It premiered 1994 at sundance film festival where it won the audience award for best documentary. Hoop dreams has the movie equivalent of allcourt vision. Hoop dreams in our writers favourite films series, christian bennett explains why the story of two teenagers aiming to make it big in basketball is a slam dunk of a documentary. The hoop dreams basketball club began in 2002 with the roberto bergersens basketball camp. Arthur agee and william gates are the names of the two boys who were follo. I remember when it first came out, vhs was the thing, he said, smiling wide. Rhetorical analysis of hoop dreams by naomi ruffin on prezi. The idea for the book came from the documentary movie, hoop dreams, which is a true story. Our mission is teaching children how to live a healthy lifestyle through recreation, while learning how to be leaders, growing emotionally and socially through peer interaction.
You really get a feel for what life was like for agee and gates growing up in the situation they did, how they felt people pulling them in different directions, and how difficult it is at that age to make some of the decisions they had to make. Glass animals the other side of paradise lyrics genius. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent hoop dreams online on moviefone. Our passion is to see our players thrive and develop both on and off the court. Hoop dreams, hoop dreams hoop dreams i used to have hoop dreams, just like lebron but now im in a six speed, im on the run i swear i had this, world in my hand when i was. This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing scholarships that hold out the chance of a. Compiled from more than 250 hours of footage shot over five years, this extraordinary documentary about two chicago teenagers. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james. A video to the song hoop dreams by teengirl fantasy clips are from cosmos, pakeezah, disco dancer, and deewar. 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. 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. He even started a hoop dreams clothing line in the mid2000s with the slogan control your.
Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic. Throughout the film, there is abundant footage of energetic, intense basketball playing being used to appeal to the targeted young audience. And if you dont think thats amazing, gates puts it in perspective for you. To jump through, or see others jumping through hoops, denotes you will have discouraging outlooks, but you will overcome them with decisive victory. An oral history of hoop dreams, 20 years after its premiere. Hoop dreams script transcript from the screenplay andor. Hoop dreams is the most powerful movie about sports ever made. The character of this song is the basketball player as can be deduced from the posts tagged the other side of paradise on glass animals tumblr page. It picks up everything happening in the gym, in the stands and even outside. Mar 30, 2015 hoop dreams has been minted and reminted as an essential touchstone and called one of the greatest sports films ever made, but does it remain a vital work of cinema.
Founded by entrepreneur mike scott, a devoted and experienced basketball enthusiast, hoop dreams offers various programs focused on. Hoop dreams is a story about two young men who want to become basketball players in the nba. Hoop dreams is a richly human and profoundly american film. Apr 01, 2015 william gates doesnt have to ponder long to know just how amazing the journey has been. I too would highly recommend hoop dreams to anyone who hasnt seen it. Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball. You see, we struggle the hardest when there is a purpose, a light at the end of the tunnel. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of hoop dreams. Hoop dreams 1994 stream and watch online moviefone. With the 20th anniversary of the film, its not like one of us is in jailit turned out great for me.
Rent hoop dreams 1994 starring william gates and arthur agee on dvd and bluray. Hoop dreams provides a highquality, playerfocused approach to youth basketball training, coaching and fundamental development. Coach mike stone is the director and all basketball events are coordinated by an experienced and enthusiastic team of teachers and coaches. In the following years, more camps were added and in 2005 the club emerged with a traveling basketball team of 4th and 5th grade boys. As hoop dreams unfolds, williams story winds up complementing.
The first time i saw hoop dreams, i was mesmerized and inspired. The entirety of hoop dreams, which appeared at the top of the best documentaries list i posted yesterday, is available on hulu to watch for free. May 16, 2014 hoop dreams tells the remarkable true story of two american dreamers plucked from poverty and given the opportunity to attend a suburban prep school and play for a legendary high school basketball. Hoop dreams definition,meaning online encyclopedia. May 09, 2005 hoop dreams conveys the particular seductiveness and resonance of this dream for two talented chicago teenagers, but the documentary also stocks bigger game. Oct 20, 2019 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.
A few years earlier, i had been a kid with bad knees and an awkward jump shot, with teenage delusions that i could. A struggle would be meaningless without a triumph to look forward to. Arthur agee after his marshall team wins in the illinois state high school basketball tournament. It is at once an allegory about striving to achieve, and the politics and pressures of achievement. Hoop dream information the meaning behind hoop dreams. Hoop dreams out front of a restaraunt named go on st. The directors purpose of the film was to show that where you come from does not matter, and it isnt going to depict where you end up in life. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hoop dreams 2. There would be no triumph without the precipitating struggle. A look back at how a basketball documentary inspired a new. Working from multiple elements, including standard definition video masters and a 35mm. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you. Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs. Finally, the hoop dreams script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the steve james basketball movie about arthur agee and william gates.
Hoop dreams has been running basketball events in the north jersey area since 1994. First exhibited at the 1994 sundance film festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, hoop dreams is the remarkable true story of two american dreamers. Family pictures are used to bring outside information into the story of the two young boys, arthur and william, that accounts for time. On another level, it is about much larger subjects. Im doing a hoop dreams clothing line, im running the arthur agee role model foundation, i do a hoop dreams curriculum and show the movie across the country to different schools.
Him and kevin macdonald are my two favorite doc filmmakers because they can actually direct a feature also. It likely would have won had it been nominated, and it ranks right up there among some of the best documentaries of all time. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from innercity playgrounds to play for suburban schools. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams, by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, follows young arthur agee and william gates and their families. Desi hoop dreams focuses on south asianonly basketball leagues common in most major u. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Hoop dream dictionary to dream of a hoop, foretells you will form influential friendships. Hoop dreams made a big splash when it was released in 1994, and there was a big controversy around academy award time when it was deemed ineligible in the best documentary category. True story of hardship and triumph, the joravsky, ben on. The influence of hoop dreams, twenty five years later time. Hoop dreams original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of go jazz. Many people seem to forget that great people come out of the slums. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. Sep 04, 2016 hoop dreams a documentary about the everlasting dreams of many young boys becoming an nba pro, for many also a dream of getting out of the ghetto, and to buy your dad a cadillac. Nov 10, 2009 hoop dreams is about the struggle, and the triumph. Aug 26, 2016 the character of this song is the basketball player as can be deduced from the posts tagged the other side of paradise on glass animals tumblr page.
Regalias digitales publishing, ascap, emi music publishing, and 2 music. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. Rent hoop dreams 1994 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs in. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly american masculinity. 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. Various hoop dreams original motion picture soundtrack.
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