The Red Sneakers

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The Red Sneakers
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Screenplay byMark Saltzman
Story byJeffrey Rubin
Directed by Gregory Hines
Starring
Composer Stanley Clarke
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Tommy Lynch
  • Gary L. Stephenson
CinematographyJohn Berrie
EditorTim King
Running time109 minutes
Production companyDufferin Gate Productions
Original release
Network Showtime
ReleaseFebruary 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)

The Red Sneakers is a 2002 American fantasy comedy-drama television film produced and directed by Gregory Hines. [1] The film stars Vanessa Bell Calloway, Dempsey Pappion and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. [2] It premiered on Showtime on February 10, 2002.

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Premise

This coming-of-age story features a modest high school basketball player, Reggie Reynolds, who is given a pair of magical basketball shoes by a stranger, Zeke. Reggie quickly becomes a superstar shooter on his team. He is recruited by college basketball scouts and plans his future in college basketball, as he neglects potential academic scholarship possibilities.

Cast

Broadcast

The film was first aired on Showtime Networks on February 10, 2002.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Nominations

Screenings

Reception

In his review for The New York Times , Laurel Graeber stated that the main character that "mathematical skill can be a real asset in basketball and that he might do better to rely on his natural gift rather than on the artificial glory of the shoes." [5]

The Christian Science Monitor found that "the real issue for Hines is that too many kids dream about a life in sports and don't nurture their real strengths." [6] Sun Sentinel describes the film as being "sort of the family-film flip side to Michael Powell's 1948 masterpiece The Red Shoes ." [7]

Sara Long, with the faith-based Dove Foundation gave the film a positive review, writing, "The Red Sneakers is an enjoyable movie based around inner desires, and what one knows is right as far as actions go ... Then the movie turns around to focus on the inner battle over how to behave against what one wants, and what one should do. Though this movie does have several instances of profanity, it is nothing too severe. Because the overall content is well displayed, the film is approved for ages 12 and up. [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jay Bobbin (February 9, 2002). "Hines wears the hat of director with his "Red Sneakers"". The Reporter-Times . Tribune Media Services. p. 35. Retrieved October 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ The Red Sneakers at IMDb   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg .
  3. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (February 18, 2002). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ "Purple pros and cons". Chicago Tribune. February 7, 2002. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  5. ↑ Graeber, Laurel (February 10, 2002). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Dressing for Success: Try a Beat-Up Pair of High-Tops". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hines laces up director's shoes". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN   0882-7729 . Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ By (February 9, 2002). "SHOES FIT THE MESSAGE ON SHOWTIME". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  8. ↑ Long, Sara Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine . Dove Foundation, February 10, 2002. Accessed: May 14, 2013.
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