Above the Rim (1994)
| Release Date | 23 March 1994 |
| US Box Office | $16,000,000 |
| Tagline | The Hardest Part Of Winning Is Choosing Sides. |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Sport |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Sports Drama, Urban Drama |
| Themes | Basketball Players, Street Gangs, Inner City Blues, Mothers and Sons |
| Tones | Forceful, Tense, Angry, Bittersweet, Compassionate, Moody |
| Tags | Basketball, Dilemma, Drug Dealer, Gangster, High School, Playground, Scholarship |
Above the Rim is a 1994 dramedy film directed by Jeff Pollack. The screenplay was written by Pollack and journalist-turned-screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper (writer of New Jack City), from a story by Pollack and Benny Medina.
Cast and Crew
Cast
David Bailey
Rollins
Byron Minns
Monroe
Shawn Michael Howard
Bobby
Iris Little Thomas
Waitress
James Williams
Speedy
Richard Ray Kirkland
Phil Redd
Tyrone Batista
Tyrone
Cinnamon Paige
Young Woman
Debra Rubins
Hostess
Jesse Williams
Official
Robert Harvey
Official #2
Cuffee
Referee #1
Anthony Hargraves
Referee #2
Darien Berry
Younger Player
Lakeesha E. Allen
Monarch Cheerleader
Sherrese Clark
Monarch Cheerleader
Annie Charles
Monarch Cheerleader
Aspen Davis
Monarch Cheerleader
Charlene Levi
Monarch Cheerleader
Tameeka McKinney
Monarch Cheerleader
Dannell G. Ruiz
Monarch Cheerleader
Leslie Terrero
Monarch Cheerleader
Kenneth Bantum
Bombers & Birdmen
Howard Bond
Bombers & Birdmen
Troy Bowers
Bombers & Birdmen
Roger Brooks
Bombers & Birdmen
Dorian Graham
Bombers & Birdmen
Marion Jenkins
Bombers & Birdmen
Gill K. Kimble Jr.
Bombers & Birdmen
Shabar Lassen
Bombers & Birdmen
Franklin Martin
Bombers & Birdmen
Troy Trusdale
Bombers & Birdmen
Tracey Walston
Bombers & Birdmen
Sam Worthen
Bombers & Birdmen
Cindy Birch
Birdie Girl
James 'Speedy' Williams
Orange team player
Director
Jeff Pollack
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Writer
Jeff Pollack
,
Barry Michael Cooper
Producer
James D. Brubaker
executive producer
Steve Greener
associate producer
Mara Manus
associate producer
Aaron Meyerson
associate producer
Jeff Pollack
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Tom Priestley Jr.
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Editor
James Mitchell
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Michael Ripps
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Casting Director
Ellyn Long Marshall
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Maria E. Nelson
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Production Designer
Ina Mayhew
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Set Decorator
Paul Weathered
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Costume Designer
Karen Perry
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Makeup Department
Larry M. Cherry
key hair stylist
C. Romania Ford
additional makeup artist
Diane Ford
additional makeup artist
Andrea Miller
additional makeup artist
Ellie Winslow
makeup artist
Production Manager
James D. Brubaker
unit production manager
Diane Conn
production supervisor
Elizabeth Fox
post-production supervisor
Deborah Moore
executive in charge of production
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Parnes Cartwright
second second assistant director
Howard McMaster
assistant director
Mary Rae Thewlis
key second assistant director
Brian A. York
dga trainee
Art Department
Anthony Baldasare
on-set dresser
Diana Burton
property assistant
Suzanne E. Cestare
set dresser
Sarah G. Conly
scenic artist
Warren Drummond
storyboard consultant
Arthur Dworin
scenic artist
Douglas Fecht
set dresser
Stephen Finkin
set dresser
Nancy Griffith
property master
Laura Iler
property assistant
Mikhail Ivenitsky
scenic artist
Diane Lederman
assistant property master
Amy Martin
art department assistant
Jeff Naparstek
lead man
Glenn Pangione
construction coordinator
Dominic Toto
property assistant
Mitch Towse
set dresser
Steven P. Duchscherer
property master: third unit
Sound Department
Michael Barosky
production sound mixer
Craig Berkey
supervising sound editor, sound re-recording mixer
Tim Boggs
adr editor
Mark Cookson
sound effects editor
Louis Creveling
dialogue editor
Lisle Engle
sound effects editor
Robert Friedman
foley walker
Sean Garnhart
digital sound transfer engineer
Ginger Geary
foley walker
Danielle Ghent
foley editor
Patrick Giraudi
sound re-recording mixer: restoration
David Grant
dialogue editor
Daniel S. Irwin
dialogue editor
Dan Jamele
dialogue editor
Darryl Linkow
production sound mixer: additional photography
Tommy Louie
boom operator
Derek Marcil
adr mixer
David Melhase
dialogue editor
Piero Mura
sound effects editor
Stewart Nelson
sound effects editor
Darren Paskal
sound facility
Paige Pollack
foley walker
John Ross
sound re-recording mixer
Craig Sadler
sound effects editor
Joshua E. Schneider
sound re-recording mixer
Steve Scoville
dialogue editor
David Torres
foley mixer
Paul Urmson
sound effects editor
Mathew Waters
sound effects editor
Cory Coken
additional adr artist
Stunts
Harold Baines
stunts
Richard Colbert
stunts
Jake Crawford
additional stunts
Kiante Elam
additional stunts
Ousaun Elam
additional stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch
stunt youth #1
Monty L. Simons
additional stunts
Jeff Ward
stunt coordinator
Keith Leon Williams
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Dana Altomare
additional first assistant camera
Bob Brennan
grip
Jonathan Burkhart
additional first assistant camera
