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    He Got Game (1998) 

    3:14 pm on November 23, 2009
    Tags: Attica State Prison, , , He Got Game, Jesus Shuttlesworth, Ray Allen, “Big State” college   

    Category: Top-10 Converse movies

    “He Got Game” is one more basketball movie, one more interesting story about sport, about relationships and about mutual understanding between father and son. It premiered in 1998 like sport-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee. This movie turned out to become one of the best movies in Converse rating.

    This is the touching story about the man convicted for killing his wife. He spent his time at Attica State Prison. (More …)

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    White Men Can’t Jump (1992) 

    3:13 pm on November 23, 2009
    Tags: African-Americans, basketball hustlers, basketball players, Billy Hoyle, comedy, Ron Shelton, Wesley Snipes, White Men Can't Jump, Woody Harrelson   

    Category: Top-10 Converse movies

    “White Men Can’t Jump” premiered in 1992. It’s a comedy starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as basketball hustlers. This basketball movie was written and directed by Ron Shelton. The movie pits stereotypes against stereotypes and it can make everyone laughing. The director of the film really knows how to make interesting sports movies so this one became one of the best comedies about sports and about basketball especially. So what we can see in “White Men Can’t Jump”? Two young men use national stereotypes to drag others in the courts. So one of them Billy Hoyle (Harrelson) is a former basketball player. He tells everybody that he couldn’t reach a success because of being “white” man. He thinks that only African-Americans are able to become good and famous players. (More …)

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    3:12 pm on November 23, 2009
    Tags: awards, , Chicago students, documentary movie, Hoop Dreams, , Steve James   

    Category: Top-10 Converse movies

    Hoop Dreams is a documentary story about two Afro-American students who lived and studied in Chicago and dreamt of becoming professional and famous basketball players. This basketball movie is directed by Steve James and became one of the best sport story ever told. It premiered in 1994 and got the audience love at once. This movie also got a lot of critics and became the most discussed story that year including Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Heavenly Creatures and Quiz Show. (More …)

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    Hoosiers (1986) 

    3:11 pm on November 23, 2009
    Tags: , , coach Dale, , Hoosiers, true story   

    Category: Top-10 Converse movies

    Hoosiers is one of the best basketball movies I’ve ever seen. Everybody especially that people who lived in Indiana knew what meant Hoosiers Hysteria.

    This is a truly story about basketball team from a provincial secondary school of Indiana state. Those guys made their way to top ranking and went down in history of Indiana. (More …)

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