OT - basketball movies

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

And some basketball movies are really really gross

I think this is a scene from one of those.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by dbking

Easy answer for me...

Hoosiers, the home of Hickory is where I played 7th grade basketball.

Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by blood!

And in Hoosier's news, Dennis Hopper died this morning.

[26 Year Gap]

Surprised none of you mentioned The Absent Minded Professor.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

And in Hoosier's news, Dennis Hopper died this morning.

And Hopper was a terrific actor, too. BTW - not to make fun of him, but Gary Coleman died yesterday. I only mention it because he's about the last guy you'd expect to see in a basketball movie. I did think he was a good comedic actor and show business is lessened with his passing. Not joking here.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Dennis Hopper died this morning.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The Absent-Minded Professor !!!

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Surprised none of you mentioned The Absent Minded Professor.

Gapper - no one did mention it, unless you count Nevada as someone.....then, it was mentioned!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Gapper - no one did mention it, unless you count Nevada as someone.....then, it was mentioned!

He didn't distinguish which one....the 1961 version was much better.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

He didn't distinguish which one....the 1961 version was much better.

Agreed! Absolutely!!

[VaTerp]

Love and Basketball

[amusedofficial]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

One movie I bet you guys have never seen (I have it on DVD) is "The Basketball Fix". Made in 1951, it stars John Ireland and a young Marshall Thompson..

Seen it! I think it was in the cheapo DVD bin at Wal-Mart. It is tremendous, the Reefer Madness of sports films

http://www.imdb.com/rg/action-box-ti...1008/tt0043320

Has several elements essential to good basketball films

--Gangsters with wide-brimmed hats who hang out in bars where even the rummies wear suits

--Someone in the first three names in the credits works for a newspaper

--Someone in the last three names in the credits is a naive, trusting, really annoying younger brother

--two-hand set shots aimed at plywood-box backboards

--the lane is narrower than the free throw circle

--the girl's life runs a full circle from being more important than gamblers, to being less important than gamblers to being more important than gamblers

--arrests are made during a crucial tournament game. In this film, I believe the officials used the proper IAABO mechanic to indicate player disqualified due to being hauled off to the pokey (violation signal, then hands upright, eight fingers in front of face to simulate jail cell)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

--the lane is narrower than the free throw circle

And that's why it was called the "key". There was a 6-foot wide lane and a 12-foot circle. It looked like the key-hole on an old door.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And that's why it was called the "key". There was a 6-foot wide lane and a 12-foot circle. It looked like the key-hole on an old door.

A skeleton key was used in those old doors. *sits back and waits for comments*

[DLH17]

Glory Road
Hoosiers
Coach Carter
White Men Can't Jump

TV: The White Shadow

[doubleringer]

Hoosiers is always going to get top billing for me, but Fastbreak is right up there. I was disappointed with Glory Road. Great story, but I didn't think the movie was well done. I was extremely annoyed with how they made the game scenes look like today's game.

[Judtech]

YES another Fast Break fan!! The scene in the station wagon where Kaplan and the players have a large bag of "smoking foliage" when a cop appears behind them and they eat it. Very funny!!
(Ok that was my Chris Farley "Remember that one time in Terminator you said "Ill be back"? That was awesome...!!!)