Crossover Page #5

Synopsis: A naturally talented basketball player, Noah Cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med, rather than succumb to the lure of former sports agent Vaughn and go for the NBA. His best friend, the buddy that took the fall for him and did the time for an assault charge, Tech, also an outstanding basketball player, has less lofty ambitions: he wants to get his GED and win an underground street ball game against his arrogant rival, Jewelz. Their lives change drastically when they both fall in love with two local girls, Vanessa Lilly and Eboni Jackson, and take fateful trip out to L.A. together.
Genre: Action, Sport
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
2.1
Metacritic:
30
Rotten Tomatoes:
2%
PG-13
Year:
2006
95 min
$7,009,668
Website
249 Views


369

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28:35,377 -- 00:28:38,346

Well, you've seen me play.

I got a scholarship to Cal U.L.A.,

370

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but it's a ride to medical school,

not the pros.

371

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28:40,849 -- 00:28:43,511

Tell me, Dr. Cruise,

have you ever seen one of these?

372

00:
28:43,585 -- 00:28:46,281

Snaps, son. That's a championship ring.

373

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28:46,988 -- 00:28:50,185

You see, this is what players dream about,

374

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28:50,258 -- 00:28:53,318

and they pray to God

that they get before the end of their career.

375

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28:53,395 -- 00:28:56,796

"To Vaughn, the real MVP."

376

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28:56,865 -- 00:28:59,766

You're damn right.

You see, this is what it's all about.

377

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28:59,835 -- 00:29:02,827

This was a gift from a client

I got placed on the team,

378

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29:02,904 -- 00:29:07,238

and I garnered him

a multimillion dollar endorsement deal.

379

00:
29:08,110 -- 00:29:10,874

- Yeah, well, it's not about the money.

- Bullshit.

380

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29:10,946 -- 00:29:13,608

Then why would you risk your eligibility

to play in that game last night?

381

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29:13,682 -- 00:29:14,808

But I ain't take no money.

382

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29:14,883 -- 00:29:18,717

I paid Tech, and Tech paid the team,

and you were on the team.

383

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29:24,926 -- 00:29:29,886

Yo man, look. That ring is hot to death,

but Cruise ain't like that, dawg.

384

00:
29:33,935 -- 00:29:36,802

Come on, man, look.

Vaughn didn't mean nothing by that, man.

385

00:
29:36,872 -- 00:29:38,134

He was just busting my balls

386

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29:38,206 -- 00:29:39,833

'cause he thought I brought a ringer

to the game.

387

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29:39,908 -- 00:29:42,342

No, it sounded a lot like

he was threatening my eligibility, man.

388

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- I can lose my scholarship, Tech.

- But Vaughn wouldn't do that, man.

389

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Growing up, his name was the only one

I used to hear in the hood.

390

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'Cause he's known for getting brothers

to the pros and the money they deserve.

391

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29:51,953 -- 00:29:53,215

Man, he the real deal.

392

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29:53,288 -- 00:29:55,882

He probably just wants you to play

in some more of his games or something.

393

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29:55,957 -- 00:29:58,721

Yeah, well, you know I can't do that.

I just did it for what you did for me.

394

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29:58,794 -- 00:30:01,786

Forget all that, man.

We got other things to celebrate.

395

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30:01,863 -- 00:30:05,924

It ain't every day somebody

take their best friend to L.A.

396

00:
30:06,001 -- 00:30:07,468

That's right!

397

00:
30:09,504 -- 00:30:12,200

- Hey, yo, let's go to the movies later.

- What? A movie?

398

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30:12,274 -- 00:30:17,143

We just got invited to a tattoo party

by two beautiful young breezes.

399

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30:18,079 -- 00:30:22,175

- What beautiful young breezes?

- Those beautiful young breezes.

400

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30:30,525 -- 00:30:31,617

Damn.

401

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30:34,963 -- 00:30:37,523

Man, baby girl is off the chain.

402

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30:41,169 -- 00:30:42,466

What time the party start?

403

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30:56,451 -- 00:30:57,941

You always bothering me.

404

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30:58,019 -- 00:31:00,715

- So what?

- I'm gonna tell Tech on you.

405

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31:00,789 -- 00:31:03,724

Stop, leave me alone! Go somewhere.

406

00:
31:03,792 -- 00:31:07,694

- Tech? Tech, Malik is bothering me.

- No, I'm not!

407

00:
31:07,762 -- 00:31:11,698

Hey! Hey! Come on. Hey!

Stop running before I call Mama!

