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Like Mike - John Schultz, Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki

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Movie propaganda

Fourteen-year-old orphan Calvin Cambridge (Lil' Bow Wow) dreams of being a famous professional basketball player. But his diminutive stature and limited ability make this goal a far-off fantasy. Or is it? When Calvin dons a pair of old sneakers, with the faded initials "MJ" inscribed inside, he displays amazing hoop skills, and leads a struggling NBA team to victory.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film children teen basketball fantasy adventure orphan Michael Jordan foster home adopt

Persons of interest

Lil' Bow Wow .... Calvin Cambridge
Morris Chestnut .... Tracey Reynolds
Jonathan Lipnicki .... Murph
Brenda Song .... Reg Stevens
Jesse Plemons .... Ox
Julius Ritter .... Marlon
Crispin Glover .... Stan Bittleman
Anne Meara .... Sister Theresa
Robert Forster .... Coach Wagner
Eugene Levy .... Frank Bernard
Roger W Morrissey .... Marvin Joad
Timon Kyle .... Henderson
Stephen Thompson .... Smith
Alex Krilov .... Krivov
David Brown .... Jones
Peter Moret .... Sloan
Josef Canon .... Segretti
Kingsley Nwokenbia .... Ngudu
Jesse Justice Smith Junior .... Coltrain
Gregory L Hall .... Schultz
Mike Elliott .... Storywriter
Jordan Moffett .... Screenwriter
Mike Elliott .... Screenwriter
John Schultz .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Like Mike official movie site
Like Mike QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

See also Michael Jordan to the max, The Year of the Yao, Hotel for dogs
Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Orphan dreams.

Every orphan dreams of being adopted by a rich, fun family (apparently) and if an orphan is good enough, that dream will come true. On top of that he'll also end up independently wealthy and a pro-basketball superstar.

The sun'll come out tomorrow...

Like Mike is a mostly harmless adventure for young adolescents. It has strong elements of fantasy along with some harsh realities of life (being without a family in a society that promotes families as the norm sucks). It's an interesting enough way to pass 1½ hours of summer heat in air-conditioned comfort.

If your consciousness is raised enough you can do some good work and become a foster career for an organisation like Barnardos.