The Red Sneakers Explained

Screenplay:Mark Saltzman
Story:Jeffrey Rubin
Director:Gregory Hines
Composer:Stanley Clarke
Country:United States
Language:English
Cinematography:John Berrie
Editor:Tim King
Runtime:109 minutes
Company:Dufferin Gate Productions
Network:Showtime

The Red Sneakers is a 2002 American fantasy comedy-drama television film produced and directed by Gregory Hines.[1] The film stars Vanessa Bell Calloway, Dempsey Pappion, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.[2] It premiered on Showtime on February 10, 2002.

Premise

This coming-of-age story features a modest high school basketball player, Reggie Reynolds, who is given a pair of magical basketball shoes by a stranger, Zeke. Reggie quickly becomes a superstar shooter on his team. He is recruited by college basketball scouts and plans his future in college basketball, as he neglects potential academic scholarship possibilities.

Cast

Broadcast

The film was first aired on Showtime Networks on February 10, 2002.

Awards

Nominations

Screenings

Reception

In his review for The New York Times, Laurel Graeber stated that the main character that "mathematical skill can be a real asset in basketball and that he might do better to rely on his natural gift rather than on the artificial glory of the shoes."[5]

The Christian Science Monitor found that "the real issue for Hines is that too many kids dream about a life in sports and don't nurture their real strengths."[6] Sun Sentinel describes the film as being "sort of the family-film flip side to Michael Powell's 1948 masterpiece The Red Shoes."[7]

Sara Long, with the faith-based Dove Foundation gave the film a positive review, writing, "The Red Sneakers is an enjoyable movie based around inner desires, and what one knows is right as far as actions go ... Then the movie turns around to focus on the inner battle over how to behave against what one wants, and what one should do. Though this movie does have several instances of profanity, it is nothing too severe. Because the overall content is well displayed, the film is approved for ages 12 and up.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Jay Bobbin . Hines wears the hat of director with his "Red Sneakers" . 2 October 2023 . . . 9 February 2002 . 35 . Newspapers.com.
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  3. Book: Company, Johnson Publishing . Jet . 2002-02-18 . Johnson Publishing Company . en.
  4. Web site: 2002-02-07 . Purple pros and cons . 2023-09-30 . Chicago Tribune.
  5. News: Graeber . Laurel . 2002-02-10 . FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Dressing for Success: Try a Beat-Up Pair of High-Tops . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-30 . 0362-4331.
  6. News: Hines laces up director's shoes . Christian Science Monitor . 2023-09-30 . 0882-7729.
  7. Web site: By . 2002-02-09 . SHOES FIT THE MESSAGE ON SHOWTIME . 2023-09-30 . Sun Sentinel . en-US.
  8. http://www.dove.org/MovieReview.asp?Unique_ID=3629 Long, Sara