Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a 1996 American sports comedy drama film directed by Steve Gomer, based upon a screenplay by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and Kathleen McGhee-Anderson. The film stars Rhea Perlman as the head coach of a high school boys basketball team from the Sunset Park neighborhood in New York City. The film also stars Onyx rapper Fredro Starr and features an early film appearance from Terrence Howard. It was produced by Perlman's husband Danny DeVito.
Plot
Phyllis Saroka is a P.E. teacher at Sunset Park High School in New York City, who reads a flyer that her school is looking for a new boys basketball coach. Looking for more money to pursue opening a restaurant on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, she decides to give the job a shot despite knowing nothing of basketball. She contacts the correct people and is given the job.
More details
| author | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Brooklyn |
| director | Steve Gomer |
| editor | Arthur Coburn |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | basketball coach basketball player game madison square garden new york city nothing open p.e. physical education run |
| musicBy | Miles Goodman |
| producer | Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg |
| productionCompany | Danny DeVito#Producing TriStar Pictures |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| theme | high school hip hop |