April 20, 200619 yr LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Columbia Pictures has acquired the life rights to Jason McElwain, an autistic teenager who morphed from a basketball benchwarmer into an international media sensation after hitting six three-pointers in the final four minutes of a high school game. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060419/people_nm/hoops_dc I can't wait to see the movie.
April 21, 200619 yr LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Columbia Pictures has acquired the life rights to Jason McElwain, an autistic teenager who morphed from a basketball benchwarmer into an international media sensation after hitting six three-pointers in the final four minutes of a high school game.Makes it sound like they own his soul now...
April 21, 200619 yr How many kids end their Varisty High School careers averaging 20 points per game?
April 21, 200619 yr QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 11:10 AM) Heck, 20 points per quarter. I still think it's a neat story. I'm not embarrassed to say it brought tears to my eyes. The coach should be fired for not playing him sooner . . .
April 21, 200619 yr lol remember the NBA's old stats per 48 minutes. Well if this guy played about 6 minutes in the game or so when there are 32 minutes in a high school game. 32/6 = 5.33 so it would be 20 points x 5.33 = 106.67 points per 32 minutes. Way to go J-Mac! Edited April 21, 200619 yr by WilliamTell
April 22, 200619 yr QUOTE(Sam @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Makes it sound like they own his soul now... I was goina say... do they get to sleep with his girlfriend too?
April 22, 200619 yr How good can this movie be? Like that story was remarkable, but it's not like it had an effect on the season, or that he eventually became a star player. Great story, probably will be a terrible movie.
April 22, 200619 yr Yeah I see no point in seeing the movie to be honest. I know what happens and it'd be impossible to make this better than the real deal. Maybe they'll make it a close game at the end and he hits the winning 3 pointer or something.
April 22, 200619 yr QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 02:09 PM) Yeah I see no point in seeing the movie to be honest. I know what happens and it'd be impossible to make this better than the real deal. Maybe they'll make it a close game at the end and he hits the winning 3 pointer or something. But then that wouldn't be factually correct and it would take away from what really happened. The real thing >>>>>>>>>>>> crappy hollywood movie Edited April 22, 200619 yr by Pauly8509CWS
April 22, 200619 yr QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 02:30 PM) But then that wouldn't be factually correct and it would take away from what really happened. The real thing >>>>>>>>>>>> crappy hollywood movie Nice avatar When I looked at the sex offender list for my neighborhood, there were more than a couple old guys that looked like that, pretty sick Yeah, it was a good story, but a movie?
April 22, 200619 yr they acquired the rights... but this will never be a major motion picture. at most it will be a usa movie or something.
April 23, 200619 yr Why pay $8.50 to see the movie about a guy who jacks up shots and doesn't pass when you can watch Kobe Bryant do it on free tv?
April 23, 200619 yr Why pay $8.50 to see the movie about a guy who jacks up shots and doesn't pass when you can watch Kobe Bryant do it on free tv? <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
April 23, 200619 yr QUOTE(3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Nice avatar You know its ironic, but I was seriously thinking of putting that on my avatar.. But I'll choose Bone over anything/one.
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