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Status
Released
Release
1996
Runtime
2h
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
18 Cast Members
Don Cheadle
Earl Manigault
James Earl Jones
Dr. McDuffie
Michael Beach
Legrand
Ronny Cox
Coach Scarpelli
Loretta Devine
Miss Mary
Glynn Turman
Coach Powell
Monica Calhoun
Evonne
Michael Ralph
Dion
Daryl Mitchell
Dean Memminger
Forest Whitaker
Mr. Rucker
Nicole Ari Parker
Wanda
Tamara Tunie
Miss Marcus
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Self
Chick Hearn
Self
Eriq La Salle
Diego
Kevin Garnett
Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain
Colin Cheadle
Young Earl
Clarence Williams III
Coach Pratt
