Where to Watch
Region
Apple TV Store
Rent from
HD
$3.99
Amazon Video
Rent from
HD
$3.99
Google Play Movies
Buy from
$4.99
YouTube
Buy from
$4.99
Prices last updated April 29, 2026. Pricing and availability may vary by region.
powered by JustWatch
About
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Theatrical
May 1, 1998
Box Office
$21.6M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 10, 1998
Theaters
2
Director
Spike Lee
Writer
Spike Lee
Producers
Spike Lee, Jon Kilik
Studio
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Touchstone Pictures
Latest
See all
Movie News
Spike Lee and his cast (including Delroy Lindo & Clarke Peters) on how 'Da 5 Bloods' is "acutely relevant"
Spike Lee's latest feature film 'Da 5 Bloods' premieres on Netflix this week. The prolific and influential directo...
Watch Spike Lee's powerful short film '3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd'
Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem in 1989. While appearing on CNN this week, director Spike Lee introduced a new short film...
6 Movies You (Probably) Never Knew Quentin Tarantino Worked On
They're not all masterpieces.
Netflix Cancels 'She's Gotta Have It' After 2 Seasons, Spike Lee Will Shop It Elsewhere
The streamer apparently doesn't gotta have it
Every Robert Zemeckis Movie, Ranked
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Paul Benjamin, Actor in 'Do the Right Thing,' Passes Away at 81
Spike Lee shared the sad news.
Cast
Full credits →
Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth
R
Ray Allen
Jesus Shuttlesworth
R
Rosario Dawson
Lala Bonilla
M
Milla Jovovich
Dakota Burns
H
Hill Harper
Coleman "Booger" Sykes
N
Ned Beatty
Warden Wyatt
J
Jim Brown
Spivey
J
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Crudup
B
Bill Nunn
Uncle Bubba
M
Michele Shay
Aunt Sally
John Turturro
Billy Sunday
S
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
C
Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
M
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
R
Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts
S
Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen
R
Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
B
Bill Walton
Bill Walton
D
Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale
R
Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino
