Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault Movie Review 1996

Earl "The Goat" Manigault (Cheadle) was a '60s Harlem playground basketball phenom who was taken under the wing of parks director Holcomb Rucker (Whitaker), who tries to steer the young man towards college and a career in the NBA. Unfortunately, the easily influenced Manigault also attracts the attention of local drug dealer Legrand (Beach) and when Manigault's life starts to fall apart, he drops out of college and turns to heroin, eventually winding up in prison. Since this is an inspirational true story, Manigault does turn his life around to found his own basketball tournament in Harlem.

Distribution

HBO, 1100 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)512-7400, Fax: (212)512-7498, URL: http://www.hbo.com, Remarks: Online sales through www.store.hbo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Dramas, African America, Basketball, True Stories, Drug Use & Abuse, Biopics: Sports

Screenplay

Larry Golin, Alan Swyer

Cast

Don Cheadle, Michael Beach, James Earl Jones, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Clarence Williams, Ronny Cox, Eriq La Salle, Monica Calhoun, Tamara Tunie, Forest Whitaker

Cinematography

Alar Kivilo

Director

Eriq La Salle

Music

Kevin Eubanks

Other

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Producer

David Coatsworth, John Badham, D.J. Caruso, Mark Bakshi, Rick Singer, HBO Pictures