REBOUND

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Drama, Sports
• Plot: Based on a true story – He is probably the greastest basketball player who never made it to the big time. But Earl Manigault is a living legend on the streets of New York. REBOUND is his story. ; ; Shooting hoops in the playgrounds of Harlem, young Earl, nicknamed 'The Goat' discovers he has a special talent for the game, a high-speed, high flying agility that soon makes him a champian slam-dunker. As a high school star he reaches the top by pitting himself against future greats like Kareem Abdul–Jabber, but staying at the top proves harder. Secduced by his friends into an easy lifestyle of parties and drug abuse, Earl soon finds himself slipping from the top–and his battles are just beginning. Confronted by a team that consist of lifes harsher realities–a brutal coach, a pregnant girlfriend, and a drug habit that won't let go–'The Goat' is about to discover that it will take all his energy and talent if he is to break free and REBOUND.
• Cast: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Monica Calhoun, Colin Cheadle, Michael Ralph, Daryl Mitchell, Nicole Ari Parker, Tamara Tunie, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chick Hearn, Cress Williams, Clarence Williams III, Eriq La Salle, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Steward, James Allodi, Karen Arruda, Sherri Arruda, Harvey Atkin, Wren T. Brown, Sandra Caldwell, Juan Chioran, Jim Codrington, Brian Dawkins, Olamide Faison, Robinne Fanfair, Eduardo Gómez, Anais Granofsky, Rynel Johnson, Deanthony Langston, Diego López, Chad Mason, Omar McIntosh, Fedel Mercury, Messeret, Merwin Mondesir, Michael A. Miranda, Monique Porter, Ndehru Roberts, Keith Robinson, Robert Rodriguez, Charles Santy, Monti Sharp, Avery Waddell, Daniel Wong, Joe Smith, Jerome Richardson, Steve Mark Thompson, Nigel Miguel, Charles Rochelin, David Brown, Kevin Garnett, Mitchell Butler, Keith Gibbs, Gary Maloncon, Nathaniel Bellamy Jr., D. 'Buddha' Smith, Sandra McCurdy, Alan Swyer, Larry Golin
• Director: Eriq La Salle
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: HBO Pictures, Way Out Pictures, HBO Home Video
• Media Format: Movie