The first real full-trailer for Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s hoop dreamy basketball documentary “Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot” is finally online (you’ll recall their was a snoozy teaser trailer released a few weeks back. It looks a lot more compelling than the teaser did and features Public Enemy’s 1991 track “By The Time I Get To Arizona” and Jay-Z’s “My 1st Song” (the final track from The Black Album). The soundtrack will feature tracks by Hova, the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Lil Wayne and — you guessed it — the Beastie Boys (a new track recorded for the film, titled “Bass Line Is Nice”). Whether a soundtrack disc is being released is currently unknown.
Directed by Adam Yauch (of the Beastie Boys), Gunnin’ follows eight of the country’s hottest high school basketball players as they play on the world’s most famous outdoor court: Rucker Park in Harlem — a place where nicknames are branded and legends are made. Blending this next generation of b-ball players with a mix of raw hip-hop, jazz and break beats, Adam Yauch’s unique kinetic filmmaking makes Gunnin’ an explosively entertaining look at soon-to-be NBA All Stars. The film features Jerryd Bayless, Michael Beasley, Tyreke Evans, Donte Greene, Brandon Jennings, Kevin Love, Kyle Singler and Lance Stephenson. Gunnin will be in theaters on June 27th, 2008.
Meanwhile, Yauch’s Oscilloscope Pictures just announced the first film they picked up for distribution, “Flow: For Love Of Water,” a well-received doc that screened at Sundance early this year about the world’s water crisis.
