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Above the Rim

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Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1994-03-23

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Jeff Pollack

Writer: Barry Michael Cooper, Jeff Pollack, Benny Medina

Spoken language: English

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Original title: Above the Rim

Production Companies: New Line Cinema

Production Countries: United States of America

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2023-03-20

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