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As opposed to ‘Salt water’ in “Jaws”
One of the best actors of our times – and a guy that’s not used enough – Richard Dreyfuss (“Jaws”, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, “Stakeout”) will return to the curtain-surrounded silver screen in “Sweetwater”, a new sports drama.
According to Variety, Henry Simmons will co-star in the film; he story of Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American basketball player to play for an NBA team.
Martin Guigui will scribe and shoot.
Simmons (“Madea’s Family Reunion”) will play the title role while Dreyfuss will portray Abe Saperstein, the owner and founder of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein coached Clifton and sold his contract to the NBA’s New York Knicks in 1950.
Rapper-thesp Romeo (“Honey”) will play the young Clifton. He’s the son of rapper Master P and stars in the Nickelodeon series “Romeo!”
Principal photography is set to begin in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City this summer.
