It got to the point where I said, “I don’t care anymore, just make it an R because this is physically killing me." But the studio wanted PG-13 too and so we went back one more time and that last time, I think we took out one thrust or something, some wide shot.WarnerBros. So I kept having to trim things and trim things from the scene. And it’s a sex scene and I think it went further than mine did.” We brought this up and we felt that it was a double standard, but they would not back down. Love and Basketball reveals just how important friendship is in the romantic relationship of these two gifted athletes. And you can tell it’s the girl’s first time.” And I said, “Well, there’s a movie out right now, ‘Meet Joe Black,’ and there’s a scene in there where he loses his virginity. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make. Their issue, they actually said, “You did too good a job and it feels too real. From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Quincy taught each other how to play the game. But to trim that scene down, I felt, was compromising my vision. It was so devastating because I wanted younger girls to be able to see this film. But when we got to showing it to the MPAA, they came back and gave us an R because of that scene. And once it was cut together, there was no more of that question. I didn’t take the note, I just got more good stuff. Prince-Bythewood: We shot more footage and I actually got some really good stuff between the two. I finally went to Mike De Luca and I just said, “This is why it has to be this song.” And he ponied up and paid for it and I’m so grateful for that because that song and that scene have become inseparable. I tried, kept trying different songs, nothing felt as good.
We kept it in for Sundance, and the reaction was pretty amazing and the studio was there. So there was really no reason for the studio to say yes, because it didn’t help them at all. The problem was it cost a grip of money and Maxwell’s people wouldn’t allow it to be on the soundtrack. Starring Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Dennis Haysbert and Alfre Woodard. But I finally got a chance to make the movie and we put it over the love scene and it was - like, it could not have been more perfect. Love and Basketball (6,524) 7.2 2 h X-Ray 16+ A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Though the cast is predominately black, it’s not a black. Meeting at about the age 11, the film traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart from childhood, to high school, to college, and just after. The movie is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of a boy and a girl. One thing that I immediately liked about this movie is that it didn’t try and stereotype the families. Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Love & Basketball is deceivingly simple in its structure.
And I said, “I’ve got to put this in the movie.” I was petrified and paranoid that someone was going to put it in before me. Love and Basketball is just that, and while it mixes some of the elements of White Men Can’t Jump, it is essentially a love story that revolves around the theme of basketball. Love and Basketball (6,524) 7.2 2 h X-Ray 16+ A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. And then I happened to be - while I was writing - flipping across the channels and came across Maxwell’s “Unplugged." At the moment he was singing, “This Woman’s Work," and it wrecked me. Prince-Bythewood: I always listen to “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush.
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