OT - basketball movies

[Mark Padgett]

There was a MS basketball scene in the movie "The Temp" starring Timothy Hutton. It was filmed here in Portland in 1993. I only mention it because my brother-in-law Jim was one of the referees in the scene. He was a PE teacher at the school where it was filmed and they talked him into appearing in the scene. Unfortunately, he didn't receive screen credit.

In retrospect, I wish he would have referred them to me, especially since Lara Flynn Boyle was in the movie. Oh yeah, there probably were some hot moms there, too.

[Mark Padgett]

The Basketball Diaries is showing on TV here in Portland tonight on the local Fox channel. Anybody out there have any info on the two guys who played the referees in the movie - Nick Gaetani and Lawrence Barth?

[Rufus]

Good: agree with what's been posted so far

Bad: Blue Chips. Just awful.

[Corndog89]

"The Basketball Diaries". Depressing as hell, but I thought it was Leonardo DiCaprio's best performance ever. A bit off topic, but is he the new John Travolta in that his movies (and performances) are either really, really good, or really, really bad?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Corndog89

"The Basketball Diaries". Depressing as hell, but I thought it was Leonardo DiCaprio's best performance ever.

That's a pretty low bar.

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

The Basketball Diaries is showing on TV here in Portland tonight on the local Fox channel. Anybody out there have any info on the two guys who played the referees in the movie - Nick Gaetani and Lawrence Barth?

Great book.

"Inside Moves" David Morse works as a bartender, ends up playing for GS Warriors. Barry Levinson directed.
"Fast Break" I have it on VHS somewhere.
"Drive, He Said" Jack Nicholson and Karen Black, if only b/c it features Mac Court in its original form.
"One On One"

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Hoop Dreams - My Alma Mater gets a cameo appearance!

Alma Mater? Marquette?

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Good: agree with what's been posted so far

Bad: Blue Chips. Just awful.

I know people say that, but why do you think that?

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I think this is a scene from one of those.

Best uniform and shoes EVER!

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

I know people say that, but why do you think that?

Lots of reasons (though it's been a while since I saw it). Quick cuts and cinematography (i.e., lousy editing and shaky-cam), one-liners, rotten angles on plays they show in the game but, most of all, a really superficial treatment of what could have been an interesting story on recruiting violations and/or temptation by a once-successful coach to commit those kind of violations. In other words, they took a great idea for a story and turned it into a music video (complete with Shaq!).

I did like the part where Nolte was visiting recruits and a posse of John Thompson Sr., Jim Boeheim, etc. kept rolling in late. Funny, if unrealistic.

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Lots of reasons (though it's been a while since I saw it). Quick cuts and cinematography (i.e., lousy editing and shaky-cam), one-liners, rotten angles on plays they show in the game but, most of all, a really superficial treatment of what could have been an interesting story on recruiting violations and/or temptation by a once-successful coach to commit those kind of violations. In other words, they took a great idea for a story and turned it into a music video (complete with Shaq!).



I did like the part where Nolte was visiting recruits and a posse of John Thompson Sr., Jim Boeheim, etc. kept rolling in late. Funny, if unrealistic.

Agree on all your observations.

I guess the reason I liked the movie was the final scene. It appealed to the coach (former coach?) in me.

"Y'know, I'll tell you something else. Y'know, someplace, someplace in America right now, there's some 10 year old kid. He's out there on that playground, and he's playin', he's dribbling between his legs, he's goin' left, he's goin' right, he's already above the rim, he's stuffin' it home. You know what's gonna happen to this kid? Five minutes from now, he's gonna be surrounded by agents, corporate sponsors and coaches. Y'know, people like me. Just drooling over this kid because he holds our future employment in his hands. I mean, that's what we've made this game. That's what we've done.

Y'know, the best coaching job I ever did, that wasn't tonight. It was last season. Y'know, when we were 14 and 15 and we had a losing season. But ****amnit, those kids, they gave me their HEARTS! They gave me everything they had! They played up to the MAXIMUM of their ability! They gave it EVERYTHING! And y'know, it wasn't good enough! It wasn't good enough for me, it wasn't good enough for you, it wasn't good enough for anybody! That's pathetic. I mean, that's really pathetic."

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Alma Mater? Marquette?

No, a smaller school and a little further south. Plus Marquette got a lot more then a cameo, and I was never a big fan of Kevin Oneil. What scares me is that you have watched the movie enough to have memorized Nolte's last monologue. I usually save that for good movies like Fletch, Caddyshack, So I married an Axe Murderer... you know the classics!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Judtech

I usually save that for good movies like Fletch, Caddyshack, So I married an Axe Murderer... you know the classics!

Deep Throat?

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Deep Throat?

The original, remake or sequel?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

The original, remake or sequel?

The upcoming Lindsay Lohan version. It's more of a re-envisioning.