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BASEketball
Sign in to saveBASEketball is a 1998 American sports comedy film co-written and directed by David Zucker, starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and costarring Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine and Dian Bachar. The film is about BASEketball, a hybrid sport combining baseball and basketball, invented by Zucker in the 1980s. Parker and Stone play childhood friends who envision it as something they could win against athletes. It becomes an overnight sensation and a target of corporate sponsorship.
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6.1Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Cast
- Trey Parker as Joe Cooper
- Matt Stone as Doug Remer
- Dian Bachar as Squeak Scolari
- Yasmine Bleeth as Jenna Reed
- Jenny McCarthy as Yvette Denslow
- Ernest Borgnine as Ted Denslow
Themes
- sports
- stadium
- invention
- basketball
- mascot
- friends
- money
- business
- aftercreditsstinger
- driveway
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Key facts
- Film.name
- BASEketball
- Film.image
- baseketball.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- David Zucker
- Film.music
- Ira Newborn
- Film.cinematography
- Steven Mason
- Film.editing
- Jeffrey Reiner
- Film.distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 103 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $25 million
- Film.gross
- $7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 601742
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- publication date
- 1998-01-01
- title
- BASEketball
- review score
- 38/100
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12 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Critical reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
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BASEketball is a 1998 American sports comedy film co-written and directed by David Zucker, starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and costarring Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine and Dian Bachar. The film is about BASEketball, a hybrid sport combining baseball and basketball, invented by Zucker in the 1980s. Parker and Stone play childhood friends who envision it as something they could win against athletes. It becomes an overnight sensation and a target of corporate sponsorship.
Originally intended as a television series, which had a pilot episode filmed which starred Chris Rock, Zucker transitioned to film and wanted Chris Farley for the lead role but instead cast Parker and Stone after the success of South Park.