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Gabe Kaplan's having a ball! - His dream team's got a preacher, a jailbird, a pool shark, a muscleman. And the best guy on the team is a girl.
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David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gabe Kaplan | ... | David Greene (as Gabriel Kaplan) |
 | Harold Sylvester | ... | D.C. |
| Michael Warren | ... | Tommy 'Preacher' White |
| Bernard King | ... | Hustler |
 | Reb Brown | ... | Bull |
| Mavis Washington | ... | Swish |
| Bert Remsen | ... | Bo Winnegar |
| Randee Heller | ... | Jan |
| Connie Sawyer | ... | Mom |
| John Chappell | ... | Alton Gutkas |
| Rhonda Bates | ... | Enid Gutkas |
 | K Callan | ... | Ms. Tidwell |
| Marty Zagon | ... | Henry |
| Richard Brestoff | ... | Howard |
| Doria Cook-Nelson | ... | Snooty Girl (as Doria Cook) |
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107 min
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WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN
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It uses the old plot about a down and out coach whipping into shape a sports team filled with losers. And of course, there's the big game at the end, with a nail biting climax. Yet it works.
Why does this movie work? Because of many reasons. It's obvious the filmmakers took care to try to remove as many cliches as possible, and make it less predictable. More focus is on the characters instead of the old plot. The characters are more believable, and evolve through the course of the movie - they're likable. The "big game" is exciting, even though we know what will happen. Plus, there are a lot of big laughs in this movie.