The Basket
It's Hoosiers: Episode 1, in this oddball period piece about the early days of basketball and its arrival in a small Washington farming village. The eccentric new schoolteacher (Peter Coyote) -- he plays German opera in class! -- also brings a game involving the tossing of a round ball into a peach basket. In order to raise money for farm equipment, the town pools together to send the local boys to play against the state champs. Lots of feelin' good ensues.
Rating
3.5 out of 5 Stars
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- Producer: Rich Cowan
- Screenwriter: Don Caron, Rich Cowan, Frank Swoboda, Tessa Swoboda
- Stars: Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Karl Burke, Amber Willenborg, Jock MacDonald, Eric Dane, Brian Skala
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Year of Release: 1999
- Released on Video: 01/01/2000
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