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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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Reviews for The Basket
... a couple of pleasing performances and some truly wonderful cinematography
There are no gray areas of morality. And there are no technical or artistic innovations whatsoever.
Clearly well-intentioned but wildly overplotted and, curiously enough, emotionally underdeveloped.
This type of maudlin, medicinal family film is a dime a dozen on the tube, where it belongs.
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