The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Julius Erving | ... | Moses Guthrie | |
| Jonathan Winters | ... | H.S. / Harvey Tilson | |
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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 | |
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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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The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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basketball | basketball movie | twins | native american | pittsburgh pennsylvania |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 July 1981 (Colombia) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$12,922, 4 November 1979, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$8,281,246, 31 December 1979Company Credits
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Music by Thom Bell, Lyrics by Casey James & Leroy M. Bell
Performed by William Hart
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In Bill Simmons' best-selling non-fiction tome "The Book of Basketball", he mentions that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who plays himself) completely vanishes from the climatic game's 4th quarter without any explanation. Simmons wrote that he researched and found two explanations: the shooting schedule was so far behind that Kareem had to leave the set and wasn't able to return, OR Kareem found out that Julius "Dr. J" Erving was being paid more than him to appear in the film and angrily walked off the production. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Alternate Versions
ABC edited 8 minutes from this film for its 1982 network television premiere. See more »Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: French Postcards/The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh/The Marriage of Maria Braun/The Rose/Best Boy (1979) See more »Soundtracks
Follow Every DreamMusic by Thom Bell, Lyrics by Casey James & Leroy M. Bell
Performed by William Hart
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This film has a breezy magic all throughout it. It is one of my favorite films ever made. It is not to be taken seriously (a film with a psychadelic basketball floor can't be), but the wonderful Thom Bell score and great songs give the film a wonderful pace. The sequence where Dr. J is on the court playing one on one with himself is classic.