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  • Hoop Dreams
  • Hoop Dreams review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 5 stars Hoop Dreams 25 March 2007
    ...ll as their successes both on and off court. From 300 hours of footage Director Steve James has carved out a riveting three hour film. He's very fortunate with his subject...  
  • Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mandolin Vol.1
  • Rated - 4 stars blues mandolin - Steve James 12 April 2006
    ...lowing this tutor . Do not be put off if you have no musical knowledge though . Steve James shows you the finger shapes and goes thru fairly slowly . handy to have a repea...  

Steve James - filmography


  • Joe And Max on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Leonard Roberts,  Til Schweiger,  Peta Wilson
    Director: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    American boxer Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts) meets German champion Max Schmeling (Til Schweiger) in the ring in 1936, and Schmeling emerges victorious. They fight in the ring once again in 1938, and Louis hospitaliSes his German counterpart. Schmeling, a member of the Nazi party, survives WWII, hears ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 338 members
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  • Prefontaine (1997)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  R. Lee Ermey,  Ed O'Neill
    Director: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The true story of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine who had an extraordinary talent for running despite being born with one leg shorter than the other.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 34 members
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  • Hoop Dreams (1994)
    Starring: Frederick Marx,  Peter Gilbert,  Arthur Agee
    Director: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This completely absorbing three-hour documentary follows the lives of two inner-city African American teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with long-shot dreams of the NBA, superstardom and an escape from the ghetto. Taking cues from such works as Michael Apted's 35 Up, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 74% from 213 members
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  • The Player on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Greta Scacchi,  Whoopi Goldberg
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood studio system. Disguised as a thriller, the film assembles virtually every famous actor in Hollywood to create an exhilarating blend of real life and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,720 members
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  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
    Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans,  Bernie Casey,  Antonio Fargas
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This "Blaxploitation" spoof sees a tough team of heroes set out to get Mr. Big, the man responsible for a friend's "OG" (over-gold) from wearing too many chains. Features cameos from such icons of black cinema as Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown and Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 792 members
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  • Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mandol...
    Starring: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Join Steve James as he teaches you how to play Blues Mandolin. NB: BOOKLET NOT INCLUDED.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 32 members
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  • Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mando...
    Starring: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Steve James brings learning mandolinists more of the funky, old-time songs that made his previous instructional DVD on this instrument so popular. He covers blues scales, chord ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Steve James - Blues/Roots Guitar
    Starring: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A tutorial from the Delta to Chicago styles and beyond. Beginning with a simple 8-bar sequence, learn how to add simple slides, hammer-ons, bass notes and vamps with examples from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 20 members
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Steve James facts

5 most recent films

Joe And Max - 2.5 stars
Prefontaine - 3.0 stars
Hoop Dreams - 4.0 stars
The Player - 3.5 stars
McBain - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hoop Dreams - 4.0 stars
The Player - 3.5 stars
John Sayles Collection - 3.0 stars
American Ninja Collection - 3.0 stars
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mandolin Vol.2 - 3 stars
Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mandolin Vol.1 - 2.5 stars
Attack Force Nam - 2.5 stars
Steve James - Blues/Roots Guitar - 3.0 stars
Prefontaine - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Dudikoff - 2 times - show films
Joe Morton - 1 times - show films
Jack O'Halloran - 1 times - show films
William Gates - 1 times - show films
John P. Ryan - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
James Glickenhaus - 2 times - show films
Sam Firstenberg - 2 times - show films
William Tannen - 1 times - show films
Gideon Amir - 1 times - show films