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Hoop Dreams
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Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert, Frederick Marx, others. Transcript of Petre Gilbert's on-line conference. Production notes, cast and crew, biographies.
http://www.flf.com/hoop/index.htm
The World Socialist Web Site critic calls the movie "Something approaching reality for a change". Interesting social aspects of the game. An interview with Frederick Marx, one of the movie's directors.
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Hoop Dreams: Something approaching reality for a change Enter email address to receive news about the WSWS Add Remove SEARCH WSWS English German ON THE WSWS Donate tothe WSWS! Contact theWSWS Editorial Board New Today News Analysis Workers Struggles Arts Review History Science Polemics Philosophy Correspondence Archive About...The online companion to this compelling PBS film. Arthur Agee and William Gates biographies. Biographies of directors, producers. Movie critics. Merchandise. Hoop Dreams Reunion. Awards. The site offers biographies, video clips, and a teacher's guide and student playbook.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/hoopdreams
Comprehensive coverage of this award-winning movie. Huge resource pages and many links.
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Unofficial Hoop Dreams This page is badly in need of updating a lot of the links are probably broken. A complete redesign wouldn't hurt either. But I have tendonitis, so it won't happen for a long time. Hoop Dreams has received praise extraordinary...Washington Post movie critic discusses the movie and calls it "the best film about sports ever".
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'Hoop Dreams Compare prices for this movie Find local video stores More movie shopping Save money with NextCard Visa “Hoop Dreams” is the most powerful movie about sports ever made. Compiled from more than 250 hours of footage shot over five years,...Roger Ebert's review. Rated four stars.
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1994/10/946665.html
Reviews of the film.
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All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Hoop Dreams I have been bored by sports for the past twenty years--name any sports star, and I've never heard of him or her. Second, I love documentaries above all movies. Third, like the people in this movie, I was once on...Review, cast and credits.
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=36218