Above the Rim

This article is about the film. For the soundtrack to the film, see Above the Rim (soundtrack). For the song unrelated to the film by Bell Biv DeVoe, see Above the Rim (song).
Above the Rim
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeff Pollack
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
  • Jeff Pollack
  • Benny Medina
Starring
CinematographyTom Priestley, Jr.
Edited by
  • Michael Ripps
  • James Mitchell
Music byMarcus Miller
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
  • March 22, 1994 (1994-03-22) (Los Angeles)
  • March 23, 1994 (1994-03-23) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6.5 million
Box office$16.2 million[1]

Above the Rim is a 1994 American sports drama film co-written and directed by Jeff Pollack in his directorial debut.[2] The screenplay was written by Barry Michael Cooper,[2] adapted from a story by Benny Medina.

The film stars Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans, and Leon. Considered the conclusion to Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (the preceding films being New Jack City (1991) and Sugar Hill (1994), the film tells the story about a promising New York City high school basketball star, and his relationships with a drug dealer and a former basketball star, now employed as a security guard at the high school he was a promising young star for the past years.

The film mostly took place in Harlem, with various scenes filmed at the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics in East Harlem. Some of the basketball scenes were filmed at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York.

  1. ^ "Above the Rim". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ a b Maslin, Janet (March 23, 1994). "Above the Rim (1994) Review/Film; A Young Man Torn by Good and Bad". The New York Times.