
Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Released May 1, 1998
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Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth

Ray Allen
Jesus Shuttlesworth

Rosario Dawson
Lala Bonilla

Milla Jovovich
Dakota Burns

Hill Harper
Coleman "Booger" Sykes

Ned Beatty
Warden Wyatt

Jim Brown
Spivey

Joseph Lyle Taylor
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