408

00:
31:11,766 -- 00:31:14,257

Now, Malik, leave your sister alone.

409

00:
31:19,140 -- 00:31:21,040

Hey, Up, what's going on, man?

410

00:
31:21,109 -- 00:31:23,976

- Man, I've been waiting for you, dawg.

- For what?

411

00:
31:24,045 -- 00:31:28,379

You said we was going run one, and I've

been working on my game and everything.

412

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31:28,450 -- 00:31:31,317

Oh, with that little crackhead crossover?

413

00:
31:31,820 -- 00:31:33,481

Man, whatever.

414

00:
31:33,555 -- 00:31:38,322

Yo! Check it out, man.

I'm sorry, man, but something came up.

415

00:
31:38,593 -- 00:31:40,060

We'll have to do it tomorrow.

416

00:
31:40,128 -- 00:31:42,892

Oh, you must got a date.

417

00:
31:42,964 -- 00:31:43,953

What are you talking about?

418

00:
31:44,032 -- 00:31:47,832

All I'm saying is, I see you pulling out

the button-down with the fresh Jordans,

419

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31:47,903 -- 00:31:52,772

and most cats don't get slick like that

unless they've got a brizzle on the vine.

420

00:
31:52,841 -- 00:31:55,605

- Oh, what do you know about that?

- Look, I put it like this.

421

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31:55,677 -- 00:31:59,773

If you ain't putting nothing on the table,

then you must be taking something off.

422

00:
31:59,848 -- 00:32:03,045

Most chicks show up hungry

and empty-handed.

423

00:
32:05,086 -- 00:32:09,022

What Piston won back-to-back

defense player of the year award?

424

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32:13,395 -- 00:32:14,862

Isiah Thomas.

425

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32:15,597 -- 00:32:18,088

Wrong. Dennis Rodman.

426

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32:19,367 -- 00:32:22,302

See, these breezes got you slipping already.

427

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32:23,271 -- 00:32:24,465

Whatever, dude.

428

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32:24,539 -- 00:32:26,837

- Come on, Up.

- Hey, whatever. I don't wanna hear it.

429

00:
32:26,908 -- 00:32:28,739

Look, I'm sorry, man.

430

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32:41,289 -- 00:32:44,122

- Yo!

- Hey! You made it!

431

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32:44,192 -- 00:32:47,161

Vanessa, this is Cruise and Tech.

432

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32:47,529 -- 00:32:51,329

- So, this is a tattoo party, huh?

- Why, you want one?

433

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32:51,399 -- 00:32:54,163

Oh, no, let me think about it. No!

434

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32:55,437 -- 00:33:00,238

Ain't nothing that important where I need

to have it plastered all over my body.

435

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33:00,308 -- 00:33:04,176

Cruise, I like that.

You want to cruise with me?

436

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33:06,114 -- 00:33:08,548

- Yeah, whatever's clever.

- Come on, Daddy.

437

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33:20,261 -- 00:33:23,321

So, how long have you been working

at the mall?

438

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33:24,833 -- 00:33:26,528

About four months.

439

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33:28,837 -- 00:33:31,169

And what did you do before that?

440

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33:31,973 -- 00:33:35,909

Time. Eight months,

Mound Correctional Facility.

441

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33:38,179 -- 00:33:40,511

Missed my senior year of school.

442

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33:42,851 -- 00:33:44,751

What did you go in for?

443

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33:45,153 -- 00:33:48,589

Look, I hit a guy. You all right with that?

444

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33:49,858 -- 00:33:54,090

You didn't hit a girl

and you weren't selling any drugs. I mean...

445

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33:54,162 -- 00:33:56,323

People make mistakes, right?

446

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33:57,632 -- 00:33:59,691

So you play basketball, huh?

447

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33:59,768 -- 00:34:02,430

Kind of, sort of. Well, not really.

448

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34:02,504 -- 00:34:04,972

- But you played the other night?

- Yeah. Yeah.

449

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34:05,040 -- 00:34:07,668

But that was just a favor for my man, Tech.

450

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34:07,742 -- 00:34:10,802

And I get to play when I get to Cal U.L.A.

For my scholarship,

451

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but, you know, it's not my thing.

452

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So you're going to school

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Preston A. Whitmore II

Preston Alexander Whitmore II (born June 26, 1962) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Preston Whitmore is best known for his 2007 comedy-drama This Christmas. The film garnered Preston an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing in 2008. Whitmore has a number of television and feature film projects in development at his Los Angeles based production company, The Preston Picture Company. more…

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