White Men Can't Jump Page #3

Synopsis: Billy and Sydney think they're the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Ron Shelton
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1992
115 min
3,072 Views


When you shoot,

you adjust for the wind.

Out at the beach,

the wind can push the ball

6 to 8 inches.

You wouldn't know

about that.

Ha ha ha!

What,

you want me to move?

I'm sorry.

It's your shot.

Go ahead.

I got to tell you,

this isn't my spot.

I'll be lucky to hit

2 out of 5.

I'm going

to shoot it anyway.

Use 'em

and abuse 'em.

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

Oh, man!

Right off the bat.

I am feeling lucky.

Yes, indeed,

he wants to get paid.

Show him how to

put it in there.

- Whoo!

- Ooh! Ooh!

Ooh, it's pretty,

it's so pretty.

Ha ha ha!

We goin' Sizzler

we goin' Sizzler...

Ah!

We goin' Sizzler

I never hit

two in a row.

Ooh!

I'm very lucky.

Yep,

feelin' very lucky.

Ugly shot, ugly shot...

Look like

a goddamn brick.

No aesthetic beauty

whatsoever.

Now, mine,

on the contrary...

- Whoo!

- Yeah!

Bbb bbb bbb!

It hurts being this good!

"A thing of beauty

is a joy forever..."

My man John Keats

said that.

I never hit

three in a row.

I'll

tell you that.

I can look at you.

- Oh!

- Oh!

Oh!

Color me lucky.

Sometimes you wake up,

the birds are singing, and...

That's a decent shot.

Excellent.

You are the greatest,

Sidney.

Thank you.

But I'm feeling lucky.

Oh!

Four in a row...

This is like

the luck of the Irish,

only I'm not Irish.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, now.

I got this

under control.

Hey,

you know something?

Michael Jordan

came here one time.

Took him

to the hole, baby.

Air Michael Jordan!

I saw

the whole thing.

Michael said,

"You should play summer pro league."

I said, "No..."

Hell, no!

"Sh*t might

mess up my game."

We can't have it,

Billy Ho.

Shoot it.

We'll go to Sizzler.

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

I'll just

leave it up there.

Give me some,

give me some.

Oh! Oh, sh*t.

Ho ho ho ho ho!

It's hard goddamn work

being this good.

Shut the f*** up.

Rabbit ears, am I starting

to get to you?

You're just making

my eardrums hurt.

The thing is,

you guys look at me,

you see

the backwards hat,

and you say,

"This guy's a chump."

A f***ing geek.

What you don't realize is

that it ain't easy.

It is

"hard goddamn work"

making something

this pretty

look like a chump.

I must be doing it

for a reason.

You got me convinced.

I miss this shot,

I walk away,

still a chump.

Go ahead and walk away,

you...

You miss,

and you've been beat...

well, not once

but twice,

by a slow, white,

geeky chump.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Ain't no thing.

Ain't no thing.

No thing but a chicken wing

on a string.

From Burger King.

I noticed that wind

was kicking up a bit.

You might want to

adjust about...

6, 8 inches

to the left.

This is the big one.

Don't worry, Sidney,

I've hustled

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Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is an American Oscar-nominated film director and screenwriter. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. more…

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