Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Jeremiah Zagar, from a screenplay by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters.
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- Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film.
- It was directed by Jeremiah Zagar.
- The screenplay was written by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters.
- The film stars Adam Sandler as an NBA scout who discovers a raw but talented player in Spain (Juancho Hernangómez) and tries to prepare him for the NBA draft.
- Current Minnesota Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards plays the main antagonist, Kermit Wilts.
- Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, and Heidi Gardner also star, while LeBron James acts as producer through his SpringHill Company banner.
- Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film.
- It was directed by Jeremiah Zagar.
- The screenplay was written by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters.
- The film stars Adam Sandler as an NBA scout who discovers a raw but talented player in Spain (Juancho Hernangómez) and tries to prepare him for the NBA draft.
- Current Minnesota Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards plays the main antagonist, Kermit Wilts.
- Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, and Heidi Gardner also star.
- LeBron James acts as producer through his SpringHill Company banner.
- Hustle was released by Netflix on June 3, 2022.
- It premiered to critical acclaim, with Sandler’s performance receiving praise and some of the best reviews of his career to date.
- The original plot description said that Adam Sandler’s main character finds “a phenomenal street ball player while in China….” According to an interview with Dan Patrick, Adam Sandler stated that due to pressure from Netflix (which, as of the development of this movie, does not do business in China), the location has now been changed to Mallorca, Spain
- Adam Sandler is seen wearing a “Federal Donut” t-shirt, which is a real Philadelphia restaurant famous for not just their donuts, but also their fried chicken. Federal Donut also has a location inside the Wells Fargo Center, where the 76ers play.
- Juancho Hernangómez has played in the NBA since 2016 suiting up for several teams including the Boston Celtics where he appeared in 18 games in 2021-2022.
- Bo Cruz is played by Juancho Hernangomez, he is a professional basketball player, and he currently plays for Utah Jazz
- During the training montage, you can see Bo Juancho Hernangomez working with various members of the AND1 Ball Access: Global Invasion (2004) players. Notably is Grayson Boucher, who gained fame as “The Professor”, who taught Bo ball handling.
- Has a similar premise to the fictional film ‘Sayonara Davey’ featured in Sandler’s Funny People(2009).
- Hernangomez, who plays a 22 year old ball player, was actually 27 when filming the movie.
- A character refers to Sandler’s character as “Stan the man” during the first half of the film. “Stan the Man” was a popular song that was performed by Adam Sandler in his 2004 album “Shhh… Don’t Tell”
- The number 22 that Bo Cruz wears while playing for the Celtics is officially retired from the team in 1963 for Ed Macauley
- The airport scene towards the end was shot in the concourse of the Wells Fargo Center.
- Bo wears number 22 (Stan’s number) when playing at the draft combine.
- Stanley tries to say “My name is Stanley Sugerman” in Spanish but ends up saying “My number Stanley Sugerman”
- Adam Sandler’s character in Hustle is named Stanley Sugarman. Adam Sandler starred in the 2007 drama, “Reign Over Me.” In that film, its director, Mike Binder, plays a lawyer with the same last name: Bryan Sugarman.
- At the end of the film, Bo is shown wearing the number 22 while playing for the Boston Celtics. In reality, the number 22 was retired by the Celtics after being worn by Ed Macauley.
- This movie is released 2022 the same year the Boston Celtics makes it to the NBA finals. The same year Bo is drafted to the Celtics.
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