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The Basket (1999)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:7

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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]

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

Starring: Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Karl Burke, Amber Willenborg, Jock MacDonald, Eric Dane, Brian Skala, Casey Cowan, Tony Lincoln, Patrick Treadway, Ellen Travolta, Jack Bannon, Elwon Bakly, Joey Travolta

Director: Rich Cowan

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

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Christopher Null

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2/5

Ken Hanke

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

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Robin Rauzi

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Philip Martin

... a couple of pleasing performances and some truly wonderful cinematography

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Mike Kerrigan

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Eric Monder

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

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Frank Swietek

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

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Michael Dequina

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

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