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David Dashev (story)
Jaison Starkes (writer)
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The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners. full summary | add synopsis
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The cream of 1970's disco fluff. more (17 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julius Erving | ... | Moses Guthrie |
 | Jonathan Winters | ... | H.S. / Harvey Tilson |
| Meadowlark Lemon | ... | Rev. Grady Jackson |
| Jack Kehoe | ... | Setshot |
 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Himself |
| Margaret Avery | ... | Toby Millman |
| James Bond III | ... | Tyrone Millman |
| Michael V. Gazzo | ... | Harry the Trainer |
| Peter Isacksen | ... | Driftwood |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | George Brockington |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Wally Cantrell |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Mona Mondieu |
 | Flip Wilson | ... | Coach 'Jock' Delaney |
| Marv Albert | ... | Himself (as Marvin Albert) |
 | Debbie Allen | ... | Ola (as Debra Allen) |
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102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Capital Center - 1100 Capital Center Boulevard, Largo, Maryland, USA more
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'Cher' (I) was initially cast as the female lead, but backed out at the last minute due to scheduling conflicts. more
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Factual errors: The score before the timeout of the last game was Los Angeles 101, Pittsburgh 91, but when the game resumed, the Pisces made well over ten field goals. Their victory should have been by a double-digit margin. more
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Referenced in Swimming with Sharks (1994) more
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This film is so cheesy and camp I thought it was poking fun at the period. But when I found out it was a genuine flick from the '70's, I was amazed. People say '70's films are bad, but this was in a class of it's own. It's SO funny! The disco soundtrack is excellent (you'll be shamelessly dancing around the house) and the basketball scenes are equally good. Also, it boasts Stockard Channing in a small role as Mona Mondieu, the team astrologist. Don't take this film seriously. Just sit back and get lost in the camp fun!