White Men Can't Jump (1992)

	Directed by: Ron Shelton	COUNTRY USA GENRE Sports/Drama/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Hvite menn kan ikke dunke RUNNING TIME 115 minutes
	Produced by: David V. Lester Don Miller Michelle Rappaport
	Written by: Ron Shelton

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Sidney "Syd" Deane	Wesley Snipes
Billy Hoyle	Woody Harrelson
Gloria Clemente	Rosie Perez
Rhonda Deane	Tyra Ferrell	-
Robert	Cylk Cozart	-
Junior	Kadeem Hardison	-
Walter	John Marshall Jones	-
George	Ernest Harden Jr.	-
Dwight "The Flight" McGhee	Nigel Miguel	-

Review

Coinciding with the "Dream Team" sweeping across the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, White Men Can't Jump was partly responsible for the resurgence of basketball among teens and youngsters around the world in the early 1990s. Its unabashed, effective balance between feel-good buddy comedy, exhilarating streetball action, and universal everyday challenges made it a resounding, far-reaching success, and the film still holds up perfectly well today. The jestful, warm-hearted handling of racial differences was another clever move; unlike today's cultural climate, it had a unifying effect. Writer/director Ron Shelton had honed his sports movie craft diligently, having already tackled American football (The Best of Times) and baseball (Bull Durham), and he would do it again with the golf film Tin Cup in 1996, though White Men Can't Jump remains his greatest success. The film also launched its two stars, Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, into Hollywood superstardom for the remainder of the decade – and beyond, in the case of Harrelson.