Svitvoteris (2023) on Netflix
PG-1320231h 58mBiographyDramaSport
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver tells his passenger, a sportswriter, the story of his life. He is Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, the Harlem Globetrotters star who signed with the NBA.
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- Netflix2.2/5
- IMDb6.1/101,605 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes26%
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Plot summary
Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton draws the crowds for the Harlem Globetrotters, the team Abe Saperstein owns and coaches. In 1990 Chicago, a sportswriter takes a taxi and hears the driver's account of his life, and the man at the wheel is Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans in the NBA. Ned Irish, an executive of the New York Knicks, and the coach Joe Lapchick move to integrate the Knicks, with backing from Maurice Podoloff, the NBA's president, and the league's other owners.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Svitvoteris (2023)
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- Martin Guigui had already spent ten years working on a biopic about Nat Clifton when, in December 2006, Variety reported the film would begin production in April 2007 from a screenplay Guigui wrote himself.
- Henry Simmons was attached to play Nat Clifton, with Richard Dreyfuss cast as Abe Saperstein, the owner and founder of the Harlem Globetrotters.
