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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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BASEketball is a 1998 American buddy comedy film directed by David Zucker, who also wrote and produced the movie. The cast includes Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, and Yasmine Bleeth. The narrative is set in Wisconsin and centers on the sport of baseball, specifically a game invented by two characters that turns the sports world upside down.
The film has a runtime of 103 minutes and was filmed in Long Beach. It was produced by Universal Pictures and Zucker Brothers Productions, with distribution handled by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format. The score was composed by Ira Newborn, and the film was edited by Jeffrey Reiner.
Critical reception includes a 42% rating, a 5.3 out of 10 score, and a 38 out of 100 assessment. Audience metrics list a 6.5 rating on IMDb and a 6.117 average on TMDb. The production budget was $25,000,000, while the revenue totaled $7,027,290.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- baseball
- Director
- David Zucker
- Cast member
- Kevin Michael Richardson
- Composer
- Ira Newborn
- Producer
- David Zucker
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- Wisconsin
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 601742
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- baseball
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- publication date
- 1998-01-01
- title
- BASEketball
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Jeffrey Reiner
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 38/100
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Critical reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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