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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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Cast

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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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Flip Wilson's final film performance. 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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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
I was a teen-age extra!, 22 February 2000
3/10
Author: tenor1 from Newport News, VA

I was actually an extra in this movie, one of the worst sports movies ever made. I only did one day's worth of work and it was one of the most boring things I've ever experienced. I'm in the scene where someone supposedly puts helium in the basketballs and they float to the top of the Civic Arena. A crane (out of camera range) had thin wires attached to the balls. The director took about 10 takes of the scene. I thought I would lose my mind, trying to act surprised every time the balls "floated." When I saw the film I was shocked at how little screen time the shot got, but not as shocked at how bad the whole movie was. With a cast as good as it has you'd think they could save it, but the script was so bad even the great Stockard Channing couldn't help!

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