Fast Break (1979)

Directed by

Jack Smight

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York basketball coach takes a job at a small college and puts together a ragtag team of misfit players. They work together to try to win games and prove everyone wrong.

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What happens

Fast Break is a 1979 American sports comedy film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman. The film stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler. The film was Kaplan's big-screen debut, although he had made earlier appearances on television sitcoms and movies, and was one of the first film appearances of Laurence Fishburne. This film also featured the hit song "With You I'm Born Again" by Billy Preston and Syreeta, which was released in November 1979 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The duo also recorded the film's theme song, "Go for It", released as a single in April of the same year. The film's soundtrack was released by Motown Records. Smight called it "a very funny and profitable film." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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