Love and Basketball Page #18

Synopsis: Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy, whose father, Zeke (Dennis Haysbert), plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, is a natural talent and a born leader. Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional on the court. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but their separate paths to basketball stardom threaten to pull them apart.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Year:
2000
2,621 Views


FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

INT. LOS ANGELES FORUM - NIGHT

Music is blasting, banners are waving, crowd is screaming.

Magic Johnson sits in a floor seat, watching the game. A

REPORTER interviews him.

SPORTS REPORTER:

So, Magic, are you contemplating another

comeback?

MAGIC:

(laughs)

No more comebacks. Tonight I'm just

enjoying being a spectator.

Behind him, in a second row seat, a ONE YEAR BLACK GIRL sits

in a lap, bouncing, watching feet and legs ballin' on the

court.

Quincy leans down, gives the little girl a kiss, then looks

out at the court. It's the Los Angeles Sparks and the New

York Liberty. The WNBA.

On the court, the women line up for a free-throw.

QUINCY:

Let's go, McCall!

Monica, sporting a uniform with Wright-McCall on the back and

the number thirty-two, looks over. Quincy takes their

daughter's hand and waves it.

QUINCY (cont'd)

Go Mommy.

Monica smiles back, then steps to the line. The referee

tosses her the ball. Monica stares at the basket, then

bounces the ball twice, licks her lips and shoots.

FADE TO BLACK.

"THAT'S GAME"

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gina Prince-Bythewood is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing and producing the films Disappearing Acts and Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, and Beyond the Lights. more…

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