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Darrel Campbell (book)
Peter Maravich (story)
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He was a little kid with big dreams. more
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Biography of pro basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich, who died suddenly in 1988 at age 40 from a heart attack. full summary | add synopsis
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An Early Look At 'Pistol Pete' more (14 total)
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(Credited cast) | Millie Perkins | ... | Helen Maravich |
| Nick Benedict | ... | Press Maravich |
| Adam Guier | ... | Pete Maravich |
| Murrell Garland | ... | Coach Pendleton |
| Tom Lester | ... | Pete as adult |
| Buddy Petrie | ... | Buddy Pendleton |
 | Darrel Campbell | ... | Carl Connfield |
| Wendy Leblanc | ... | Sandy |
| John Richardson | ... | Moose |
| Rodney Stone | ||
| Eddie Hailey | ||
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| Melinda Walsh | ... | Rachel |
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Anachronisms: A package of Marlboro "Light" cigarettes is clearly visible in the pocket of young Pete's father. That product would not be introduced for years. more
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Pete as adult:
I remeber like it was yesterday, it was the beegining of an incredable journey, the year that would change my life forever and chart the course of my destiny.
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Don't Treat Me Like That more
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This is about as clean a story as you could find: a nice story about the famous basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich in his earlier days. An incredible talent, Maravich went on to star at LSU and then in the professional NBA.
This particular story centers around young Maravich as an eighth-grader playing basketball for his high school team. The first half of the film was fascinating as actor Adam Guier was very credible exhibiting Maravich's tremendous ball-handling skills for a kid his age. There also is some nice photography in here.
The second half of the movie became a little too Hollywood-cliché ridden. I wish they had gone into Pete's college and pro career and ended with his conversion to Christianity before his untimely death. It could have been a very powerful movie instead of just a nice after-school-type TV film. (Just reading another review here, I am glad to learn some of that material is included in the DVD. My only look at this was on tape about a dozen years ago.)