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Like Mike movie storyline. Calvin Cambridge and his two best friends, Murph and Reg Stevens, live in an orphanage. Murph is the youngest of the trio, and has a very close bond with Calvin. At night they all have to sell chocolate for the awkward orphanage director, Stan Bittleman, after each home game of the (fictional) NBA team, the Los Angeles Knights.
Calvin meets the team’s coach, who is impressed by Calvin’s knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates, and offers Calvin tickets for the next game. Inside a thrift store donation box, Calvin finds a pair of old sneakers that were used by Michael Jordan. Calvin’s sneakers are taken by a jealous bully named Ox who throws them onto an overhead power line. When Calvin tries to retrieve them that night in a rainstorm he is shocked by a lightning bolt.
Calvin and his friends attend the basketball game between the Knights and the Minnesota Timberwolves. After the second quarter ends, the team’s star player, Tracy Reynolds, prepares for a halftime contest. Calvin’s ticket number is called and he goes one on one with Tracy. Calvin ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard. Reg and the crowd give Calvin a standing ovation. Calvin is signed to a one-day contract by the Knights. Calvin prepares for his first game with the Knights, but realizes that he is not there to play.
Like Mike is a 2002 American comedy film directed by John Schultz and written by Missy Elliot and Jordan Moffet. Starring Lil’ Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy, the film follows an orphan who gets basketball talents after finding a pair of Michael Jordan’s shoes. It was produced by NBA Productions and features cameo appearances by NBA players. The film was released on July 3, 2002, by 20th Century Fox.
Like Mike (2002)
Directed by: John Schultz
Starring: Lil’ Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, Eugene Levy, Jesse Plemons, Brenda Song, Jonathan Lipnicki, Shad Moss
Screenplay by: Michael Elliot, Jordan Moffet
Production Design by: Arlan Jay Vetter
Cinematography by: Shawn Maurer
Film Editing by: Peter E. Berger, John Pace
Costume Design by: Mary Jane Fort
Set Decoration by: Suzette Sheets
Art Direction by: John Zachary
Music by: Richard Gibbs
MPAA Rating: PG for brief mild language.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: July 3, 2002
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