This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing scholarships that hold out the chance of a. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from innercity playgrounds to play for suburban schools. It gives us the thrill of the game, but it doesnt cheat on. Every school day, africanamerican teenagers william gates and arthur agee travel 90 minutes each way from innercity chicago to st. Kaufen sie hoop dreams the criterion collection gunstig ein. It is one of the highest grossing nonmusical documentaries in united states. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and whittled down to three hours it became the awardwinning film hoop dreams. Gates and agee dream of nba stardom, and with the support of their closeknit families, they battle the social and physical. Also known as aka original title hoop dreams reunion. Hoop dreams by ben jorvasky is a amazing story of hard work and struggle. However, it was not even nominated for an academy award. Joseph high school in westchester, illinois, a predominately white suburban school wellknown for the excellence of its basketball program.
Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their chicago streets. Hoop dreams has the movie equivalent of allcourt vision. Heres the opening for the 1995 vhs of hoop dreams and heres the order. Class of 2017 jaydon clark centennial william jessup university brooks king centennial university of utah delveion jackson centennial uc davis kolby lee rocky mountain byu.
Acad rebounds after hoop airball, in variety new york, 20 february, 1995. On another level, it is about much larger subjects. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Corliss, richard, how the winner lost, in time new york, 27 february 1995. This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing. It is at once an allegory about striving to achieve, and the politics and pressures of achievement. Feb 28, 2015 heres the opening for the 1995 vhs of hoop dreams and heres the order. Shot over a 4 12year period, hoop dreams begins when gates and agee are 14yearold basketball prodigies. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. With james brown, arthur agee, william gates, peter gilbert. First exhibited at the 1994 sundance film festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, hoop dreams has been hailed as the great american documentary and. Him and kevin macdonald are my two favorite doc filmmakers because they can actually direct a feature also. Coach mike stone is the director and all basketball events are coordinated by an experienced and enthusiastic team of teachers and coaches.
My children have been attending hoop dreams for 4 years. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hoop dreams i. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players originally intended to be a 30minute short film produced for the public broadcasting. Hoop dreams ist ein dokumentarfilm des usamerikanischen regisseurs steve james. They both aspire to play in the nba, and both have the raw potential and talent to suceed, but the real question is can they sacrifice thier spare time and focuse on getting good grades and polishing. Hoops dreams strives to develop and enhance, through the game of basketball, the skills that children need to succeed as future. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their. Over the past 26 years the organization has enjoyed successful growth by staying true to its original goal of exposing young athletes to. He is an actor, known for hoop dreams 1994, early edition 1996 and hoop dreams reunion 1995. African american high schoolcollege romance kindle edition by jackson, aaliyah.
Hoop dreams is a compelling documentary which follows the life of two young basketball stars from chicago, arthur agee and william gates. Hoop dreams is now available in bluray and dvd special editions from the criterion collection. Gates and agee dream of nba stardom, and with the support of their closeknit families, they. Have questions about an upcoming youth basketball training program in lexington. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their chicago. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. For nearly five years arthur agees and william gates remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. When the film starts, both arthur and william are ninth graders from the inner city. Release dates 2 also known as aka 3 release dates usa 15 november 1995. Arthur agee 22 and william gates 23 from the award winning documentary film hoop dreams, shared a common goal of aspiring to play professional basketball in the nba. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic. Hoop dreams is a richly human and profoundly american film. It was on over 100 ten best lists nationwide and was named best film of the year by roger ebert.
Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Rent hoop dreams 1994 starring william gates and arthur agee on dvd and bluray. One of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of all time, hoop dreams is a. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. It picks up everything happening in the gym, in the stands and even outside. Both are lured to the catholic and mostly white st. A list of hoop dreams alumni who chose to chase their dreams of playing basketball beyond idaho high school basketball. Rent hoop dreams 1994 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Roger ebert and gene siskel both named hoop dreams as their best film of 1994. Hoop dreams was started in 1994 by a group of teachers and coaches in north jersey who were excited about providing youth players in the area with an opportunity to experience the game of basketball in a funfilled and educational environment. This is the trailer to hoop dreams, the movie that.
Hoop dreams 1994 frederick marxs film hoop dreams played in hundreds of theatres nationwide after winning the audience award at the sundance film festival and was the first documentary ever chosen to close the new york film festival. Hoop dreams is, on one level, a documentary about two africanamerican kids named william gates and arthur agee, from chicagos inner city, who are gifted basketball players and dream of someday starring in the nba. Two ordinary innercity kids dare to dream the impossible professional basketball glory in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. William gates and athur agee are two young hoop stars with big dreams. Sep 30, 2019 roger ebert and gene siskel both named hoop dreams as their best film of 1994. Now journalist ben joravsky vividly brings to light all the.
Hoop dreams basketball club offers an extensive basketball season for the serious basketball player. Its the thing that the films protagonists are chasing, which is only a pretext for what moviegoers really want to see. Dretzka, gary, hoop dreams shooting for bestpicture oscar, in chicago tribune, 10 december 1994. First exhibited at the 1994 sundance film festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, kartemquins hoop dreams is the remarkable true story of two american dreamers. One of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of all time, hoop dreams is a rich, complex, heartbreaking, and ultimately deeply rewarding film that uses high school hoops as a jumpingoff point to explore issues of race, class, and education in modern america.
Arthur agee stands at the site where his father was killed in 2004. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. Girls teams begin in october and finish early spring march may, depending on grade level. Hoop dreams 1994 has the form of a sports documentary, but along the way it becomes a revealing and heartbreaking story about life in america. Frederick marx achieved international fame for a film he cowrote hoop dreams with steve james the director of the film. Watch hoop dreams online stream full movie directv. Hoop dreams has been running basketball events in the north jersey area since 1994. He was named a chicago tribune artist of the year for 1994, a 1995 guggenheim fellow, and a recipient of a robert f. Joseph high school by partial scholarships and the hope that theyll become the next isiah thomas, the former nba great who remains the schools most famous basketball alumnus. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Tryouts are in august girls teams begin in october and finish early spring march. William gates was born on december 28, 1971 in chicago, illinois, usa.
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