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Lenny Cooke (2013)

Lenny Cooke (2013)

88 minutes EN Documentary
Remember His Face.
In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
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LeBron James
Self (archive footage)
Sonny Vaccaro
Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant
Self (archive footage)
Mike Krzyzewski
Self (archive footage)
Chris Bosh
Self (archive footage)
David Stern
Self (archive footage)
Tyson Chandler
Self (archive footage)
Kwame Brown
Self (archive footage)

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Production companies: Shop Korn Productions
Production countries: United States of America

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