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The Pistol - The Birth of a Legend (1990)

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This is the biopic of basketball star Pistol Pete Maravich, here played by Adam Guier. The film is for the most part an exercise in joie de vivre, until it ends as it tragically must, with the sudden and untimely death of Maravich. Writer Darrel Campbell and director Frank Schroeder perform miracles with their tiny budget. Though Pistol is comparatively little known, odds are it won't remain that way much longer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

G, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama

Directed By: Frank C. Schr�der

Written By: Darrel Campbell

On DVD: Nov 8, 2005

Cast

Millie Perkins
Helen Maravich
Nick Benedict
Press Maravich
Adam Guier
Pete Maravich
Boots Garland
Coach Pendleton
Tom Lester
Pete as Adult
Buddy Petrie
Buddy Pendleton
John Richardson
Eddie Hailey
Darrel Campbell
Wendy Leblanc
Rodney Stone

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This deserves to be up there with the best of the best basketball films ever made. Very underrated. Being born in 1980, I never got to see Pistol Pete play (I've only seen a few plays of his on ESPN), but I remember my 10th grade English teacher, Mrs. Crew, having us watch this movie and all the black boys sitting

February 3, 2010