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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996 · 120 min

A sober, heartfelt rise-and-fall biography that lingers on wasted promise and the slow work of redemption.

Directed by
Eriq La Salle
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

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Directed by
Eriq La Salle
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • redemption
  • ambition
  • grief
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Eriq La Salle
Written by
Alan Swyer, Larry Golin
Starring
Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Monica Calhoun, Michael Ralph
Music
Kevin Eubanks
Cinematography
Alar Kivilo
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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