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The Basket (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 7  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Synopsis: When Martin Conlon (Coyote) arrives in a small town in the Pacific Northwest as America is reeling from World War I, he brings with him a message of love and teamwork. Conlon uses his position as a schoolteacher to introduce the game of basketball to the community. After a group of German... When Martin Conlon (Coyote) arrives in a small town in the Pacific Northwest as America is reeling from World War I, he brings with him a message of love and teamwork. Conlon uses his position as a schoolteacher to introduce the game of basketball to the community. After a group of German refugees settle in the town, tensions mount. Conlon uses an approaching basketball game--between his students and a much older squad--to teach the town a very valuable lesson about unity and understanding. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Karl Burke, Amber Willenborg, Jock MacDonald

Director: Rich Cowan
Screenwriter: Frank Swoboda, Tessa Swoboda, Don Caron, Rich Cowan
Composer: Don Caron

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 3, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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Christopher Null
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Needs to bore a hole in itself and let the sap run out.

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Ken Hanke
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Robin Rauzi
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... a couple of pleasing performances and some truly wonderful cinematography

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Philip Martin
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There are no gray areas of morality. And there are no technical or artistic innovations whatsoever.

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Eric Monder
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Clearly well-intentioned but wildly overplotted and, curiously enough, emotionally underdeveloped.

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Joe Baltake
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This type of maudlin, medicinal family film is a dime a dozen on the tube, where it belongs.

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