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Movie: Hoop Dreams (1994)

• Director: Steve James
• Release Date: 14 October 1994 (USA)
• Writers: Steve James (writer) Frederick Marx (writer)
• Run Time: 170 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Documentary , Drama , Sport  
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for drug content and some strong language.

Trivia: This film helped change the rules for how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hands out Academy Awards for Documentary work. When this film failed to get an nomination for Best Documentary, even though it was nominated for Best Film Editing, Entertainment Weekly magazine ran a story about how the organization voted for documentary nominations. They discovered that not only were most of the people voting not documentary filmmakers but that they actually worked against giving this film a nomination. As a result, the rules were changed so that documentary filmmakers actually vote in this category.
 

“This documentary follows two inner-city Chicago residents, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars. Beginning at the start of their high school years, and ending almost 5 years later, as they start college, we watch the boys mature into men, still retaining their “Hoop Dreams”. Both are recruited into the same elite high school as their idol, former Detroit Piston superstar Isaiah Thomas. Only one survives the first year; the other must return to a high school closer to his home. Along the way, there is much tragedy, some joy, a great wealth of information about inner city life, and the suspense of not knowing what will occur next. This is not a “by-the-numbers” film. Written by Anonymous”

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