Futuresport

Futuresport

Futuresport is a made-for-TV movie directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes. It originally aired on ABC in October 1998, and released on DVD in March 1999. The movie is set in 2025, and centers on a sport called "Futuresport" created as a non-lethal way to reduce gang warfare. Tre must save the world from Hawaiian Liberation Organization terrorists by winning in the game of futuresport. Portions of the movie were filmed in the Vancouver Public Library. Futuresport had a budget of $9 million, which was relatively high for a TV movie at the time.

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Release date:October 1998
Directed by:Ernest R. Dickerson
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:86 Minutes
Producer:David Roessell
Music by:Stewart Copeland
Screenplay by:Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Estimated budget:$9,000,000
Genre:Science Fiction, Thriller, Action

Cast of Futuresport

Dean Cain
Dean Cain
Born:July 31, 1966
Age:45
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Obike Fixx
Born:July 31, 1962
Age:49
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Gonzales
Born:December 10, 1977
Age:34
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Born:March 18, 1963
Age:49
Bill Smitrovich
Bill Smitrovich
Born:May 16, 1947
Age:64
J. R. Bourne
J. R. Bourne
Born:April 8, 1970
Age:42

Film director of Futuresport

Ernest R. Dickerson
Ernest R. Dickerson
Born: June 25, 1951
Age: 60

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. He has directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones and...
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Music contributors for Futuresport

Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland

Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the...
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