Hoop dreams / produced by Peter Gilbert, Steve James, Frederick Marx ; written by Steve James, Frederick Marx ; directed by Steve James.

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Follows the lives of two high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago over a five-year span as they aspire to become professional basketball players.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: James, Steve, 1955- (Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
Agee, Arthur (participant.)
Gates, William (participant.)
Thomas, Isiah, 1961- (participant.)
Wideman, John Edgar
Greene, Robert, 1976-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2015.
Series:Criterion collection ; 289.
Subjects:
African American basketball players.
Basketball players > United States > Biography.
Athletes > United States.
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Biography.
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 folded insert.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows the lives of two high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago over a five-year span as they aspire to become professional basketball players.
Note:Originally released in 1994.
DTS surround, full screen 1.33:1.
Features: two audio commentaries; Life after Hoop dreams, a new documentary that catches up with Agee, Gates, and their families; additional scenes; collection of excerpts from Siskel & Ebert tracking the acclaim for Hoop dreams; original 1994 music video for the film's theme song; trailers; essays by author John Egar Wideman and filmmaker and critic Robert Greene.
Accompanied by supplemental insert containing illustrations and essays by author John Edgar Wideman and filmmaker and critic Robert Greene.
Call Number:GV884 .H657 2015 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:9781604659658
1604659653
Participant or Performer:
Arthur Agee, William Gates, Isiah Thomas.