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That Championship Season

  • TV Movie
  • 1999
  • R
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
422
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That Championship Season (1999)
Drama

Four former high school basketball champions and their coach come together annually to celebrate the year they won the Pennsylvania State Basketball Championship. But this year, instead of t... Read allFour former high school basketball champions and their coach come together annually to celebrate the year they won the Pennsylvania State Basketball Championship. But this year, instead of the usual whimsical nostalgia they usually experience, the former friends and teammates unl... Read allFour former high school basketball champions and their coach come together annually to celebrate the year they won the Pennsylvania State Basketball Championship. But this year, instead of the usual whimsical nostalgia they usually experience, the former friends and teammates unleash all their secrets on each other so that the foundation of their lives begins to crumb... Read all

  • Director
    • Paul Sorvino
  • Writer
    • Jason Miller
  • Stars
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
    • Terry Kinney
    • Tony Shalhoub
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    422
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Sorvino
    • Writer
      • Jason Miller
    • Stars
      • Vincent D'Onofrio
      • Terry Kinney
      • Tony Shalhoub
    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Vincent D'Onofrio
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    • Phil Romano
    Terry Kinney
    Terry Kinney
    • James Daly
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • George Sitkowski
    Gary Sinise
    Gary Sinise
    • Tom Daley
    Paul Sorvino
    Paul Sorvino
    • Coach
    Joe Bays
    Joe Bays
    • Cop
    Susan M. Carr
    Susan M. Carr
    • Helen
    Denise Kaye
    • Marion
    Carol Lawrence
    Carol Lawrence
    • Claire's Mother
    Jerri Manthey
    Jerri Manthey
    • Claire
    • (as Jerri Lynn London)
    Nick Risher
    • James, Jr.
    • (as Nicolas Risher)
    Jeff Rogers
    • Hammond Basketball Player
    Bill Sorvino
    Bill Sorvino
    • Clerk
    Frank Lozano
    • Game Announcer
    • (as Frank Rodriguez)
    Louis L. Weiss
    • Old Violin Player
    RJ Collins
    RJ Collins
    • Basketball player
    • (uncredited)
    Gailard Sartain
    Gailard Sartain
    • High School Principal
    • (uncredited)
    Bill von Fumetti
    • Basketball Player
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Paul Sorvino
    • Writer
      • Jason Miller
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    • Trivia
      Jason Miller was working as an actor on the set of The Exorcist (1973) and engrossed in his priest role when he was informed that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing this film's source play "That Championship Season".
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    2/10
    Sorvino and ego misses good opportunity
    Being the second attempt to put on film an outstanding Broadway play, you would think that the producer/director would set aside egos long enough to learn something. The movie is a tedious affair with none-believable character portrayals (even for Gary Sinise, while being the best, is directed to get too drunk too soon).

    Perhaps a warning flag could have been posted when Sorvino took on the roles of producer, director, actor, theme song composer, violin concerto composer and with all the out-of-work actors available, agent who hires his own relatives for bit parts (even though Ron Howard and John Travolta do this regularly, they at least produce good movies).

    As an actor Sorvino is great...when being directed by others. His performance is stiff, scripted, and evokes no emotion of sympathy for the by-gone glories. By the end, the audience has no attachment or like of the characters (racist, anti-Semitic, selfish) and could care less that they have all resolved their differences and end up posing for a "happy" picture for the scrap book. Paul, go back to acting.
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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sezon mistrzów
    • Production companies
      • MGM Television
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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