Bill Cassidy
grip
Joseph F. Coffey
additional camera operator
Joe Collins
additional second assistant camera
Craig DiBona
camera operator: "a" camera
John Dolan
grip
Liz Dory
additional second assistant camera
John 'Spike' Finnerty
grip
Thomas Ford
best boy electric
Brad Goss
best boy grip
Jeff Hand
additional first assistant camera
Jonathan Herron
additional camera operator
Kevin Janicei
electrician
Miguel Jimenez
electrician
Roberto Jiménez
electrician
David Knox
camera operator: "b" camera
Gábor Kövér
additional camera operator, camera operator: "b" camera
Richard C. Kratina
additional camera operator, director of photography: second unit
Ondrej Kubicek
camera trainee
Sal Lanza
grip
Eric Liebowitz
still photographer
Deborah Lipman
additional second assistant camera
Scott Allen Logan
additional photographer
Lauren Loughin
additional second assistant camera
Edward W. Lowry
dolly grip
Frances 'Buddy' McBride
rigging gaffer
Charles Meere III
electrician
Robert Merk
electrician
Chelsea Jones
additional second assistant camera
Larry Orlick
first assistant camera: "b" camera
Douglas Pellegrino
first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ronald Plant
key grip
Paul Postelnicu
additional second assistant camera
George Potter
electrician
Chris Primavera
grip
Frank Rinato
second assistant camera: "b" camera
Daniel Sanabria
additional first assistant camera
George Santo Pietro
additional dolly grip
Gerard Sava
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Joseph Sciretta
electrician
Susan Starr
additional first assistant camera
Rian Stocking
electrician
Phillip Todd
second assistant camera: second unit
Jon R. Tower
gaffer
Robert Wagner
director of photography: second unit
Casting Department
Yolande Gerai
extras casting
Keith Gunthorpe
extras casting assistants
Ulysses Terrero
extras casting assistants
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer L. Bryan
wardrobe supervisor
John Corbo
additional wardrobe supervisor
Lynne Maureen Curtis
assistant costume designer
Katrina Jeffries
additional wardrobe
Estella Marie
seamstress
Barry Mazurek
assistant wardrobe supervisor
James Wilcox
additional wardrobe supervisor
Editorial Department
Elizabeth Castro
assistant editor
Joe Fineman
executive in charge of post-production
Vartan Nazarian
apprentice editor
Michael Ripps
senior editor
Matvey Shatz
color timer
James Stellar Jr.
assistant editor
Amy Tompkins
additional editor
Lynne Whitlock
first assistant editor
Music Department
Anita Camarata
music supervisor
Earl Ghaffari
music editor
Transportation Department
Will Jam Baker
driver
Tom Beathe
driver
Timothy P. Cassella
driver
Albert Colella
driver
Bob Donavan
driver
John Featherstone
driver
Michael Fennimore
driver
Gus Fiein
driver
William K. Gaskins
driver
John P. Jones
driver
Leonard Luizzi
driver
Avie Shwartzbach
driver
Charles Spillane
driver
Barry Stanton
driver
Barry Sweeney
driver
George Washington
driver
Carlos Williams
driver
Other Crew
Anton Austin
production intern
Carolyn Annette Benjamin
production intern
Wayne 'jo-bear' Bristo
set production assistant
Theodor A. Brown
teamster captain
Cassandra Butcher
unit publicist
Sharron Cannon
assistant: Mr. Pollack, product placement consultant: New York
Eric E. Clark
set production assistant
Edwin Davis
production assistant
Kimberly Demek
production intern
Maurice A. Dwyer
production intern
Helena Echegoyen
creative executive
Maurice 'pee-wee' Edwards
assistant parking coordinator
Avy Eschenasy
production attorney
Courtney Fain
production assistant
Mary Garvey
production intern
David Graham
assistant location consultant
Timothy Gray
production executive
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau
craft service
Shannon M. Hawkins
set production assistant
Tony Hoffman
product placement
Lys Hopper
location consultant
Deirdre Horgan
script supervisor
Jay Horne
assistant location consultant
Kevin Jackson
set production assistant
Rena Jordan
production intern
Joe Kelly
location assistant
William Keys
production assistant
Richard Ray Kirkland
technical basketball advisor
Isabelle Kostic Crosley
location assistant
Scott Allen Logan
location manager
John 'yayha' Lyons
key set production assistant
Jennifer Madeloff
production intern
M.J. Magbanua
assistant production office coordinator
Richard Mancuso
assistant production accountant
Ginny Martino
contracts administrator
Margaret Ann Mccourt
production accountant
Rafael Osorio
set production assistant
Sharon Parker
set production assistant
David Price
production intern
Daniel Ramirez
key office production assistants
Exile Ramirez
office production assistant
Terry 't-bone' Rhodes
parking coordinator
Dawn Murphy Riley
production office coordinator
Gingi Rochelle
set production assistant
Holly S. Rymon
assistant production accountant
Peter Schön
key office production assistant
Alan James Scott
cast liaison
Felicia Standel
production intern
Hasson Javieor Taylor
production assistant
Vincent Taylor
location assistant
Neal Thompson
title designer
Adolfo Vasquez
production intern
Rick Washburn
weapons coordinator
Katreniah L. Washington
assistant: Mr. Brubaker
Cecil Watkins
technical sports consultant
Sandra West
production intern
H. Spencer Young
production assistant
Production Company
New Line Cinema
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Distributor
Asso Film
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Capital Filmes
New Line Cinema
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VMP
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