Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault
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Duration Music director Keven Eubanks Language English | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Sport Running time 2 hours Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1996 Writer Alan Swyer, Larry Golin Nominations NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Cast (Earl Manigault), (Dr. McDuffie), (Dean Memminger), (himself), (Diego), (Mr. Rucker) Similar movies Southpaw , Million Dollar Baby , Creed , Varsity Blues , The Boy Next Door , Real Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Harlem playground legend (Don Cheadle) picks himself back up after drugs and despair ruin his 60s basketball career.
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault is a 1996 HBO television film about Earl Manigault, an American street basketball legendary player famous under his nickname of "The Goat."
The film written by Alan Swyer and Larry Golin and directed by Eriq La Salle stars Don Cheadle in the title role of Manigault. Former professional basketball player Nigel Miguel provided basketball training to the cast, and worked with La Salle to coordinate and stage the basketball scenes.
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
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Loretta Devine appears in Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Rebound (2005). Blue Chips (1994). Sunset Park (1996). The Air Up There (1994).
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