Church Ball (2006)

Director:

Kurt Hale

Writers:

Paul Eagleston (writer)
Kurt Hale (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Winning isn't everything..... Yeah Right

Plot:

Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church. Not only has he been asked to coach a group...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Mormon

Cast

Fred Willard	...	Bishop Linderman
Andrew Wilson	...	Dennis Buckstead
Clint Howard	...	Gene Jensen
Gary Coleman	...	Charles Higgins
Steve Anderson	...	Thurman
Amy Stewart	...	Susan Buckstead
Larry Bagby	...	Blake Bracken
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Julius Higgins
Kala Alexander	...	Carlos
Sina Amedson	...	Nadar Nazbarechov
Eddie Anderson	...	Old Man 2
Thurl Bailey	...	Moses Mahoney
Edward Bernard	...	High Priest
Michael Birkeland	...	Officiator 2
Ross Brockley	...	Mickey Morgan
Big Budah	...	Coach / Player
David Callahan	...	Crystal Lakes Player
Brad Call	...	Guy In The Bakery
Jimmy Chunga	...	The Officiator
Dillan Conrad	...	Billy Buckstead
Jonny Craddock	...	Basketball Kicker
Dale Critchlow
Curt Dousett	...	Bruce Bracken
Mark Eaton	...	Himself
Travis Eberhard	...	Adam
Christine Elder	...	Woman #2
Stan Ellsworth	...	Jeramiah
Whitney Hales	...	Girl praying
Dave Hanson	...	Angry Man At Door
Hilary Hughes	...	Heather Buckstead
Hot Rod Hundley	...	Himself
Cort Johnson	...	Basketball Fan #2
Chad Long	...	Don Weaver
Shannon Price
Susan Rounkles	...	Reporter
Chandler Smith	...	Don Weaver's Oldest Son
Johnie Tolman	...	Padded Player
Daryn Tufts	...	Misfit Polynesian Basketball Player
Mister West	...	Basketball Fan #1
Joe Wilson	...	Mr. Snead
Mindy B. Young	...	?

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor.

Runtime:

USA:91 min (theatrical version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Utah County, Utah, USA

Company:

Halestorm Entertainment

Trivia:

The telephone number on the sign advertising Jeremiah's house for sale is 867-5309, which refers to the Tommy Tutone song "Jenny (867-5309)." This phone number also appears in the other Halestorm films "The Singles Ward" and "The R.M."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the championship game, both the broadcasters' booth and the kids' playpen overlap onto the court by several inches.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Save your time and your money

This movie is a total dog. I found myself straining to find anything to laugh at just so I wouldn't feel like I'd totally wasted my money--and my time. The writing in this film is absolutely terrible. It's a shame it's not up to the standards of other Hale Storm movies.

They should have saved the money on getting D-list actors like Fred Willard and Gary Coleman and spent the money working the script until it was right. Even Gary Coleman wasn't properly utilized for his role.

This movie leaves you wondering what the point of most of the plot was--including the subplots. After viewing this movie, I'm left with the impression that the producers were hoping to capture some kind of Napolean Dynamite-like humor, where it's not so much the lines as the character and the delivery. Unfortunately, this movie fails to deliver the lines, the characters, the delivery or the humor. I should have gone to the dentist instead!