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Ball Don't Lie

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Ball Don't Lie
Directed byBrin Hill
Written byBrin Hill
Matt de la Peña
Produced byBrin Hill
Mark G. Mathis
Brigitte Mueller
Michael Roiff
Jeffrey Smith
StarringGrayson Boucher
Kim Hidalgo
Rosanna Arquette
Emilie de Ravin
Nick Cannon
Ludacris
CinematographyMatthew Jensen
Edited bySteven Pilgrim
Music byTony Morales
Release date
  • April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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References

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  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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