MOVIES - April 18, 1990

Kareem Hooks a New Job: Less than a year after retiring from basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has bounced back into the public eye with an executive producer berth on the motion picture “Recruiting Violations.” The movie is about the relationship between a white college basketball coach and a top black recruit. Abdul-Jabbar will be involved in development of the screenplay and packaging of the film, said Rob Fried, who is making the movie for Columbia Pictures. The former Lakers star won’t be appearing in the film. “I just want to do this on the production end and get my feet wet that way,” he said.