Hoop dreams

DVD 2015

Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible-professional basketball glory-in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert, follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates and their families as the boys navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing with the intense pressures of their home lives and neighbor...

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Basketball Social aspects. Illinois

Basketball players Illinois Chicago Case studies

Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions

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High school athletes Illinois Chicago Case studies

Inner cities Illinois Chicago Case studies

Part of a Series:

Criterion Collection Criterion Collection ; 289 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 289. Videorecording

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ISBN:

9781604659658

Edition:

DVD Special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (172 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 4.0 surround
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Originally released in 1994
Special features: Two audio commentaries: one with filmmakers Stever James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert, and one with the film's subjects, Arthur Agee and William Gates; Life after "Hoop Dreams", a new documentary that catches up with Agee, Gates, and their families; Additional scenes; Collection of exceprts from Siskel and Ebert tracking the acclaim for Hoop Dreams; Original 1994 music video for the film's theme song; Trailers; Essays by author John Edgar Wideman and filmmaker and critic Robert Greene
Director of photography, Peter Gilbert ; editors, Frederick Marx, Steve James, William Haugse
Arthur Agee, William Gates, Bobby Knight, Spike Lee, Kevin O'Neill, Isiah Thomas, Dick Vitale
DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 4.0 surround
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
1994 Sundance film festival award: Audience Award, Documentary

Control Number:

1910006

UPC:

715515141413

Other Authors:

Agee, Arthur, interviewee
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Fine Line Features, presenter
Gates, William, interviewee
Gilbert, Peter, 1957- film producer
James, Steve, 1955- film director, film producer
KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.), production company
Kartemquin Films, production company
Knight, Bobby, interviewee
Marx, Fred, film producer

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