Under the category DOCUMENTARIES, This 1992 1994 film about two Chicago high school basketball players....
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No one contestant got correct.
Hoop Dreams
What is Hoop Dreams?
Have to answer in the form of a question.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on June 02, 2020, 09:51:04 PM
What is Hoop Dreams?
Have to answer in the form of a question.
True.
Went to the premiere
Alex, I'm pretty sure Hoop Dreams premiered in 1994.
I thought I remembered Gene Siskel saying it should have won the 1994 Oscar - not just for best doc but for best pic. I just ran the googles, and it looks like it was released in October that year.
It is my No. 1 sports film of all-time, just ahead of Raging Bull.
Quote from: MU82 on June 02, 2020, 11:33:22 PM
Alex, I'm pretty sure Hoop Dreams premiered in 1994.
I thought I remembered Gene Siskel saying it should have won the 1994 Oscar - not just for best doc but for best pic. I just ran the googles, and it looks like it was released in October that year.
It is my No. 1 sports film of all-time, just ahead of Raging Bull.
Yes. 1994. When I went home for the semester break freshman year in 1994 so many people were asking me "do you know the guy from Hoop Dreams?"
I remember meeting William at a party at MU. He could not have been more cool and pleasant. Very honored to be a fellow MU alum of that guy.
I watched it last night. Those nerds didn't get any of the sports questions right, and some of them were pretty basic.
Quote from: warriorchick on June 03, 2020, 07:39:50 AM
I watched it last night. Those nerds didn't get any of the sports questions right, and some of them were pretty basic.
The teachers tournament is usually pretty brutal. They had a dude a couple years back who ended up winning the tournament of champions, but that is the exception.
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on June 03, 2020, 08:04:42 AM
The teachers tournament is usually pretty brutal. They had a dude a couple years back who ended up winning the tournament of champions, but that is the exception.
Those that cant do, teach. Fluffy u a teacher by any chance?
Gates was on Steve Homer True show yesterday.
Quote from: Mr. Sand-Knit on June 03, 2020, 08:28:52 AM
Those that cant do, teach. Fluffy u a teacher by any chance?
Not true and Uncalled for. You try teaching. Many college profs are doers.
Quote from: Mr. Sand-Knit on June 03, 2020, 08:28:52 AM
Those that cant do, teach. Fluffy u a teacher by any chance?
You can barely type a complete sentence, let alone form a complete rational thought. So I'd be careful with the insults.
Quote from: Mr. Sand-Knit on June 03, 2020, 08:28:52 AM
Those that cant do, teach. Fluffy u a teacher by any chance?
Your English and logic teachers clearly failed you.
Quote from: tower912 on June 03, 2020, 10:22:42 AM
Your English and logic teachers clearly failed you.
So those that can't teach English teach Sand Knit?
I remember Tom Brokaw, acting incredulous when announcing on Nightly News that it didn't get nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars that year.
Quote from: Knight Commission on June 03, 2020, 10:35:53 AM
I remember Tom Brokaw, acting incredulous when announcing on Nightly News that it didn't get nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars that year.
As I said, Siskel thought it should have won Best Picture, not just doc.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-12-25-9412250050-story.html
A pretty strong year for movies, too: Forrest Gump (the winner), Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Quiz Show, Speed, Ed Wood.
I love Shawshank - I almost always stop to watch 5-10 minutes if I'm surfing and see it's on - and also really liked all the others I listed.
But Hoop Dreams really was a special film. It obviously should have won Best Doc, and should have at least been nominated for Best Pic.
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on June 03, 2020, 08:04:42 AM
The teachers tournament is usually pretty brutal. They had a dude a couple years back who ended up winning the tournament of champions, but that is the exception.
Colby Burnett. Was my son's Scholastic Bowl coach/moderator.
I liked how Arthur Agee, Jr respected Chicago basketball history and had the word Tuss on his shoes.
One guy who definitely did not agree with all of our praise for Hoop Dreams was Gene Pingatore.
He came out looking like an absolute d-bag, pretending to care about the kids but actually only caring about what they could do for him.