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Where was White Men Can't Jump filmed?

1993 film, directed by Ron Shelton.

  • Santa Monica

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Santa Monica
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About White Men Can't Jump

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Released
1993
Director
Ron Shelton
Cast
Wesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonRosie PerezTyra FerrellCylk CozartMarques JohnsonFreeman WilliamsJohn Marshall JonesKadeem HardisonDuane Martin
Genre
BuddyComedy

Billy Hoyle is a former Tulane Green Wave basketball player who makes his living by hustling streetballers who assume he cannot play well because he is white.

Sidney wants to buy a house for his family outside the rough Baldwin Village neighborhood.

The women agree to share the money, provided Sidney and Billy team up for a major two-on-two outdoor tournament.

Famous lines from White Men Can't Jump

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Why not?Rhonda
  • Black ball.Referee
  • I don't know.Billy
  • Your mother did!Sidney
  • It's not artistic.Gloria

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