White Men Can’t Jump was a natural outgrowth of its particular era and its post-Rodney King, pre-L.A. street basketball culture and, with it, the fever-pitch racial dynamics of early 1992.Ī film about hustling, manhood, teamwork, and the way in which two perfectly matched athletes can make sweet music on the court, it was a critical and commercial success built on the chemistry of its leads and the prickly, sexy, and charged prose of its writer/director. In that list one must also include White Men Can’t Jump, a buddy-comedy pairing of Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes that amusingly navigated the ins and outs of L.A. In the ’80s and ’90s, no one made sports movies as lively, authentic and full of likably colorful characters as Ron Shelton, be it the rambunctiously romantic Bull Durham, the caustic Cobb, the charming Tin Cup, or the punchy Play It to the Bone. For his part, Snipes hated his hairdo in the film and immediately shaved his head after filming wrapped.Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Hulu

NBA star Dennis Rodman dyed his hair similar to Simon Phoenix's (Snipes) distinctive hairstyle in the movie, having been inspired by the future criminal's look.ģ. Both turned them down because neither wanted to play the villain.Ģ. Before Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes were cast, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were offered the lead roles. It has LOTS of Taco Bell, Dan Cortese playing TV jingles on the piano, 90s Denis Leary, and the Three Seashells. What more could you ask for? To celebrate that anniversary, here are a few interesting facts you might not know about 'Demolition Man.'ġ. Soon, in a future that is very PG-rated (you get fined for cussing!), Spartan is thawed out to pursue Phoenix once again. It's got two musclebound action stars going toe-to-toe in a futuristic sci-fi world, with Sylvester Stallone playing John Spartan - a badass cop who gets frozen in cyro-prision after an attempt to bring in his prey, a kooky psycho criminal ( Wesley Snipes), goes sideways. Even after 25 years, ' Demolition Man' remains one of the best action movies/guilty pleasures from the '90s.

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