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Director:
Jason Miller
Writer:
Jason Miller (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 January 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Westport Country Playhouse Announces Clohessy, Doman, Nelis & More in That Championship Season 8/25-9/12
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 July 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
TO trash this film is to be ignorant more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Bruce Dern ... George Sitkowski
Stacy Keach ... James Daley

Robert Mitchum ... Coach Delaney

Martin Sheen ... Tom Daley

Paul Sorvino ... Phil Romano
Arthur Franz ... Macken
Michael Bernosky ... Jacks
Joseph Kelly ... Malley
James M. Langan ... Cooney
Tony Santaniello ... Marelli
William G. McAndrew ... Harrison
Barry Weiner ... Sharman
Edward Cunningham ... Newspaper Editor
Robert E. Schlesinger ... Nelson
George Lowry ... Zookeeper
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
American Zoetrope Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The play "That Championship Season" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1973. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Mayor Sitkowski is riding the exercise bicycle in his office in Scranton, the sun is shining outside, but the apparently live baseball game he is watching from Yankee Stadium is being played at night. Scranton isn't far enough west of the Bronx for this to happen. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone (#8.15)" (1983) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
TO trash this film is to be ignorant, 16 March 2008
10/10
Author: LiberalFilmFan from United States

Obviously anyone who finds this film boring would be better off not watching films based on plays such as "Glengarry Glenross" or "Who's afraid of virginia wolf?" What did you think it was going to be about? Flashbacks of basketball scenes or a chase through Scranton.

It's a movie based on a play. The play had only 5 characters and this movie focuses on those 5 characters.

Do you not know the difference between a film adaptation of a play and a regular film?

It's okay to hate this movie. It just goes to show that it's not your type of film. I, for one, hate Lord of the Rings movies but I won't say they're poorly made, I just don't enjoy those films.

The performances in this film are all excellent, especially Mitchum and Sheen.

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