who really hit it off with the screenplay (not surprising when you know the love he had for the 7th art). But following a failed playoff campaign once morest the Jazz in 1997, Kobe finally declined to focus on basketball. Allen Iverson or even Tracy McGrady will also be approached for the role but it will ultimately be the young Ray who will pick up the timpani.
Next to Denzell Washington, Allen then appears in 4 by 3 throughout America, becoming a commercial product in addition to an athlete called to do great things. The film receives a success of esteem without breaking the house, and nevertheless leaves a trace in the history of basketball in the cinema and remains a little candy to taste for all lovers of this sport.
For the record, Spike Lee shot the film in 23 days. The director with glasses as colorful as his ideas obviously had no time to fool around. The rendering is very cool and Ray Allen is as comfortable as an actor as as a sniper in a corner once morest Spurs. In short, if you haven’t seen it yet and you don’t know what to do with your holiday, go see this little gem!
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