Ball Don't Lie

2008 film directed by Brin Hill
  • April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
102 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Ball Don't Lie is a 2008 film directed by Brin Hill.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Matt de la Peña.[2] It stars AND1 Mixtape team member Grayson Boucher, a.k.a. The Professor.[3] The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.[4][1]

Plot

Ball Don't Lie plays out over one day in the life of Sticky (Boucher), a skinny high school sophomore basketball prodigy from Venice, California. Burdened with emotional scars from a traumatic childhood, a callous foster care system, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, Sticky manages to transcend his limitations whenever he has a ball in his hands.

Cast

  • Maxim Knight - Sticky, Age 7
  • Grayson Boucher - Sticky
  • Kim Hidalgo - Annie
  • Emilie de Ravin - Baby
  • Rosanna Arquette - Francine
  • Ludacris - Julius
  • Cress Williams - Dante
  • Nick Cannon - Mico
  • Dania Ramirez - Carmen
  • Melissa Leo - Georgia
  • Harold Perrineau - Jimmy
  • Mykelti Williamson - Dallas
  • Robert Wisdom - Perkins
  • Steve Harris - Rob
  • Allen Maldonado - Sin
  • John Bryant Davila - Venice Hardcore Teen
  • Mathew St. Patrick - Louis Accord
  • Michael Shamus Wiles - Coach Reynolds
  • Kirby Bliss Blanton - Jamie Smith

References

  1. ^ a b ""Ball Don't Lie" Director Brin Hill". IndieWire. April 28, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Lamy, Nicole (June 5, 2018). "Got a Reluctant Reader at Home?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Bleier, Evan (November 21, 2012). "Grayson "The Professor" Boucher Teaches on and off the Court". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Clark, John (April 29, 2008). "'Lost's' Emilie de Ravin beauty is the belle of 'Ball Don't Lie'". New York Daily News. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

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