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A mercurial, selfish black NBA star wakes up in the 1950s all-white NBA, where his last-placed Lakers are desperate for a championship to break a franchise curse.
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Time Period: 20th CenturyStory Location: USASpecial Effects: Minimal SFXTarget Audience: AdultPITCH
NBA superstar, Demarcus McGee, doesn't need much help from his teammates to win. That's probably a good thing, since the mercurial, selfish star has seemingly alienated himself from nearly everyone in the Los Angeles Lakers organization. Demarcus's Lakers are in the NBA Finals and they're down by one. Demarcus is also one assist shy of a record-breaking fifth straight finals triple-double. Demarcus has a chance near the end of the game to take the lead with a wide-open layup. Instead, he passes it to a teammate who's being defended to get his tenth assist and secure his fifth straight triple-double. The ball is passed back to an open Demarcus who quickly passes it back to another defended player. 'Absolutely preposterous and ignominiously indefensible,' says Stephen A. Smith. The crowd boos and the Lakers lose.
Demarcus blames everyone else in the post-game interviews and gets in a fight with a teammate in the locker room. After a required meeting with the team's renowned sports psychologist, Demarcus wakes up in the 1950s NBA as the only black NBA player where segregation is the norm and there's no such thing as a three pointer. Demarcus has to learn what it means to be a good teammate for the last-placed Lakers to break a curse and get himself sent back to the present before the NBA finals game seven. And why the hell are the Lakers in Minneapolis?
BALL DON"T LIE is Remember the Titans meets Ted Lasso. This screenplay is a genre hybrid mix of hip-hop, comedy and basketball lore coming together to create a story about teamwork, trust and friendship all while addressing race and hate.
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Ted Lasso, Winning Time, Glory Road, 42, Remember the Titans, Semi-Pro
Greetings! My name is Gary Tucker aka OK Moor. I am a non-union actor, producer, and crewman located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US, specifically the state of Delaware. Celebrating 20 years on my grind, and don't regret any of it. I have been revamping and readjusting my focus this year, thus I'm refreshing a lot of my profiles on various entertainment-based websites such as this! Honestly forgot about it, email said I haven't been here since 2014, yikes, LOL!
I am theater trained, but movies have been a passion of mine since childhood! Although a great story is a great story no matter the genre, I do lean more towards elevated, bold, and artistic visions within the absurdist framework. Horror, sci fi, comedy, drama, doesn't matter, as long as it's unapologetically weird! Inspirational films (in no order, just off the dome) include:
The Thing '82 / J.Boorman's EXCALIBUR /The Last Starfighter /The NeverEnding Story /An American Werewolf in London/ XTRO/ /Inception /Ghosbusters (80's) 1&2 / Dave Builds a Maze /Robocop('80's) 1&2/ Full Metal Jacket /2001: A Space Odessey /Tetsuo the Iron Man/ AKIRA/ Fight Club/ Hamburger Hill/ Mystery of Chessboxing/ Five Deadly Venoms/The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou/ The Darjeeling Limited/ Five Elemental Ninjas/ First Blood (Rambo)/ the Last Dragon/ Manhunter/ Lean on Me/ The Raid: Redemption/ The Transformers the Movie '86/ Citizen Kane/ A Requiem for a Dream/ A Touch of Evil/ The Third Man/ Star Wars (ep4)/ SW (ep5): The Empire Strikes Back/ Juice/ The Substance/ The Thin Red Line/ School Daze/Mean Streets /The Fifth Element/ The Warriors/ ALIENS/ the Devil's Rejects/ SPACEBALLS/ A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3, &4/ The Dark Knight/ HEAT/Lost in Translation/ Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead) /Meet the Feebles/ KRULL/ J. Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry/ Blood Sport/ Super Cop/ Magnificent Butcher....to name a few, LMAO!!!
OK...thanks for sticking around if you did! Admittedly, not the strongest at writing as I am conception design, but luckily one doesn't have to in this business! Collaboration is the absolute lifeline of cinema independent, thus my main goal is to help creatives create as they help me! So, look me up on my profile links, let's see if we can make something great!!!! Peace!
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Any recommendations would be appreciated that could help me network, etc. Here is a Cover I designed for my Legal Drama Series. I made a Teaser Video with Stock footage to give an idea on my vision. Its based on my True Story as a Lawyer
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Posted January 5, 2023, 6:58 pm by Isaiah Mouw
Thanks Andre! And yep, it's the Minneapolis Lakers. I hope you can give it a read sometime. Thanks!
Posted January 5, 2023, 12:53 pm by Andre Bellamy
When he wakes up as a Lakers player in the 50's, I'm assuming he's waking up in Minneapolis...
How will he come to grips with his lack of accountability or how will this end?
Great concept and idea.