BASEketball (1998)
- Directed by
- David Zucker
- Genre
- comedy film, buddy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 658 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two childhood friends invent a new sport that mixes baseball and basketball. Their game becomes hugely popular and attracts big corporate sponsors.
goofysillycomediclightheartedenergeticlowbrowabsurdsatiricalplayful
What happens
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. This is the only work involving the stars that was neither written, directed nor produced by them. It was a box office disappointment with mixed critical reviews, though Zucker's direction and the supporting cast (particularly Borgnine and Vaughn) was praised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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