Love & Basketball/Trailer transcripts

We fade in on a scene of four kids at a basketball court, with the Jackson 5's "ABC" playing in the background.
:Monica: Can I play?
:Quincy: Alright. (He tosses the basketball to Monica) It's you and Kelvin, against me and Jamal. (Monica removes her ballcap, revealing a ponytail)
:Jamal: Aw man, he's a girl!
:Quincy: Man, girls can't play no ball!
:Monica: Well, I'm better than you.
Monica throws the ball off-screen, and it flies through the New Line Cinema logo, with the filmbox acting as a hoop. Then it's back to the scene.
:Monica: I'm gonna be a person in the NBA.
:Quincy: No, imma be in the NBA. You gonna be my cheerleader.
Monica scores another point. As the soundtrack changes, we flash-forward to years later, with Monica and Quincy both in the NBA.
:Announcer: They play the same game.
:Quincy: You don't score with that attitude.
:Referee: Ready to fly! (Cut to Quincy and Monica in a car)
:Quincy: ...no one's gonna recruit you.
:Monica: I'm a ball player!
:Quincy: With a jacked-up attitude.
Monica slugs Quincy in the arm, and it's back to the game.
:Announcer: They share the same dream.
:Coach: You'd love for him to play USC like you did, right?
:Zeke: No, I'd love for him to get a good education. (Monica scores again, and we cut to the Wrights' place)
:Camille: I don't know why I keep hoping you'll grow out of this tomboy thing.
:Monica: I won't; I'm a lesbian. (Lena coughs a couple times)
:Camille: That's not funny!
Cut to the prom, which Monica arrives at
:Quincy: Damn, you don't look half-bad!
:Monica: You either. (They share a dance, and we cut to a bedroom)
:Quincy: How about a little one-on-one?
:Monica: What we playing for?
:Quincy: I score, and you strip. (As he says this, both are illustrated) Take it off, take it off! (Monica scores) Strip.
:Monica: I won't stand another basketball babe.
They kiss, and then we flash-cut to Monica, dribbling two basketballs.
:Coach: There's only one way to be successful at anything, (Crossfade to more scenes of Monica) and that is to give everything. (After Monica falls to the floor, we fade to her and Quincy at empty bleachers)
:Monica: Coach has us on an 11:00 curfew. I can stay a few more minutes.
:Quincy: Don't sweat it.
:Monica: I'm sorry.
We crossfade to an extreme close-up of a basketball net, with "FRIENDS" wiping itself in over it, then to Monica and Quincy again.
:Monica: I don't have it easy like you, alright? (Crossfade to her at a game) There's no red carpet laid out for me. (She scores, and we then go to her at the gym) There ain't no way some south freshman's taking my spot. (The other girl groans, then we go to more clips of Monica)
:Coach: Monica, hustle up! Move it!
Crossfade to another close-up of a net, with "PLAYERS" now over it, then to Quincy playing at USC, and then to the couple arguing.
:Quincy: You forgot to be there!
:Monica: If I stayed, (Crossfade to Monica at a game) I wouldn't be starved!
:Quincy: Well, at least you got your priorities straight!
Crossfade to yet another close-up of a net, with "LOVERS" now over it, then to more clips of the two. The soundtrack also changes again.
:Quincy: Look, I'm enterin' a draft, goin' pro. (After he says this, a montage of the two begins.)
:Monica: So that's it. Just forget about you and me.
The montage continues
:Announcer: New Line Cinema presents a story about the passion it takes...
:Quincy: I never knew anyone who loved ball as much as you.
:Announcer: ...to keep your dreams alive.
:Monica: I loved you since I was eleven, and it just won't go away.
:Announcer: This spring...
:Monica: I'll play you one game, one more.
:Quincy: For what?
:Monica: ...your heart. (We then crossfade to a burning basketball hoop, with the title fading in and zooming out over it)
:Announcer: ...all's fair in Love & Basketball.
Quincy scores, which crossfades into the billing block, followed by a black screen with "COMING SOON," "loveandbasketball.com," and "AOL Keyword:loveandbasketball" on it.
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