Sunset Park (1996)

Director:

Steve Gomer

Writers (WGA):

Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (written by) and
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

You gotta represent.

Plot:

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team. |

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Racial Slur

Cast

Rhea Perlman	...	Phyllis Saroka
Fredro Starr	...	Shorty
Carol Kane	...	Mona
Terrence Howard	...	Spaceman (as Terrence DaShon Howard)
Camille Saviola	...	Barbara
De'aundre Bonds	...	Busy-Bee
Talent Harris	...	Butter (as James Harris)
Anthony C. Hall	...	Andre (as Anthony Hall)
Antwon Tanner	...	Drano
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Kurt
Guy Torry	...	Boo Man
Scott Burkholder	...	Morris Bernstein
John Aprea	...	Dominic
John Vargas	...	Mr. Santiago
Rhonda Stubbins White	...	Carla
Steffen Foster	...	Washington Heights Coach
Hattie Winston	...	Judge Meyer
Tim Hutchinson	...	Referee
Charles E. Thompson	...	Referee
Curtis McGee	...	Referee
Paul Johnson	...	East Flatbush Player
Tracy Vilar	...	Shirley
Michael Mack	...	Sal the Janitor
Lucien Lewis	...	Kid Gloc
Eric George	...	Coney Island Player
Gary Dourdan	...	Dreadlock Guy
Silk Willie Dunn	...	School Bus Driver
Melissa Berger	...	Cop at Apartment
Trula M. Marcus	...	Marisa (as Trula Marcus)
Vincent Pastore	...	Charlie the Super
Doran Reed	...	Carlton Palmer (as A. Doran Reed)
Bee-Be Smith	...	Regina
Malinda Williams	...	Cheryl
Jay Della	...	Bar Customer
Christopher McHale	...	Bar Customer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nafeesa Monroe	...	Sunset Chearleader (uncredited)
Sam Sarpong	...	Basketball player (Washington Heights) (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Gomer

Writing credits (WGA)
Seth Zvi Rosenfeld		(written by) and
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson		(written by)

Produced by
Cara Buonincontri	....	co-producer
Elizabeth Cantillon	....	executive producer
Danny DeVito	....	producer
Mary Kane	....	co-producer
Dan Paulson	....	producer
Michael Shamberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Miles Goodman

Cinematography by
Robbie Greenberg

Film Editing by
Arthur Coburn

Casting by
Tony Lee
Andrea Reed
Robi Reed-Humes

Production Design by
Victoria Paul

Art Direction by
Lee Mayman

Set Decoration by
Brian Kasch

Costume Design by
Carol Ramsey

Makeup Department
Bonita DeHaven	....	key makeup artist
Ann Pala	....	makeup artist
Joy Zapata	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Mary Kane	....	unit production manager
Jane Raab	....	production supervisor: New York
Dean Wright	....	production supervisor
Chantal Feghali	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Marcus	....	first assistant director
Jane Paul	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jenny Baum	....	set dresser (as Jennifer Baum)
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	lead man
Michael Dunn	....	assistant property master
Jane C. Hoffman	....	art department coordinator (as Jane Hoffman)
Ray Mercer Jr.	....	property master (as Ray Mercer)
John Stone	....	construction coordinator
Bart C. Hubenthal	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley supervisor (as Vanessa Ament)
Felipe Borrero	....	sound mixer
Harry Cheney	....	dialogue editor
David M. Cowan	....	dialogue editor
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor (as Paul Diller)
Lee Dragu	....	adr supervisor
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
Mark Goodermote	....	boom operator
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Devin Joseph	....	foley editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Marla McGuire	....	adr assistant
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig T. Rosevear	....	sound effects editor
B. Tennyson Sebastian II	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charlie Shepard	....	sound effects editor
Janelle Showalter	....	sound assistant
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Ticknor	....	foley editor (as Steve Ticknor)

Stunts
Shane Dixon	....	stunts
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
David Brown	....	dolly grip
Philip L. Brown	....	best boy grip (as Philip Brown)
Colin J. Campbell	....	chief lighting technician (as Colin Campbel)
Billy Clevenger	....	first assistant camera (as William Clevenger)
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Chris Hayes	....	camera operator
Karl Linde	....	second assistant camera
Van Redin	....	still photographer
Tim Ryan	....	key grip
Frank Scheidbach	....	best boy electric
Brett Mabry	....	electrician (uncredited)
Eric Wycoff	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Monica R. Cooper	....	extras casting
L.A. Maddos	....	adr voice casting
Cash Oshman	....	crowd casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvette Ammon	....	costumer
Winnie D. Brown	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Wiinie Brown)
Stephanie Colin	....	costumer
Christine Wada	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Scott J. Gill	....	first assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Lesley Langs	....	second assistant editor
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer

Music Department
Anita Camarata	....	executive music producer
Nancy Fogarty	....	music editor
Alex Gibson	....	music editor
Gary Jones	....	music consultant
Carlton Kaller	....	music editor
Stephanie Lowry	....	assistant music editor
Joe E. Rand	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Jonathan A. Rosenfeld	....	transportation captain (as Jonathan Rosenfeld)
David Siegel	....	transportation captain
Dwight Wood	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tammy Apana	....	production coordinator (as Tammy Apana-Dianda)
Stephanie Axe	....	assistant: Ms. Perlman
Kate Chapman	....	assistant: Ms. Cantillon
Andrew Durham	....	assistant production coordinator
James Ellis	....	script supervisor (as I. James P. Ellis)
Victoria Gregory	....	assistant accountant
Gabriela Gutentag	....	unit publicist
David Haldiman	....	location manager
Ida Lee Henderson	....	production accountant
Kevin Holden	....	production assistant
Susannah Julien	....	assistant: Ms. Kane
Bryant Lemelle	....	production assistant
Mark Anthony Little	....	production assistant (as Mark Little)
Ademola McMullen	....	production assistant
Marie Nashold	....	medic
Jim Procanik	....	payroll accountant
Doran Reed	....	assistant: Mr. Gomer
Kathleen Roll	....	production assistant
Tom Sweeney	....	production assistant
Craig W. van Gundy	....	production assistant (as Craig Van Gundy)
Ty Granderson Jones	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks
Sha-Kim	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures
• Daniel L. Paulson Productions
• Jersey Films

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Video (1997) (Japan) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual references.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Quotes:

[Shorty sees his girlfriend, Cheryl, talking to another man]
Shorty: Cheryl!... Cheryl!... CHERYL! . . .
Cheryl: Don't be callin' my name out all loud like that!

Movie Connections:

Features Rage of Honor (1987)

Soundtrack:

High 'Til I Die

Sunset Park, what crap is this?

OK get past the ludicrous idea of Carla Tortelli as an inner city basketball coach who knows nothing about basketball and you still have a unbelievably poor cliche ridden sports movie that is probably the worst I have ever scene. Rhea should thank her lucky stars that her husband has enough money to produce bombs such as this. Do yourself a favor, don't waste the 99 minutes of your life that it would take to view this film.