Tonight's Jeopardy

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Under the category DOCUMENTARIES, This 1992 1994 film about two Chicago high school basketball players....

Scoop knows the answer.
No one contestant got correct.

[wadesworld]

Hoop Dreams

[TallTitan34]

What is Hoop Dreams?

Have to answer in the form of a question.

[wadesworld]

What is Hoop Dreams?

Have to answer in the form of a question.

True.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Went to the premiere

[MU82]

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.

[Billy Hoyle]

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?"

[WhiteTrash]

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. 

[warriorchick]

I watched it last night.  Those nerds didn't get any of the sports questions right, and some of them were pretty basic.

[The Sultan]

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.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

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?

[WarriorDad]

Gates was on Steve Homer True show yesterday.

[WarriorDad]

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.

[Hards Alumni]

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.

[tower912]

Those that cant do, teach.  Fluffy u a teacher by any chance?

Your English and logic teachers clearly failed you.

[Galway Eagle]

Your English and logic teachers clearly failed you.

So those that can't teach English teach Sand Knit?

[Knight Commission]

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.   

[MU82]

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.

[LloydsLegs]

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.

[Herman Cain]

I liked how Arthur Agee, Jr respected Chicago basketball history and had the word Tuss on his shoes.

[MU82]

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.